Into the Wild

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Summary: Krakuer is nothing like McCandless.
Review: The author of the book Into the Wild should not have compared himself to Chris McCandless. McCandless and Krakauer are two different people with different intentions for going out into the wild. McCandless is more like Thoreau and had his own principles and theories about the meaning of life or what life should be. Krakauer was more of a common person who wanted to go out into nature just to be different and not form to society. The movement into Nature wasn't deep in Kraukauer's heart as it was in McCandless. McCandless wasn't a boy who wanted to go out to Nature to rough it and show his masculinity. He wasn't out there for the adventure. He wanted to find himself and find someone or something that he actually valued. He was trying to find a life that he would like to live that didn't seem hypocritical. Kraukauer didn't seem to have much physchological means behind his nature experience. Kraukauer could be anyone, your dad, your neighbor, your friend. McCandless was different. He was a unique person who wanted more than most of the population.

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Summary: Intruiging!
Review: Though the book was sometimes confusing, I found it hard to put the book down. Krakauer made me want to know what is going on in the mind of this man who severed all ties to live in the wilderness with no money, and unsatisfactory survival gear. I know he wanted to experience a different life style where he could become one with nature and learn more about himself and his existence. But he was an intelligent man, he could have done it successfully had he taken the time to do more research on how to survive in the wilderness. Also, McCandless was in the upper-middle class,he could of easily afforded the necessary gear that it would take. It seemed that he didn't really care to take these problems into consideration. It was very interesing to explore the mind of Chistopher McCandless.

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Summary: All Mixed Up
Review: I found this book to be intriging yet confusing at the same time. I felt that the way Krakauer organized the information was very jumpy and made the book difficult to understand. Krakauer also included a lot of pointless information about other people that had gone out on adventures and never came back. I feel that took away from the whole point of the book which I thought was supposed to be about Chris McCandless. If Krakauer would have stayed focused on the life of McCandless, I feel the book would have been more effective.

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Summary: Helluva Book!
Review: I started this this book and found it very difficult to put down. I finished it in two very short sittings. The level of intrigue that it forced me into has caused me to place it into one of the top 10 books I've read in the last year. I think that Krakauer does an excellent job in bringing this tragedy to life. Unfortunately, I think that Krakauer spent too much effort in defending and justifying Alex's actions which is, in my eyes, not a necessity. If Krakauer had limited the amount of material on similar incidents (which took up multiple pages in the middle of the book) I would have given it a 10 as opposed to the 9 which I gave it. Also, as a student in psychology, I found it very interesting to see Alex's actions and wonder why a young man in his position could possibly do the things he did with so much conviction. It would be very interesting to talk with him (if he lived) to see his rationale and how he justified everything to himself. Krakauer tried to explain to us Alex's rationale by writing of a similar escapade that he experienced, but to no avail because I beleive Alex's reasons were very much different from Krakauer's even though their backrounds may have been similar. Overall, I beleive Krakauer did a very good job of delivering the story in a very interesting and intriguing way. I would recommend it to anyone, especially those of us who have been young adults and who can relate to the passion and naivety characteristic of that age group. B. Nichols

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Summary: A good book, but too much junk.
Review: I felt that a story like this would have been better told under a format of fiction. ("Based on a true story.") For an author to try to understand the thoughts and motives of someone who died alone in the wilderness is impossible. Also, Krakauer takes the reader too far away from the main story several times. He spends several paragraphs and even chapters telling the reader about his background and the background of the people McCandless came in contact with. None of this information is vital to understanding the motives of McCandless, which is what I understood to be the whole point of the book. As a documentary, this book is very well researched and written. Jared P.

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Summary: A Great book
Review: This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I thinked I liked it because it made me ask questions about myself. I could see myself doing something similar to McCandless and I understood his passion for nature. The only part I didn't like about this book is when Krakaurer talked about the experiences he had with nature. I understand that Krakauer want to show his audience that he could relate with McCandless, but I think he went in to too much detail. I reckomend this book to anyone who has an imagination and likes adventure.

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Summary: very exciting and interesting
Review: I liked this book very much. It seemed to me that krakauer put too many other stories into the book. he should have just talked about McCandless. I dicided that somewhere in McCandless's early childhood he must have developed a split personality. I think that when chris found out about his dad cheating on his might might have caused this to occur. His second personality didnt come out until one of his early journeys.

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Summary: You don't want to put it down.
Review: Into the Wild is a book that you don't want to put down. The journal quotes from Chris McCandless and highlighted exerps from the books that he owned pull at your emotions. These excerpts give insight into the person and the ideals of McCandless. In the world today, young men do not have the chance to test themselves, to see what they can endure. This is what Chris McCandless wanted to do. He found out how far he could go. Jon Krakauer does an excellent job in showing the life, relationships, and hardships of McCandless.

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Summary: Overall a pretty good book.
Review: I thought that Into The Wild was an overall interesting book, but I found it hard to follow at times. I think that Krakauer did a good job portraying the McCandless character, but the set up of the book was a little choppy. I rate is as an 8, because I feel that Krakauer did in excellent job including all that went on throughout the long journey of McCandless.

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Summary: One of the best books I've read.
Review: I thought that this book was a very interesting and a fun to read book, I couldn't put it down. Krakauer did a very good job investigating and writing this book. one thing that I didn't like was that in the middle of the book he jumps from talking about Alex to talking about other people and how they died in the wilderness. It was bad because you want to find out what happens to Alex and out of no where Krakauer changes stories. However, I do think that these other stories give you other peoples experiences in the wild and what happened to them but it was in the wrong place of the book. There is a lot of debate about Alex and whether he was crazy or not. I think that he wasn't insaine but very unprepared. I don't know what Alex was thinking when he went to Alaska just with a bag jull of books and rice. I believe that he was so excited and impacient that he didn't even think about the supplies that he would need. All in all I thought this was an excellent book and would hightly recommend reading it.