Analysis Of Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

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

Move on” to this response Krakauer defends himself by writing “because many people—both admirers of McCandless and his detractors—regard Into the Wild as a cautionary tale, it’s important to know as much as possible about how McCandless actually may have died.” The amount of determination of Jon Krakauer does make many critics and ordinary people question the mentally of the author however Krakauer could solve the mystery of McCandless’s

These small passages are sometimes from McCandless or Jon Krakauer himself however most readers will ignore the epigraphs and start the chapter right away but the epigraphs are actually a foreshadowment to the following chapter. As the chapter begins there are similarities to the epigraphs however parts of the epigraphs are from McCandless’s letters or highlighted passages which can provide critics to know what will be the main focus of the chapter. Each of these small passages can also identify if the chapter is from Krakauer’s perspective or McCandless’s actual journey which were documented in his journal. For example chapter fourteen’s epigraphs discuss about climbing a mountain however the epigraphs are in first person which can identify as the author’s perspective on the journey.

Who is the author of the epigraph? Why do you think the writer (Krakauer) decided to include this particular