Analysis Of Living Off Into The Wild
Chris McCandless, a five feet seven inches twenty-four years old teenager, decided to live off into the wild with lack of resources. He abandoned his yellow Datsun, only ten pounds of rice, cheap leather hiking boots, and a 0.22 Caliber, a rifle which is too weak to hunt for big animals. He believes he was prepared to live off into the wild, denying assistance from Jim Gallien, last person to see Chris McCandless before he takes off into the wild. McCandless did not grow up in a normal family. When he was little, his parents are always arguing. As an older brother, he always protects his younger sister, Carine. Since he did not grow up in an ideal family, the way he sees the society are different from others. He dislikes the facts that there
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Since he vision everything goes to his plan, he did not realize how brutal nature can be. Since McCandless left out the real thought in his plan, he did not realize the power of nature is far beyond his own ability. Since he was sick from eating plants, he decided to walk back out from the wild to ask for assistance. However as he walked out, he comes across Teklanika River, which at that time, it was a flood. If McCandless car were nearby, he wouldn’t have to face the river. However, as a weak swimmer, Chris McCandless is unable to cross the river “ Disaster… Rained in. River look impossible. Lonely. Scared” (170). Since he never visions the power of nature will be in his way, he ignores the power of nature in his plan which cost him to be stuck in the wild as he tried to evacuate. In his plan, he relies on wild plants for food resources, that’s why he brings limited food with him as he walks into the wild. Although he found some eatable plant, he never realizes the plant, wild potato seed, is slowly poisoning him. “The poison had rendered him too weak to move… “too weak to walk out” (Krakauer The New Yorker 10). From the quote, it tells that McCandless never thought of the wild plants is poison and it will cause his life. A human with common sense will know wild plants are untrustworthy however, McCandless refuses to believe it, and continuous his selfishness which eventually he couldn’t walk out due to the poison paralyze him and starve to
Since he vision everything goes to his plan, he did not realize how brutal nature can be. Since McCandless left out the real thought in his plan, he did not realize the power of nature is far beyond his own ability. Since he was sick from eating plants, he decided to walk back out from the wild to ask for assistance. However as he walked out, he comes across Teklanika River, which at that time, it was a flood. If McCandless car were nearby, he wouldn’t have to face the river. However, as a weak swimmer, Chris McCandless is unable to cross the river “ Disaster… Rained in. River look impossible. Lonely. Scared” (170). Since he never visions the power of nature will be in his way, he ignores the power of nature in his plan which cost him to be stuck in the wild as he tried to evacuate. In his plan, he relies on wild plants for food resources, that’s why he brings limited food with him as he walks into the wild. Although he found some eatable plant, he never realizes the plant, wild potato seed, is slowly poisoning him. “The poison had rendered him too weak to move… “too weak to walk out” (Krakauer The New Yorker 10). From the quote, it tells that McCandless never thought of the wild plants is poison and it will cause his life. A human with common sense will know wild plants are untrustworthy however, McCandless refuses to believe it, and continuous his selfishness which eventually he couldn’t walk out due to the poison paralyze him and starve to