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Analysis Of Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

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Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer in the beginning Chris McCandless meets many people throughout his journey traveling to different places and left a great impression behind to those he met. Like Wayne Westerberg, Jan Burres and Bob, and Ronald Franz and few others on his journey. They all had a close connection with him and felt as if they were his son or someone very close to them.Krakauer mentioned about Chris McCandless relationship with his family is distant because of the conflicts he has with himself and his father.The atmosphere changes throughout the story like adventurous, understanding, and fear and compassion. The tone throughout the whole story was empathic by the way the author interprets his connection between him and the protagonist. …show more content…

After accomplishing his goal wanting to go to Alaska and live his life in the wild over there for couple of months he decides to go back to civilization. “I’ve lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness...real life has just begun” (Krakauer 168). This makes a climax because he finally reached his point of what he wanted and learned from it. “the only certain happiness in life is to live for others…”(Krakauer 169). He soon realized and now planning to go back to his former life. This was a turning point that made him do this especially when he killed the moose for food and felt little guilt from killing the animal. Though he could not return back to civilization right away because of the weather and the flood. He went inside an abandoned bus and stayed there until the weather or the flood stopped. But he ended up dying of starvation and was not able to make it out of Alaska. The consequences of his death impacted others he left behind. All his family and friends were devastated and emotionally broken about his death. Everyone that encountered Chris McCandless had strong attachments towards him. Treated him like a son or a very close friend. They all had impressions of how great he was, disciplined, and very adventurous. Franz wanted to adopt him, Jan Burres and Bob treated him like a son, and Wayne Westerberg thought he was very hard working and grew closely fond of

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