Into the Wild

                The book I have recently read is “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer and the publisher is Villard Books. Jon Krakauer is an American writer who mainly writes about outdoors and mountain climbing. He wrote other books similar to “Into the Wild,” like “Into Thin Air” and “Under the Banner of Heaven.” In the book “Into the Wild” it’s mainly about a young Man named Chris McCandless   a.k.a Alex Supertramp who ends up going to Alaska north of Mt. Mckinley. Before getting to Alaska he travels through many states like California, Arizona and Mexico. He meets people like Ronald Franz, Charlie and Jim Gallien on his voyage. All these people help Chris either with a job, supplies or a place to live. Krakauer’s message throughout the book is to get away from a corrupt society and go into nature where you can be free.

                I really enjoyed reading this book because not only did it get me mad then sad and then I understood why Chris had to take this journey. I would highly recommend this book for people to read. By knowing who Chris was you have to know what he liked and who he looked up too. He would read books from Jack London and Tolstoy. Both authors wrote great books about nature. “He was also able to forgive, or overlook, the shortcomings of his literary heroes: Jack London was a notorious drunk; Tolstoy, despite his famous advocacy of celibacy, had been an enthusiastic sex adventure.” (Krakauer 122) This is what inspired Chris to take his trip to Alaska. Many thought his h=journey ended in a great tragedy but I think he fulfilled his dreams. He left his family not an easy thing to do and burned all his money, met great people on his voyage and died in nature a free man. “I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. GOODBYE AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL!” In his own hand writing he left a note before he passed away.  Because of what he did, soon people found out about it and they decide to make the bus he died in his memorial. They decided to make “Into the Wild” into a great movie casting Emile Hirsh as Chris McCandless which I thought they did an amazing job on. I feel after reading this book it made me appreciate the beauty of nature more and made me realize I need to live with no regrets and go out and explore the mysterious  world we live in.