Title of Book:Into the Wild
Author: Jon Krakauer
Number of Pages: 224
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Review:

Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, holds the story of a once rich kid turned Alaskan survivalist  named Chris McCandless and his journey into the wild along with his impact on others throughout his journey. The book follows a brilliant young man named Chris McCandless who donates all his money to charity and drops off the face of the earth to go live in the wild. Along his journey to Alaska he would take up small jobs to make just enough money to buy food. McCandless concluded that the best way to live was to live free in nature on his own. Although his journey comes to a bitter end, he lived the way he wanted to.

Compared to other books, this one takes a very unique approach as to how the story is told. Jon Krakauer tells the story of Chris McCandless in pieces that aren’t in order and helps to bring everything together as to why he decided to leave and live in the wild. Krakauer takes a journalist approach while telling the story, taking writings from McCandless’s journal, letters from those McCandless met along his journey, and interviews Krakauer conducted with those people to find out what McCandless did in time after he made his final decision. Krakauer doesn’t just focus on McCandless’s journey but also adds his own stories of his experiences in the wild. Krakauer relates to McCandless through their mutual draw to the wild.

This book would be great for all the outdoors or adventurous people. The story isn’t a practical story because it’s not in order and Krakauer adds a bit of his own stories that relate to McCandless’s creating depth and making it more intriguing. Krakauer tells stories while including his own experiences making him one of the most unique story tellers. Krakauer combines his writing background of writing articles for magazines with his storytelling making it seem like you’re reading a journal or an article entry in a magazine. Overall, this book would be great for everyone because it has a different lesson for each type of person reading it.