![]() Explaining how Krakauer didn’t think about death or get scared by the threat portrays the idea that even if someone is doing extremely dangerous activities, it does not mean that they have a “death wish.” Krakauer says that he and Chris alike could have easily died on their expeditions, but Chris was unlucky. He never truly considered how death was a possible outcome to Krakauer, the idea of death, “remained as abstract a concept as a non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. Krakauer set out on a climbing trip to try to climb the north face of the Devil’s Thumb-a mountain in the Stikine Icecaps in Alaska-knowing that the climb was extremely dangerous. Krakauer also employs a story from his own life that disproves the speculation that Chris was a suicidal maniac. Included in the story are several accounts of personal encounters with Chris McCandless in his final years of life. One of Krakauer’s main methods of persuasion is the implementation of personal anecdotes. ![]() Krakauer’s objective is to demonstrate that perseverance and determination regardless of success, have tremendous value. Krakauer persuades the reader to develop a view that Chris McCandless was more capable and intelligent than most people believed him to be through the application of personal anecdotes and structure. Krakauer adopts a sympathetic tone to convey to his readers that Chris is extremely gifted and did not die out of stupidity. Krakauer’s purpose is to explain the exact details of McCandless’s final expedition. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.American novelist and mountaineer, Jon Krakauer, in his book, Into The Wild, describes the life and death of Christopher McCandless. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding-and not an ounce of sentimentality. ![]() He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. ![]() Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." -Entertainment Weekly This is the unforgettable story of h ow Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. ![]() In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. ![]()
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