Into The Wild By: D. Strimple

Into the Wild
Jon Krakaue
Villard Books
207 pg

Into the wild is a story about Chris McCandless, a young man who chose to leave behind a known future and family to forge his own. For several years, Chris McCandless roamed across the wide open stretches of the West, driving, hitchhiking, hopping trains and even canoeing through the desolation of the lower Colorado River. The people he met were changed by their encounters with him. As in the case of Ronald Franz, an 80 year-old leather worker, sometimes even moved to reshape their lives by his influence. The letters and postcards Chris wrote are retold in the book's pages. The passion and determination he shares comes alive in the text and you can almost absorb it. The most powerful part of the story is told through Chris' words. In the final chapters, aware his death is inevitable; McCandless seems to make peace with himself. Chris proved that every person needs to find out who they really are and what their purpose is on the face of the earth.

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I chose to read this book because it was recommended by B.Cech. The way he made it sound made it really stick out at me because i love the outdoors and its amazing that this kid would just give up all of his material possesions to just go out and explore. I would never just give up everything though so there must have been some serious motive behind his decision but we will never know what he truly set out to accomplish.