Into the Wild

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kygrimes3, March 1, 2011 (view all comments by kygrimes3)
My first impressions of the book was that it could have a good story line that might be able to hook and keep my interest throughout the book. Since i am not a big book reader i was happy to see that Krakaur made the book an 'easy read' in the fact that there weren't too many WPP so i never got the feeling that i was reading the same page forever. Its about a man named Chris McCandles who comes from a wealthy family and one day decides to give all his possessions and money away to different charitys to travel the US's westcoast to eventually end up 'going into the wild' in the Alaskan wilderness. John wrote the book with a circle plot so the death of Chris came first then it rewinded time from the beginning while also have a side plot of John's own experiences climbing mountains, climbing, etc.. The main thing i didnt like was that there wasnt much time spent on what things he did in the different states he visited before going to Alaska. I feel like there could have been some stories within those states that could have made Chris's mindset a little more clear of why he wanted to live in the wild. Although there were some slight flaws i would recommend this book to people who like going outdoors or even thinking of doing the same thing; it would bring some dangers of the wilderness to sight and show that its no walk in the park.

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kiernonhogard, February 14, 2011 (view all comments by kiernonhogard)
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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jakeazy21, February 14, 2011 (view all comments by jakeazy21)
My first impression of the book was very mediocre because it was only telling about the background knowledge that you would need to know when the author refers back to certain points. Some of my least favorite parts of the novel were when the author talked about his own personal experiences. I did not like this because I think the book should strictly should have talked about Alexander Supertramp's experiences and not some author's personal experiences that he relates to the character. If I wanted to hear about how people relate to the story or the characters in it I would go on a blog and read hundreds of them their. So what I think should have been left out was the author's personal experiences. If the author had no more to say then he should have just shortened the book entirely. Last, I no this is impossible but I just wish McCandles was around to tell in detail about his journey because that was the main focus of the story and the person was not around to tell about it. All together I think the book was worth while to read because it gave people a true insight about the Alaskan wilderness people who may live in the city know a little bit more about what it is truly like to try and survive in the wilderness.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780385486804

Author:

Krakauer, Jon

Publisher:

Anchor Books

Author:

Krakauer, Jon

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

Adventure and adventurers

Subject:

United States - Pacific - Alaska

Subject:

Alaska

Subject:

Essays & Travelogues

Subject:

Mountaineering

Subject:

Camping

Subject:

Regional Subjects - West

Subject:

Travelers

Subject:

Hitchhiking

Subject:

West

Subject:

Wayfaring life

Subject:

West (U.S.) Biography.

Subject:

West (u.s.)

Subject:

Biography - General

Subject:

Travel Writing-General

Copyright:

1996

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series Volume:

303

Publication Date:

19970131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

MAPS

Pages:

224

Dimensions:

7.98x5.28x.52 in. .38 lbs.