Assignment #5

My impression of Into the Wild was that it was going to be a very adventurous book, which it was. All of the parts about the men going on crazy trips were all appealing to me. The only thing I didn't like about the book was that the order of the book got confusing because it went from people finding him dead to him dying. If you're a person who enjoys reading adventure books, then it's the book for you. It is definitally worth reading if you're into that kind of stuff. This book tells us about life because most of us takeadvantage of it. McCandless wanted to put all of the things he owned and just live off the wild. To me, this is a good book because I enjoyed reading about Chris' life and all of the struggles he had to go through and all of the good people he met. (Chapter 8)- In this chapter, it has so much to do with all of the men who went out to climb mountains and prove that they can live without modern technology. This goes back to if you like adventure books; this would be the best chaoter for them.

Most people would say that Chris was a crazy person and was just doing it for the attention. I think that he was making a statement that we take most of the things we have for granted. He was also rebelling from his parents because they gave him so many things that he didn't even want. I do not agree with the critics because I think they were being a little harsh on Chris. I also do not agree with them because Chris was a young kid, so he made a few mistakes that changed his life, but he did what he thought was right and people don't know him well enough to judge him as being a crazy person. "McCandless was hardly unique." (page 71, Chapter 8) I do not think this statment, written by Nick Jans, because I think McCandless was a unique person. He did whatever he wanted and everyone is unique in his/her own way.