... endless amounts of subdivisions and strip malls, where not only is your future premeditated by others but is assiduously planned out to a horrifying degree, has almost a lustrous appeal to some people. To completely eradicate that former life to exchange for one where lush greenery envelopes you, where sleep takes place under the myriad of shining stars, where the bright spots of ... McCandless was one of the few who chose this type of life: to live completely off the land and test himself in ways, "that mattered," and as Krakauer's friend Roman points out, "very few, if any, of the peo...

• Word Count: 800
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate