Who Is Jon Krakauer's Journey In Into The Wild

‘Into The Wild’ - “How to Live Life To The Fullest” The quote “the core of a mans’ spirit comes from new experiences”, by Jon Krakauer, really says a lot about life and its’ possible adventures. The journeys you take in your lifetime is what builds you as a person, I believe. You can’t lay in bed and sleep twenty-four hours and seven days a week, and expect to have a fun loving spirit who craves adventure. Craving popcorn, cake, and potato chips is a different kind of desire. Feel alive and do something you wouldn’t dare do before you are dead. ‘Into The Wild’ is a sad and moving story because a young man who wanted to learn, see the world, and just live his life; made a mistake and lost it. But, who knew he died doing what he wanted to do before he passed on? He took a step further into his bucket list full of adventurous wants and desires, and all that matters is that he tried. “That’s what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.” stated Krakauer. The world can be a bad place. There is a quote that reads “the world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out alive.” As I read that quote it’s like this book hit me in the face trying to tell me something. It screams, “Chris knew this” he knew it was hard to get out once you’ve begun, but he wanted to do his …show more content…
Not many people dare themselves to ditch normal life, quit their jobs, pack a bag, and set off to study wildlife while trying to survive. It wasn’t normal, Chris was a unique person and I think other people need to see that life shouldn’t be lived so bland. Life is a blessing, life is good, life is a great gift. I believe no individual should live their life in the bad, moping around wondering why life does them so bad. Life does you bad because you aren’t giving yours any adventure. Have fun with life, study it, endure it. Because life is short, and you don’t want to live before it’s too