Summary Of Jon Krakauer's 'Into The Wild'
Chapter One:
The postcard in the beginning of the chapter causes the reader to wonder what led Chris to take a dangerous journey and if it did prove fatal. “It might be a very long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t hear from me again…” (qtd in Krakauer 3)
Chris feels that the government should have no part in his own life and that he should be the only one controlling himself. “How I feed myself is none of the government’s business.” (Krakauer 6)
Chapter Two:
Jack London’s White Fang states that the wild is a dangerous place. The wilderness doesn’t welcome company and for those who brave to enter the savage lands must be aware of the peril ahead. “It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northernland …show more content…
“Some insight into the tragedy of Chris McCandless can be gained by studying predecessors cut from the same exact cloth.” (85)
Chapter Nine:
Krakauer compares Everett Ruess and McCandless because Ruess’ letters are very similar to Chris’ and he was also personally very similar to Chris. “Everett Ruess’s correspondence reveals uncanny parallels between Ruess and McCandless.” (91)
Chapter Ten:
The New York Times article is more sympathetic to the death of Chris McCandless than the criticism. “His ignorance...is what killed him.” (qtd in Krakauer 72)
Chapter Eleven:
Even from the time he was born. Chris showed that he was exceptional and that he wanted to do more with his life than the normal. “Chris had so much natural talent...but if you tried to coach him, to polish his skill, to bring out that final ten percent, a wall went up.” (qtd in Krakauer 111)
Chapter Twelve:
The quote from Thoreau relates to Chris because even though his father was a brilliant and loving man, he had lied to Chris his whole life, which forced Chris to feel much hatred for his father that never resolved. “Chris’s smoldering anger, it turns out, was fueled by a discovery he’d made two summers earlier.” (Krakauer
The postcard in the beginning of the chapter causes the reader to wonder what led Chris to take a dangerous journey and if it did prove fatal. “It might be a very long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t hear from me again…” (qtd in Krakauer 3)
Chris feels that the government should have no part in his own life and that he should be the only one controlling himself. “How I feed myself is none of the government’s business.” (Krakauer 6)
Chapter Two:
Jack London’s White Fang states that the wild is a dangerous place. The wilderness doesn’t welcome company and for those who brave to enter the savage lands must be aware of the peril ahead. “It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northernland …show more content…
“Some insight into the tragedy of Chris McCandless can be gained by studying predecessors cut from the same exact cloth.” (85)
Chapter Nine:
Krakauer compares Everett Ruess and McCandless because Ruess’ letters are very similar to Chris’ and he was also personally very similar to Chris. “Everett Ruess’s correspondence reveals uncanny parallels between Ruess and McCandless.” (91)
Chapter Ten:
The New York Times article is more sympathetic to the death of Chris McCandless than the criticism. “His ignorance...is what killed him.” (qtd in Krakauer 72)
Chapter Eleven:
Even from the time he was born. Chris showed that he was exceptional and that he wanted to do more with his life than the normal. “Chris had so much natural talent...but if you tried to coach him, to polish his skill, to bring out that final ten percent, a wall went up.” (qtd in Krakauer 111)
Chapter Twelve:
The quote from Thoreau relates to Chris because even though his father was a brilliant and loving man, he had lied to Chris his whole life, which forced Chris to feel much hatred for his father that never resolved. “Chris’s smoldering anger, it turns out, was fueled by a discovery he’d made two summers earlier.” (Krakauer