Student Essay on Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

A review of Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild. The story reconstructs the last days of Chris McCandless, a young, seemingly idealistic man whose courage and passion led him to journey to Alaska, where he would be found dead within a matter of months.

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska in summer 1992. In the novel, John Krakauer approached carefully McCandless's life without putting too much authorial judgment to the readers. Although Chris McCandless remained an elusive figure throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless as a dreamy young idealist who tries to follow his dream but failed because of his innocent mistake which prove to be fatal and irreversible. Still, Chris McCandless's courage and passion was something that we should all be proud of.

When Chris McCandless's relationship with his father turned sour, he gave up everything including a sizeable bank account to the charity, abandoned his car and.....