Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Into the Wild
Book Review: "Into The Wild," a great book for risk takers and dreamers.
Summary: 4 Stars
For the novel "Into The Wild," by Jon Krakauer I gave four stars. This novel I feel was great for college students thing about doing something risky in that it provides facts of a real person doing it. The book provides readers with the information of both McCandless' mistakes and strengths. Also this novel is good for college students in that it gives them motivation to achieve their dreams. In fact everyone could relate to this novel in the sense of motivation for their dreams. Another good aspect of this novel is that it gets you very involved. Almost in a sense that someone is reading you the story, like a Date Line special. I took a star because the book had some what of a confusing order to it. It was rather hard to follow in the beginning, but it seemed to get better as I read on.Book Review: "Into the Wild" is a very captivating story.
Summary: 5 Stars
Jon Krakauer's account of Christopher J. McCandless (or Alexander Supertramp)is one that I will never forget. Krakauer's intensive research and his relentless vigor of McCandless and his travels kept me reading from beginning to end nonstop. It is hard to believe that this story is nonfiction. How can someone's life be so captivating without spurious statements? McCandless and his ideals stirred within in me a feeling so strong, I feel I was changed after reading this book. McCandless did things that most people wouldn't ever think of doing. This society has been trained to believe that success is defined by money and status and material things. How could one abandon money, lifestyle, and material objects, and just walk the earth with little or no supplies? Was Chris foolish? Or was he testing his mortality, his ability to learn, to adapt to new surroundings, to live by the chaotic forces of nature? I think it was Krakauer's intention to instill within readers curiousity and admiration on why McCandless, Ruess, and himself, take such chances. What motivates these wanderers to roam the earth in search of something better, the something that will fill their void? I think people relate to McCandless so well, because they see themselves being pulled in by the forces of bureaucratic society. Why do people conform to society? Because it is easy, because that is what they are expected to do? I think that was McCandless's point, he doesn't need to live by the rules of others. He just wanted to prove to society that he lives by his own set of rules. This life that McCandless made for himself was quite fulfilling for him. So when McCandless died after 4 months in the Alaska bush, he didn't fail. In fact, by his own rules, he had finally succeeded. I think he did to.Book Review: "Into the Wild" questions the ideals of society.
Summary: 5 Stars
Where does our society spend the most money, time and talents? This is the question Chris McCandless and Jon Krakauer express through the tale of going into the wild. Chris came from a well-off family that spent a lot of time working for the American Dream. This ideal of working hard to support a family and to have a lot of money is the basic dream that many Americans face. Therefore, the goal that Chris was expected to reach was to go to college then law school. However, Chris leaves the security of his chosen path, giving away his money and leaving school, to prove that he can survive on a subsistent level. Many people regard this action of leaving his family and following his dream as selfish. Chris' actions were extreme and hurt the one's that loved him. On the other hand, his actions are true to what he believed in and worked for all his life, his ideals. In conclusion, I would give the book five stars becuase it made readers, like myself, question the ideals that we follow and the relationships that we have with people.Book Review: .
Summary: 4 Stars
"Into the Wild," by Jon Krakauer, gives readers incredible insight to the life and mind of Christopher McCandless. Although it may be difficult to grasp why a young man would want to live and die the way Chris did, Krakauer presents many similar cases, upon which his main points are built, and which readers can easily relate to. He includes diary entries of McCandless, and passages from McCandless's favorite works of literature. These are important attributes to "Into the Wild," and Krakauer's unique style allows readers to understand more clearly Chris's train of thought. Krakauer's work also presents the irony of nature. McCandless and the other subjects of Krakauer's writing were seeking beauty and peace in nature, but their lives were ultimately taken by it. Each of these elements make "Into the Wild" a gripping account, and its mysterious suspense discouraged me from putting it down.Book Review: ... read this. It's good!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, is an interesting book. Though the book in non-fiction, the book not written with the help of the main character. It is the true story of Chris McCandless’ journey to Alaska and eventual death. His story is built on the accounts of the others that knew him. His journey through The United States, Canada and Mexico is one that is very challenging and only a handful would attempt. ... One of his ideas is the abandonment of modern society. When filling out a tax form he thoroughly told off the IRS. That is an act that I one day hope to be able to do. Maybe not for all my life, but perhaps living off the land for a year or so would be an experience. After all, Chris destroyed or abandoned everything he had up to that point. McCandless is a lot like Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye. Both characters are trying to find their identity and are hoping their journey will give them a clue. They both had distant relationships with their parents, and are leaving a “normal” world in their journey to a stranger one. McCandless was successful in everyone’s eyes but his own. He was an honor student and was offered a membership to Cum Laude Society, which he rejected because titles are meaningless to him. He was a star athlete and had many friends. Another aspect is the accounts of others that have also gone “Into the Wild.” Of all the others mentioned, all survived and one is Jon Krakauer, himself. After all, Krakauer first wrote the article on Chris McCandless in Outside Magazine. Some people offer the idea that Chris was crazy and was pent on death from the beginning. He wrote in one letter, “If I do not return, I want you to know you are a great man.” I feel that his death was a terrible tragedy, as does Krakauer. My idea is that he was on a quest to find his identity and it was cut short.