Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Summary and Reviews
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Book Review: your dream
Summary: 4 Stars
Chris McCandless's life taught us two things: there is only you standing between you and your dreams and ideals, and you are going to die probably when you are not ready. Aren't these two thoughts upsetting to you? I didn't know anything about his life. If I knew of his life few years ago, I ridiculed him and criticized him. What a stupid idea to give up everything you had and take off to Alaska and try to live off the land! How arrogant! I would be hard on him, because I was unhappy with my life. I dreamed of stepping out of it for at least few months but I didn't really even had time to organize my vacation. Then the layoff. I have a (new) job and trapped in a modern society still. But I no longer have urge to put him down. Yes, he was stupid and didn't need to die. But he was brutally true to himself and his ideals. He had courage to find out what it was like to live in his dream. What am I doing with my life? What are you doing with yours? How much time do we have left? These are hard questions to ask. I can believe his life is upsetting to many who haven't really had hard look at their lives for a while. (Or to many people who don't really like the idea that they could be killed so easily or lose everything overnight.)