Comparing Letter By Everett Ruess And Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

In the beginning of the chapter, a letter by Everett Ruess is quoted. In the letter, it said that he loved the beauty of his country. It is suggested by the author that a similar letter could have been written by McCandless. Similarities between the two are also made, like the fact that they changed their names and their thirst for adventure. Ruess is also said to have a strong connection to Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. In Davis Gulch, the words “NEMO 1934” are etched into a rock, which is where the last evidence of him can be traced. They never found Ruess’s body, and the author lists several theories as to his disappearance, such as he drowned, or he fell off of a cliff. The author concludes the chapter connecting
Ruess and McCandless with Irish monks who settled on the Icelandic island of Papós, called the papar.