Into the Wild Review

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Pieter Palmer 1-25-13 Period 7 Mr. Walters Into the Wild Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is about a young man who completely abandons his middle-upper class life to go on his own and experience wilderness in full effect. Unfortunately for the subject matter of the story, Chris McCandless, things backfired on his plan. In April 1992, McCandless left him home and by August 1992, his body was found in an old bus in the middle of a forest. Krakauer took much interest in McCandless’ story and hunted down every shred of information about McCandless’ journey. Chris McCandless was a fool for leaving in life style just to end up dead in a forest within four months, and I don’t see the need for writing about his story. The first chapter describes the day right before McCandless takes off into the wilderness in Alaska. In chapter 1, Chris McCandless travels to Alaska and McCandless plans on following the Stampede Trail, an often unmarked route in the wilderness north of Mount McKinley. Gallien, a man McCandless hitchhiked with, tries to talk him out of this, but the young man is undeterred, claiming there isn't anything that he can't deal with on his own. At first Gallien thinks McCandless is "another delusional visitor to the Alaskan frontier." On Tuesday, April 28, 1992, McCandless, who has chosen to go by the name, Alex, disappears down the Stampede Trail. The next chapters take place after his death and are recounts from people who knew McCandless. In chapter 2, the time period is fast forwarded to September 1992 when hikers find McCanless’ body next to a S.O.S note. In chapter 3, it is a few months after his body is found and a store owner in South Dakota says, “Alex (McCandless) was talkative, intense, and hungry.” Alex got a job in Carthage, Dakota and had a variety of labor intensive duties there. In chapter 4, McCandless met a man called “Crazy

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