Into The Wild, By Chris Mccandless

The book ‘Into the Wild’ is based on a true story of Christopher J McCandless, a well educated and able young man who chased after his dreams and ambitions. Soon after graduating from Emory University, Chris gave up the balance of his education savings account to OXFAM and disappeared from society to live the life of isolation and venture into the Alaskan Wilderness, This wild adventure ultimately led to his death. According to Mark Laurence, a wilderness journalist, he states that, “It is surprising to look at the leading causes of most deaths in the wilderness--all of these are caused by personal error in judgment.” This quote fits perfectly towards Chris McCandless. He didn't die due to the wilderness. He died from his own misconstrue which

On June 5th Chris had spotted a moose. He killed it and attempted to preserve its meat..Rather than using the prefered method to preserving the meat, which air drying, Chris relied on the advice given to him by hunters he consulted with in South Dakota. This is no easy task. The butchering of the meat is extremely difficult and did not go according to plan as noted in his journal entries, “ Maggot already! Smoking appears in effective. Don’t know, looks like a disaster”(Krauckuer 167). This is a sign of Chris’s stubbornness that he showed throughout his life. When it came to his adventure to the wilderness he felt whatever he was doing was correct and nothing else

Chris commenced to starve on July 30th, two days after reading Doctor Zhivago, book that showed which plant life were edible. Weeks before that Chris had commenced to accumulate seeds and consume immense quantities of wild potato seeds. One time when amassing it rained, so Chris put the seeds in unclean zip lock bags. That was impeccable conditions for the mold to grow. This mold transpired to be called swainsonine. Swainsome aftereffects are despondence, slow staggering gait, dull ocular perceivers, and the worst effect is that it makes the body always feel as if it's in a stage of starvation. Even if you consume insane amounts of food , you'll always feel hungry. Chris writes in his journal, “ EXTREMELY WEAK, FAULT OF POT SEED MUCH TROUBLE JUST TO STAND UP. STARVING.GREAT JEOPARDY” (Krauckuer 189). Although this wasn’t entirely Chris’s fault. The book in which he had carried with all the species of plant around Alaska did not specifically say whether the plant he was consuming would be toxic. This still shows how Chris still was unwilling to take the proper time to learn about the various plants. had always been that way, when his father tried to teach him more about sports Chris just ignored him and relied on his natural talent. This ties into his unwillingness to learn more and rather rely on the knowledge he has