Chris Mccandless Suffering In Into The Wild

Jon-Krakauer reports in his nonfiction book Into the Wild that the reaction to Chris McCandless’s death among Alaskan natives who read about Chris in Krakauer’s article in Outside magazine was largely negative. The conventional wisdom was that Chris was no legend, he was just a foolish boy. For example, one said Chris was “ill-prepared and surviving a near-death experience does not make [him] a better human, it makes [him] damn lucky” (71). Another reader said, “McCandless was a kook” (71). Nick Jans, a Caucasian writer and schoolteacher said, “His ignorance is what killed him” (72). In other words, they all believed Chris was ignorant and thoughtless.
Though I concede that McCandless was foolish and imprudent to embark on an adventure with