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The author reasons for including his own experience in a book basically about chris McCandless because krakauer felt like he was apart of the book because he might been in chris McCandless situation but in a different way.“ Because of his candor, readers are able to take this into account when the author views McCandless's activities with some sympathy.” This is proving that, The more the author reads the book, the more he feel like he can relate to it.
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