Into The Wild - Dale Moitz
Into The Wild Essay
Chris McCandless lived life the way he wanted, and embraced it.
There's a lot of life lessons that could be learned from reading the
book. I was really hoping for a little more suspense in the book, so
I was more motivated to read it. Since it said he died in the very
beginning of the book, I already knew how his journey ended before
the book even really started. The extra chapters about Krauker's
opinion in the book I really disliked too, Krauker was trying to be
better than Chris and show off, which is immature.
I love Christopher's personality, and wish he'd done more that could
have prevented his death. The thought that he could have prevented
his death makes him seem extremely reckless though. He lived off the
land like he wanted pretty well, but that also sort of made him
unprepared. Chris valued his independence more than anything else to
him, which is probably why he wanted to go on this journey. Chris
did not give up on his dream no matter what, all the way until his
end.
Over all, I thought the book was alright. Chris found himself, used
his determination and courage, and did what Chris wanted to do. Not
what anyone else wanted him to do. That's the kind of thing that
gets you where you want to go in life.
Dale Moitz
