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INTO THE WILD

Into The Wild 
The name of this book is Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. This book is based on a true
story about a young man who goes on a journey. The author takes the real story of what
happens to this boy and actual quotes written by real people to show why this boy would
want to go on such a journey and what his purpose was. Jon Krakauer the author was an
Journalist who had to write an article on this incident. He was so fascinated by this
story that he took time out to do a one year research project on what real went on before
this boy had gone in the woods on this survival mission. Jon does not look at what this
boy has doe as a crazy and abnormal thing. He looked at the boy as some one with courage
and a wide view on life. 
Alex is the fake name that Chris McCandless gave Jim Gallien when they first met. Chris
was a young teenage boy who wanted to get away from civilization. He wonder if man could
survive on his own with the assistance of man made things. He decided to take a trip into
the wild woods of Alaska. Chris did not have any contact with his family and no one knew
that he was going on this great journey.
Well Chris went on his journey into the great forest of Alaska and 4 months after his
body was found decomposed. Krakauer the author views this boy's challenge as an adventure
to discover nature on his own without the help of anyone or anything. He wanted to go on
his own journey into the wild. What I think this book is saying is that there are people
in our world who rebel against modern human civilization. These people don't feel
comfortable in modern society and feel that isolation is their only way to feel at home.
This book is showing how a person uses their stubbornness and free will to go against
society and try to take on nature. The message that this book is trying to get across is
that everyone does not want to be a part of society. Some people want to be alone and
isolated away from everybody else because they may feel that they are different then
everyone else when they really are not. The author use an outdoor wilderness setting to
show how a person would want to use it as an escape away from civilization.
This book relates to Thoreau and his mentality on how he thinks life should be. Thoreau's
thought process was similar to this boy and he would agree in what this boy is trying to
do. Thoreau believed that people should escape and go into the wild. He to was the kind
of person who would isolate himself from everyone else. 
Chris reminds me of Thoreau because of the way he went about life. He was from a well off
family and lived a pretty well of life.He also got good grades and was an outstanding
athlete. Even though he had all off this, he still was not happy. He wanted something
else something different. He gave all his money away in his savings account to charity
and burned all the cash in his wallet. After this is he turned to nature. He thought that
getting away would make him fell life for what it real is, but he wanted to do this
alone. Chris and Thoreau view on how the American dream should be was not the same as how
everyone else viewed it. They did not want success. They wanted independents away from
everyone. They wanted to feel free. That's how this book is connected into our class
studies of the American dream. Chris's and Thoreau American dream is different then
everyone else's. Nobody really knows why they think this way but that's what makes this
book so interesting. The audience wants to know why Chris's wants to go on this journey
so bad. We want to know what his goal is and why he hates the nice life that he has now.

If there was suppose to be a movie made from this book. The actors I would choose to play
the parts in this film would be the following. Brad Pit as Chris because he seems like
the type of person who has a well of life but want something different. Also he looks
like he would want to go on an adventure like this into the wild. I would make Bruce
Willis play as Jim Gallien because he seems like he could play this role of a rouged but
kind person. He seems like he would be a caring person if he were in the same position to
help Chris. This book would only make a successful movie if it only shows the scenes when
Chris goes into the wild and try to survive on his own.
This was a good book because it thought me that everyone do not view life the same as
average people in society. Some people want something different out of life and the only
way they can find it is by discovering it by there selves. Chris was not abnormal, he
just did not feel like he was getting all he could get out of life. The only thing that
he could have done was go on his little adventure a little more prepared. Chris did not
have the right kind of equipment need to survive in the wild environment of Alaska. If he
did he would still be alive today. He was not crazy, he was just different from the
average person. That's why what he did was a brave thing. Chris had courage and that's
something that a lot of people don't have.