Alaska Natives

Many people have different opinions of why Jon Krakauer wrote a book about a man that he has no relation to. In the book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wild after giving up all his belongings to start his new life. Krakauer’s purpose for writing this book is to further explain Chris McCandless’s motive for his adventures in a way that the readers will understand it. Krakauer wants his readers to understand Chris’s motives as if he…

Drawn Into The Wild The daring story of Chris McCandless and his deadly journey into the wild, has been a topic of discussion all throughout the world. The question at hand is, why did McCandess choose to live this rustic way? Although some people may say the heavy influence of his literary heroes is what drove him to mimic such famous writers and push his limits, evidence proves the pain, suffering, and chaos from his past is what really drew him through this excursion. Behind every perfect…

After reading the book into the wild by Jon Krakauer it showed me that Chris was not crazy and the different aspects of the trip. Why would someone so wealthy drop everything to go into the wild, although he did do it for himself, but did hurt everyone around him. He hurt everyone around him by dropping them and not talking to them and leaving them to find out about his death through the ones who found him. In the documentary that his sisters and parents starred in helped out with truth of his…

In Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, Christopher McCandless, prior to embarking in his Alaskan Odyssey, writes a letter to his aged friend, Ron Franz, stating his stance on human relationships: “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships … you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this kind of light into your life.” (57) McCandless further explains that the dependence on others to be happy is unnecessary, as one can be perfectly content on his own,…

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Christopher Mccandless's life can be represented throughout this quote. Mccandless’s adventure brings many questions to the surface but conveniently fails to answer many of them. His home life was not perfect, yet it was not horrible. Mccandless was talented with music, and usually kept to himself. He always felt out of place and had different, divergent ideas than everybody else in his family. Chris grew up with a mother and father,…

In Jon Krakauer’s biographical tale into the wild, Chris McCandless struggles to follow a path of transcendental ideals by going off the grid soon after he graduates college. While on his journey, McCandless travels to beautiful landscapes and tries to live in self-sufficiency. However, this journey towards a higher spiritual living eventually leads him to his own demise. Reflecting upon McCandless story, his nomadic traveling was simply a search for balance between the spiritual and modern…

In the movie he is shown as a rebellious hippy boy running away from family problems. This is best shown in two scenes, one where he is alone and Alaska pretending to be a bus driver, as he talks to himself on a broken down bus; a scene which is created for comedic effect in the movie, you realize that this isn't the same Christopher McCandless described in the book. This is the movie version of Christopher…

because of the way his lifestyle was with his parents. He always wanted to travel and go to Alaska. Once his plan set off, he felt fulfilled that he could finally travel alone like he wanted to with no stress on his shoulder. He was very relieved to be on his own, and he was becoming very happy with nature. Even though Chris had some rough experiences out in the wild, in the end he was happy that he made it to Alaska and reached his destination. Morrie showed a lot of personal fulfillment in…

“In coming to Alaska, McCandless… rid of the map. In his own mind, if nowhere else, the terra[earth] would thereby remain incognita[unknown]”( Krakauer 174). McCandless 's rare failures in his early ages built confidence, along with arrogance, in himself. This seemingly…

Instead of following social norms and living how society, his parents, and those around him told him to, Chris ventured out into the world on his own to live his life by his own rules. Chris did not care what other people thought of him and he did not want to live the way society taught him to. By rejecting money, cars, maps, and other things that could have kept him alive, he proved himself to be an independent and adventurous young man. “I can almost understand why he rejected maps, common…