Thesis For Into The Wild
Jon Krakauer began pursuing his writing passion about Chris McCandless by first publishing an article on the boy’s death in Outside Magazine in January of 1993. But this is not where he wanted to stop. Krakauer was fascinated by McCandless’s life and experiences, mostly because he could relate to him on a personal level. Krakauer began to further investigate the “convoluted path that led to his death,” wrapping it all together into the novel about the boy, Into The Wild. This book was written to describe the life of Chris McCandless and illustrate a visual representation of the perplexing path he chose that ended his life. McCandless expresses that he is on an odyssey, taking 4 years to live in isolation and with very little money, in order