Chris Mccandless's Identity In Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer

Chris McCandless was a man who had everything to have a successful life. However, Chris McCandless decided to leave it all behind. Chris thought that he was going to go leave all society behind to go live in the wild. Chris thought that it was going to be very hard. Krakauer He was arrogant and ignorance toward the nature and society. In Into the Wild Chris leaves his life behind to live a life alone in the wild. In Into the Wild Krakauer’s message from Chris’s journey is for people to never get too ignorant or too confident because anything can go wrong at anytime.

Krakauer’s Retelling of Chris McCandless’s Life in Into the Wild Jon Krakauer’s novel Into the Wild is a nonfiction account of the life of Chris McCandless and his journey where he leaves society for the wilderness. Christopher McCandless, also referred to by his alias Alexander Supertramp, embarks on a spiritual expedition to reject the stress put upon him by both society and his parents in order to find his true self. He disappears without informing anybody and travels on foot and through hitchhiking for a few months before found dead from starvation in the Alaskan wilderness. While Krakauer characterizes Chris as a curious and determined young man, others, specifically Craig Medred in his article “The beatification of Chris McCandless: From thieving poacher into saint”, believe Chris was selfish and reckless.

In the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer he writes about a young man named Christopher Mccandless. Chris had been found dead in Alaska by moose hunters from starvation. The book describes Chris’s life choices and events leading up to his death. Chris’s life choices and ignorant decisions had led up to his premature death in Alaska, April 1992.

In the summer of 1992 Christopher McCandless was found by a group of hikers dead on Stampede trail in Fairbanks 142. After college Chris had left society donating his life savings to charity, burning the remainder of his money, left all his belongings in his 1982 Datsun B210, and presented himself as Alex. This was the beginning of Chris’s journey into the wild. He has met a lot of people along the way and they all were devastated to hear that Chris had died in Alaska from starvation. Chris was a well liked person by the people that he spoke to. A troubled childhood fueled his fire and gave him every reason to dislike his parents for what they had done to his only sister and himself as children. In Jon Krakauer’s book, Into the Wild, he uses ethos and logos in order to compare and contrast others experiences to Chris McCandless so that

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a biography about the life of a young man named Christopher McCandless and his journey into the wild. Into the Wild follows the journey of Chris McCandless that lead him to his death in 1992. Krakauer investigates the journey that McCandless took and tries to discover the reason McCandless did such thing and the meaning of his trip. Chris McCandless develops his identity as a stubborn and independent person through his actions, interests, and his values and beliefs.

For example in the book Chris sends a letter to one of his friends he met on the road, called Jan Burres, he sends her a Thank you card and he tells her about his travels across America (Krakauer 41,42). Chris McCandless’ actions play a very big role to show what his identity is, he shows his identity in many different ways

Chris McCandless died doing what he loved, but was it worth all of the pain and uncertainty he caused his family? Chris embarked on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness, which resulted in his demise. He cut ties with his family due to personal differences in opinion and travelled all around the country living off of the land for the most part. People have formed many different opinions of Chris McCandless, but its up to you to decide whether his actions were selfish or purposeful. In this Journal, I will be questioning the motives of McCandless, connecting with him, as well as evaluating the author.

This highlights McCandless's determination and the nobility of his quest as he died in the pursuit of self discovery. Chris McCandless's journey into the Alaskan wilderness was an extraordinary feat of bravery. He faced numerous challenges and dangers, yet he remained steadfast in his pursuit of self-discovery. His willingness to take risks and push himself to the limits sets him apart as an extraordinary individual. "

Occasionally in a person's life, he or she wonders about a certain purpose in life. In extreme cases, when a person attempts to find one's self, he or she may find his or herself in a dangerous or even deadly position. In Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, Chris McCandless goes out into the wilderness of Alaska to find himself, but he never returns. Jon Krakauer organizes his novel in a circular way, which ties the story together well, and he uses long, periodic sentences to detail and emphasize his points about life and death situations in order to create an aspect of imagery and description throughout the novel.

