In the book, Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, we travel back to September of 1992 and are greeted by the strange finding off a young man dead in an abandon bus in the middle of Alaska. Chris McCandless, aka Alex Supertramp was this man. Strangely enough, Chris was Virginian from a well off family. What was he doing in the middle of Alaska? Krakauer tries to answer just that. Through Chris's journal, postcards, and photos, Krakauer tries to piece together the mystery of Chris's death and Chris's motive.
First you have to learn about Chris. Chris was a college student in Atlanta with, born from a rich family in Virginia, with a fondness for nature, lots of brains, and was part of "the school that you should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run" (Krakauer 32). Weather Chris was cocky or just adventurous is unknown, but he definitely thought he could handle the Alaskan wilderness. So Chris went, carrying only what he needed throughout the country, and eventually ending up dead near the Stamped Trail.
Chris’s motive is a big mystery. Some people believe that it was his cockiness, the way he thought he could survive the Alaskan wilderness without shelter, carrying only a ten-pound bag of rice for food. Others think it was because an adventurous spirit, taking on a challenge. But one thing is for sure, Chris was inspired by writers like Jack London and Leo Tolstoy to abandon his possessions, burn his money, go to Alaska, and live his life to the fullest. Ironically, Chris took his books to the grave, when he was found dead with “eight or nine paper back books” (12) in the back of the bus.
As the story moves on, Chris is becoming more interesting, so stay tuned for my next post
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