Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is incredibly engaging, captivating, and intriguing. Krakauer conveys an explanation and depiction of Chris McCandless’ journey as he ventures out into the wild with minimal resources, and abandons almost all ties related to his childhood. During this process, McCandless refrains from becoming too close with the people he meets and attempts to completely rely on himself for maintaining a substantial lifestyle in the complexion of the wilderness. Krakauer successfully
differing from person to person, although it often is rooted from a desire for fulfillment. This fulfillment we crave to satisfy curiosity, exploration, and self reliance, are all resonated in Christopher McCandless’ own escape into the wild. Through the novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, a period biography of the adventures of Christopher McCandless, we learn of his physical and mental escape from society through a secondary source, the author. In order to piece together the life of McCandless, the author
Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is the memoir of Krakauer discovering the meaning as to why Christopher McCandless, a young man from California, ventured through North America alone, later being found dead in Alaska. From what readers know, the 24-year-old had an easy life; his family obtained a steady income, and he had acquired multiple close friends. Throughout the book, the reader follows Krakauer as he retraces the steps of the journey made. This includes a plethora of new cities, new people, and