In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, he explains the long journey of a young adult named Chris McCandless. McCandless was a man who felt the need to live an unconventional and joyful life. Learning from philosophers like Jack London and Henry David Thoreau, he developed his ideas about living his life to a joyful extension. His perception of the meaning of life and ideas about how to find true ... to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters" (7). Someone who didn't understand why McCandless made the choices he did would easily call him foolish and crazy. It is easy to co...

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... : 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 people who call McCandless incompetent have ever done it either." Through his journalistic approach in his long form feature piece, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer is able to piece together the chilling story of Chris McCandless and give ... a better understanding of this self-made vagabond through extensive research and Krakauer's own personal connection ... ...

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