Into The Wild Chapter 6 Analysis
John Krakauer attempts to change the readers’ point of view of Chris McCandless and at the same time, further explore his characteristics in chapter 8 and 9.
After reading the previous chapters, the readers have already made their own judgement on Chris, which are probably mostly negative. And so to address this issue, Krakauer initiates chapter 8 by introducing negative comments and mails not only about Chris but also to him, the author. These will serve as an argument that the author will later attempt to disprove indirectly while at the same time, still informing the readers about what makes Chris special and unique.
After introducing the argument, Krakauer brought up different people who had similar characteristics and experiences as Chris. …show more content…
McCunn is a photographer who went into the wilderness to camp but due to the simple mistakes that he made, which were forgetting to arrange a flight back and depending on others for help, which ultimately caused him his life. Just like McCunn, Chris is absentminded, naïve, and unprepared, but unlike him, Chris did not depend on others for help.
In chapter 9, Krakauer, again, introduces another story which is about Everett Ruess who is quite similar to Chris. Like Ruess, Chris is also adopted several names, a lone traveler who loves exploring nature, a type of person who wants to gain freedom from any sorts of restrictions, and also who wants to separate himself from society and material possessions due to the feeling that he has no place in the society.
By mentioning different stories of people who had similar experiences and characteristics as Chris, the readers can have a better understanding of Chris’s character and how might these particular characteristics that he possess influenced him to do bizarre things. Additionally, we can also consider this as an indirect attempt of Krakauer to defend Chris while still maintaining neutrality due to what he stated about his position at the beginning of the book, though we can clearly see that the author is trying to make Chris’s image more positive to the
After reading the previous chapters, the readers have already made their own judgement on Chris, which are probably mostly negative. And so to address this issue, Krakauer initiates chapter 8 by introducing negative comments and mails not only about Chris but also to him, the author. These will serve as an argument that the author will later attempt to disprove indirectly while at the same time, still informing the readers about what makes Chris special and unique.
After introducing the argument, Krakauer brought up different people who had similar characteristics and experiences as Chris. …show more content…
McCunn is a photographer who went into the wilderness to camp but due to the simple mistakes that he made, which were forgetting to arrange a flight back and depending on others for help, which ultimately caused him his life. Just like McCunn, Chris is absentminded, naïve, and unprepared, but unlike him, Chris did not depend on others for help.
In chapter 9, Krakauer, again, introduces another story which is about Everett Ruess who is quite similar to Chris. Like Ruess, Chris is also adopted several names, a lone traveler who loves exploring nature, a type of person who wants to gain freedom from any sorts of restrictions, and also who wants to separate himself from society and material possessions due to the feeling that he has no place in the society.
By mentioning different stories of people who had similar experiences and characteristics as Chris, the readers can have a better understanding of Chris’s character and how might these particular characteristics that he possess influenced him to do bizarre things. Additionally, we can also consider this as an indirect attempt of Krakauer to defend Chris while still maintaining neutrality due to what he stated about his position at the beginning of the book, though we can clearly see that the author is trying to make Chris’s image more positive to the