"Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauser was about the a young man name Christopher Johnson McCandless, who went to the Alaskan wilderness and four months later was found dead. Krakauser told the story of the events leading up to Chris' death. He traveled all over America, went from job to job, place to place. Chris was scared of getting close to anyone and only wrote to his little sister from time to time. When I first began to read the book, I thought Chris was selfish. But as I read move into the novel I began to understand Chris. He was hurt by his farther for having two lives, his parents pushing him into doing what they thought was best for him. Chris just wanted to live his life to the fullest without anyone dictating what he could and couldn't do. Since Chris was young, he was always drawn to Alaska for some reason that most didn't understand. I think that we are all drawn to a place for some reason that we don't quite understand, we just know that we want to go to that place, that it would make us happy if we go there. That's exactly what Chris did; he left his life behind, left all the materialist things behind, and went into the wild with nothing but the essentials he thought he needed to survive. Chris did an incredible job of surviving on his own for as long as he did. I think Chris was just trying to find himself and a part of Chris finding himself was to go out on his own and experience all these different types of jobs, life experiences, and meeting a few good people on the way. Sometimes, in order to find who you are, you must leave home and everything behind, and work on you by trying everything you can possible could think of and once you do this, you become happy. Chris was happy experiencing life but sadly he never got the chance to go home. But Chris did do something must haven’t, he left a forever lasting impact on people. The people who have heard of Chris' story or have read the book, they are changed. They might look at life differently now, they might appreciate what they have, or they might even try what Chris did. I know after reading the book, I want to go out and experience the world. I would like to see Alaska the way Chris did and I would like to see all the other beautiful sites this world has to offer.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Into The Wild Book Response
"Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauser was about the a young man name Christopher Johnson McCandless, who went to the Alaskan wilderness and four months later was found dead. Krakauser told the story of the events leading up to Chris' death. He traveled all over America, went from job to job, place to place. Chris was scared of getting close to anyone and only wrote to his little sister from time to time. When I first began to read the book, I thought Chris was selfish. But as I read move into the novel I began to understand Chris. He was hurt by his farther for having two lives, his parents pushing him into doing what they thought was best for him. Chris just wanted to live his life to the fullest without anyone dictating what he could and couldn't do. Since Chris was young, he was always drawn to Alaska for some reason that most didn't understand. I think that we are all drawn to a place for some reason that we don't quite understand, we just know that we want to go to that place, that it would make us happy if we go there. That's exactly what Chris did; he left his life behind, left all the materialist things behind, and went into the wild with nothing but the essentials he thought he needed to survive. Chris did an incredible job of surviving on his own for as long as he did. I think Chris was just trying to find himself and a part of Chris finding himself was to go out on his own and experience all these different types of jobs, life experiences, and meeting a few good people on the way. Sometimes, in order to find who you are, you must leave home and everything behind, and work on you by trying everything you can possible could think of and once you do this, you become happy. Chris was happy experiencing life but sadly he never got the chance to go home. But Chris did do something must haven’t, he left a forever lasting impact on people. The people who have heard of Chris' story or have read the book, they are changed. They might look at life differently now, they might appreciate what they have, or they might even try what Chris did. I know after reading the book, I want to go out and experience the world. I would like to see Alaska the way Chris did and I would like to see all the other beautiful sites this world has to offer.
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