The first Chapter tells the readers about Jim Gallien, a union electrician, and his encounter with a hitchhiker. The hitchhiker introduces himself as Alex from South Dakota, although his real name is Christopher Johnson McCandless, originally from Virginia. Chris tells Gallien that he “want[s] a ride as far as the edge of Denali National Park, where he intend[s] to walk deep into the bush and “live off the land for a few months”” (Krakauer 4). Gallien admits that he believed Chris would be another “of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies” (Krakauer 4), but he soon realizes that Chris knew exactly what he was letting himself in for.
The novel is based around different people that took
In the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Alex McCandless’ journey is a rite of passage. Alex is a young man who is searching for meaning and purpose in his life. He sets out on a journey to Alaska, leaving behind his family and friends. He is determined to find himself and his place in the world.
The book/story is about a guy named Chris McCandless who was born into an abusive family and had a very strange perspective of the world. he graduated from Emory University in May 1990 with a bachelor's degree. when grows up he decides to go on a really long trip to several states. His target was Alaska and when he reached Alaska he survived there for 113 days and then eventually died of hunger. The first reason Chris McCandless was not justified is that he wasted resources and police time.”
In August 1992, a decomposed body, presumably died of starvation, was found inside an abandoned bus beside the Sushana River in Alaska. Shortly thereafter, the dead person was identified as twenty-four-year-old Chris McCandless, who was from an affluent family in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. A tragic story, with a mix of a young man, his well-off background, and happening in the most precarious but highly noble place, always had an emotional pull on people’s minds and stirred up people’s curiosity and perplexity. The question, often asked by the people with desire to grasp the truths, was why Chris with a privileged life would have gone to Alaska’s wilderness to face the ultimate challenge of his life. Was he in search of something
Exploring the United States of America and the nature of it has been a dream to the many adventure seekers throughout the world. Long adventures like this create long-lasting memories and friendships with Mother Nature and the society around it. Chris Mccandless, a newly college graduate, gives up everything including his Family and possessions to fulfill his dream to travel the west and live in the wild of Alaska. Throughout his long journey he creates many strong relationships with the many people he met hitchhiking his way to Alaska. His ultimate goal was to survive in the wild of Alaska with as little supplies needed and without contact to any human being.
Chris’s purpose of his adventure to Alaska is to separate himself from the problems and find himself as a person. McCandless was known as a very intellectual person through the most of life. He showed in his life that he was academically giveth and a smart person. Krakauer explains McCandless smartness, “In an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C., where he’d excelled academically and had been an elite athlete” (3). This shows that Chris was very intelligent person from Washington D.C. where he grew up.
Into the Wild In Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild , he depicts the story of Chris McCandless and his journey as “Alex Supertramp” across the United States, starting in Georgia and ending with the his death in Alaska. Jon states his argument that Chris wasn’t “stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate” and he tell the story of a young man with a profound moral compass and wants to seek higher truth. In the novel, Chris left to go into the wilderness right after he graduated from college. He did not let his parents know he was leaving for many reasons.
Friendship is a wonderful yet confusing thing. This concept is brilliantly displayed in Chaim Potok’s The Chosen. In the book, the main character, Reuven, and Danny Saunders become friends through an interesting turn of events during a baseball game, the short version being that Danny ended up putting Reuven in the hospital with a baseball in the eye. After Reuven gets over some feelings of bitterness towards Danny, the two grow to be great friends. There are many difficulties when it comes to friendship, but the beauty of a good friendship is that good friends can power through them.
Chris McCandles had many dreams; to get away from his parents, to never end up like his father, to hitchhike around the US, to start his life over. None of those compared to his biggest and most complex dream, ALASKA. Nothing got in the way of Chris’ dreams. Throughout his
Krakauer chooses to include this diction to show how important the trip is to McCandless. He called the trip an “Alaskan Odyssey” as well as an “Alaskan Deal” (56) in his letter to his close friend, Ron Franz. Chris repeatedly discussed the plans he had to travel to Alaska in many of his letters and journal entries because he was so passionate and fixed on the idea that it consumed his entire life. Author Jon Krakauer realizes this and gets readers to understand Chris’s need for adventure. I will admit that before reading, I wrote him off as a lunatic, but as I got into the book I quickly began to comprehend Chris’s desire for a desolate lifestyle.
Christopher McCandless, whose life and journey are the main ideas of the novel “Into the Wild”, was about an adolescent who, upon graduating from Emory College, decided to journey off into the Alaskan wilderness. He had given away his savings of $25,000 and changed his name to Alex Supertramp. His voyage to Alaska took him two years during which he traveled all across the country doing anomalous jobs and making friends. He inevitably made it to Alaska were he entered the wilderness with little more than a few books, a sleeping bag and a ten pound bag of rice. A couple months after his first day in the wild, his body was found in an abandoned bus.
This book is a great story about a man who struggles to survive in Alaska and eventually dies from poison which was from potatoes that he collected. His last note before he died was, “‘S.O.S. I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED, NEAR DEATH, AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE OUT OF HERE.I AM ALL ALONE, THIS IS NO JOKE. IN THE NAME OF GOD, PLEASE REMAIN TO SAVE ME. I AM OUT COLLECTING BERRIES CLOSE BY AND SHALL RETURN THIS EVENING.
The story is told through a narrator who describes the events that take place as Harrison Bergeron, a young man with exceptional intelligence and physical abilities, tries to challenge the system. A strong sense of
I wasn’t going to find it with the likes of Will and Marie,” showing that he wasn’t content with his life back at home, with his family and school and friends. Miles needed something extraordinary. On page 20, Alaska tells Miles about how the Colonel, “...was smart, but hadn’t done
