Into The Wild – Jon Krakauer
Rating: *****
Into The Wild is one of my
all time favourite books. It is an easy read that just grasps your attention
from start to finish.
The story is about a young
man who struggles to be part of regular society and in his search of himself,
he ends up living in a school bus in the Alaskan wilderness. Determined to
survive off the land, he rids himself of almost all modern day luxuries.
Unfortunately, he doesn't survive.
I really enjoyed the story
and the fact that it has made me think hard about his mistakes. How the fact
that if he had a map, that he would be alive today. Also, that with all the
dangers we would think about falling a victim to in the Alaskan wilderness,
like bears & cold temperatures, it was something he ate (and he had a
edible plants book).
I highly recommend you read
this book before you watch the movie.
Krakauer, Jon. Into The Wild. New York: Villard, 1996. Print.
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