NAME: Naima Campbell Period: 7 MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: Into the Wild Author: Jon Krakauer Date of Publication: January 13, 1996 Genre: Biography, Non-fiction, Travel Literature Biographical Information about the Author Who is the author? Include the author’s birth/death (if applicable) dates, educational background, occupation, awards, etc.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a novel which explores the true story of Christopher McCandless; his life, his decision to abandon society, his trek into the Alaskan wilderness, and his death. As he introduces the novel, Krakauer warns the reader that he will occasionally interrupt the story to share a memory from his own life, as Chris’s story struck personal to him, and he hoped doing so would help readers achieve a better understanding of McCandless. In the introduction, Krakauer says, “I won’t claim to be an impartial biographer.” (2) In addition to being blatantly biased, Krakauer’s attempts to justify McCandless’s actions fall short, as there are significant bits of information which Krakauer did not disclose.
The Controversies During the novel Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, he decides to write about the negative views he received from his article in the newspaper. Many of the comments were from people who had lived in Alaska and they all gave a similar response when they read about McCandless in the paper. For example, in chapter eight Krakauer inserts the public’s opinion towards Chris McCandless. Many stated McCandless being mentally ill to take such trip without proper gear however Krakauer does not see McCandless this way instead he relates himself with him and go to the extent of implementing his experience on his own journey. Krakauer also doubts himself through some parts of the novel which cause critics to question Krakauer in his writing
Superman is a man of superhuman powers who time and time again, saves Metropolis from certain doom. However Superman is an extreme example, a hero is generally someone of great courage who does something for the greater good despite the risk involved. Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild, wrote a book about a young man named Chris McCandless who abandons his old life to attempt to be self reliant in the wild. Krakauer believes Chris to be a man of heroism, however Chris was far from hero, he was a man who was selfish and ill-prepared who had a dream that turned into a nightmare from his own doings. All of Krakauer’s opinions of Chris are just false hopes and misinterpretations of his life and the purpose of his journey.
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Based on a real story, Into the Wild can make us think from different perspectives about what the main character Christopher McCandless did. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a dramatic but also remarkable story from a young, newly graduated, college student that escaped for a long wild journey but never came back. As time passes throughout the book, the reader may notice how the main character interacts with society and nature, finally McCandless dies in the wild but even though he was struggling for survival he died happy. Some people never get out of their comfort zone, others are tired of it and retire from their comfort zone to have different experiences in life, some are good enough or some are terrible.
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