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My first Impressions of the book were that it would be pretty good. It starts our with a circle ending the tells us of Chris' death, then takes us back to the begining working towards the end. My final impression of the book was that Krakauer glorified McCandless' journey and took away from the fact that he wasted his future on a stupid decision to go live in the wild with none of the proper equipment. I agree with the people who wrote in to Krakauer after he published his article. Every year it seems some group of stupid people who think they can climb a mountain go to Mt. Hood and end up getting lost and waste millions of Tax payer dollars looking for people who don't plan properly and only hurt those around them. I really don't have a favorite part but my least favoritpe parts of the book were when Chris' so called friend would give him shelter and try and help him but then when he is leaving they don't stop the kid and they are each equally responsible for his death. I really hope there were people along Chris' travels that tried to talk some sense into the him, if there were those people I am disappointed in Krakauer for not including them because then he is avoiding the fact that he neglected and common sense and went into the wild with a death wish.
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
kiernonhogard, February 14, 2011
My first Impressions of the book were that it would be pretty good. It starts our with a circle ending the tells us of Chris' death, then takes us back to the begining working towards the end. My final impression of the book was that Krakauer glorified McCandless' journey and took away from the fact that he wasted his future on a stupid decision to go live in the wild with none of the proper equipment. I agree with the people who wrote in to Krakauer after he published his article. Every year it seems some group of stupid people who think they can climb a mountain go to Mt. Hood and end up getting lost and waste millions of Tax payer dollars looking for people who don't plan properly and only hurt those around them. I really don't have a favorite part but my least favoritpe parts of the book were when Chris' so called friend would give him shelter and try and help him but then when he is leaving they don't stop the kid and they are each equally responsible for his death. I really hope there were people along Chris' travels that tried to talk some sense into the him, if there were those people I am disappointed in Krakauer for not including them because then he is avoiding the fact that he neglected and common sense and went into the wild with a death wish.(0 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)