In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer the main character Chris McCandless is not a role model and no one should be following what he did. After Graduating from college Chris thought it would be best for him to leave everything behind including his family and all the money his very successful father had left for him. Chris wanted to become homeless so he could figure out who he is as a person. One of the many reasons Chris left was because his father had two families and Chris's mother knew about his fathers double life but they both hid this from Chris and this made him furious. Chris went to the Alaskan bush in the winter and brought little supplies with him because he wanted to live off the land and survive with nothing, which is a horrible idea because Chris has no prior knowledge …show more content…
If Chris had a map the outcome would have been completely different. Chris goes into the Alaskan bush in the winter while the rivers are still frozen over and are easy to cross. When Chris decides that it is time to leave and he feel like he accomplished what he wanted in total isolation without contacting anyone he knows and scaring his family making them think that he is dead, he tries to leave the same way he came in but the river that had once been frozen over is now a raging river with freezing temperatures from the glaciers and dangerous rapids that will kill him if he attempts to cross. Chris decides that it would be better if he went back to the bus and stayed longer to try and make a plan to get out without dying. Chris first job was to get food he has a wild edible plant encyclopedia that he uses to forage for edible plants. He ends up finding a berry that is claimed to be edible in his book but the berry is poisonous and this is the start of Chris's slow and painful death that could have been avoided if Chris had more prior knowledge about edible plants and what you can do to survive without any