First things first, Chris Mccandless followed his dream to escape society and live in nature. Once he got out of society and was on the road he delighted, "McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy” (Krakauer, 55). Chris had the capability of escaping the society where he could go off on a journey to find himself. Chris is one of the few people out there that has the mindset of doing whatever it is to achieve his dream. Not many people in this world are able to do that especially if it is going out into the wild to fulfill your dream, maybe they will swim 50 miles in an ocean

Lastly, Chris Mccandless got to fulfill his dream, live his own life, and now he even got to find his inner self, find out who he truly is. Chris was the kind of person that lived dangerously unlike most people, he was different “It is hardly unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders...Danger has always held a certain allure. McCandless, in his fashion, merely took risk-taking to its logical extreme” (Krakauer, 182). Chris’s true self-was one that was riskful and daring until he could finish the task. Furthermore, he was different from others and throughout his journey, others could see that. In the end that was the kind of person Chris Mccandless was, and this is the person he became after fulfilling his dream and living his own life. In contrast, others did

Although Chris McCandless’ controlling and toxic family environment was a major motive for his escape, his deep-seated internal battle was simply an irresistible impulse for discovery and liberty. Chris’ journey shows a new level of freedom; what true independence holds. He set out into nature alone without support of family or friends, searching for a path unlike those of most, and running from a barred cage of conventional living. Unsatisfied and somewhat angry with himself and his life of abundance in money, opportunity, and security, his preceding experiences and determined character lead him to an inevitable flee into no-mans land. Throughout the novel, Krakauer wants the reader to understand that there is more to Chris than his habit of criticising authority and defying society’s pressures. He needed more from himself, and more from life. He wasn’t an ordinary man, therefore could not live with an ordinary life. Krakauer demonstrates this by creating a complex persona for Chris that draws you in from the beginning.

In the brighter spectrum of Mr. Chris McCandless, is his deep and intellectual personality, shining through on most every occasion with cynical value or an interesting opinion every now and then. In Chris’s deep scholarly thought he decides to give up many things for his own self righteousness in attemp to make himself free of any evil or distraction as well as anything that may hold him down. As a younger boy in high school he proved his good Samaritan self by spending weekends taking to the the streets, spending nights with prostitutes, the homeless, and the addicts, feeding them and experiencing a little of what they felt. As I mentioned before he gave up what he thought would ruin his dreams and soil his life, he rid his life of luxury and wealth along with long-term relationships with people. As one of the things that he had apparently given up was the desire of sex and all of it’s evils, and proclaimed that his need was much to great for something so petty. Truly I believe traveling as a child with his family engineered a mind set within Chris that made him feel as if familiarity was just a weight holding him down from the flight toward his dreams. He also thought that being lost in such a superficial and trivial society could help no one

Jon Krakauer, the author of the book, Into the Wild only know about Chris McCandless is an explorer traveling to Alaska search for himself reborn. However he isn’t exactly what he really is, but an ignorant, foolish, selfish, and misunderstanding of the world in which he lives. These words that have been used to describe him are based on the idea that he went on a journey to the Alaskan wilderness to seek his own revelation, but not having a firm grasp of reality, he senselessly died a stubborn man, the people mention that he was unprepared to go into the wilderness, didn’t listen to a more experienced person, broken several of state laws, abandoned his family and loved ones, and followed a dream that never existed. Personally believed he is an ignorant fool, selfish, and misunderstand man that throws his life away for nothing but despair.

The author skillfully uses literary techniques to convey his purpose of giving life to a man on an extraordinary path that led to his eventual demise and truthfully telling the somber story of Christopher McCandless. Krakauer enhances the story by using irony to establish Chris’s unique personality. The author also uses Characterization the give details about Chris’s lifestyle and his choices that affect his journey. Another literary element Krakauer uses is theme. The many themes in the story attract a diverse audience. Krakauer’s telling is world famous for being the truest, and most heart-felt account of Christopher McCandless’s life. The use of literary techniques including irony, characterization and theme help convey the authors