For the next month or so, my class will be discussing and reading into the book of
Into the Wild by John Krakauer. It is based on a true story about a man named Christopher McCandles who was a very adventurous nature man. He loved to explore the wilderness and didn't like the idea of society. Chris decided that after college he would set off to live in the Alaskan wilderness. He made his trip across the country and finally made it to Alaska. Chris walked into that Alaskan forest and never came out. Chris' body was found inside an old bus in Alaska on September 6, 1992 Jon Krakauer started tracking Chris' steps a year after he died to try and figure out his route of travel. He examined Chris' journey from the time he got out of college to his disappearance in the forest. Chris changed his name to Alexander Supertramp and set off on his journey that would soon lead to his death. Jon mentions that Chris' personality was heavily influenced by his favorite writers in many ways. Jon connects the dots between Chris and his favorite authors' experiences and realized where he got his adventurous taste from. Jon also talks about in the book how devastated Chris' family was when they found out he was dead. I encourage other young teens like myself to join us in reading this excitingly true story of a man with a wild heart that would lead him to his own death. Was this man a fool or a hero? Read
Into the Wild and decided for yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild
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