Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer: A Personal Analysis
I'm going to begin by telling you my personal philosophy from the perspective of a runaway's family member. Eventually I hope I can change your mind and make you think again about the desicion you made.
I had a brother named Chris McCandless, who thought different from everybody else. He liked being independent and always went in some type of trip to prove it. "The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried." (Emerson). I never told him not to go, because I knew it was what he wanted to do, and it made him happy. "I knew he was happy and doing what he wanted to do; I undestood that it was important for him to see how independent he could be." (Krakauer, 125). …show more content…
One day the biggest tragedy occured when Chris went on the last trip of his life.
He traveled to Alaska and died there because of the harsh living conditions. "If a plant cannot live according to its nature it dies, and so a man." (Thoreau). He risked his life and lost it doing something he liked, and I'm happy for him living the life that he wanted but sometimes I think of what would of had happened if only my parents, I or something could of had stopped him from going. "My parents can't help wondering- and I admit that I can't either-how things might have turned out different if Chris had taken Buck with him." (Krakauer,
128)
It's been some time already and I still break down when I think of him "Ten months after Chris's death, Carine still grieves deeply for her brother,"I can't seem to get through a day without crying" she says with a look of puzzlement." (Krakauer, 129).
I really hope I can change your mind so you can go back to your family that for sure misses you so much, and its grieving due to your absence. I know that at first I supported my brother's way of thinking and every trip that he made, but now I just would liked for him to be here with my parents and me, and I bet your family feels the same way. "Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said today." (Emerson).
Sincerly
Carine McCandless
I had a brother named Chris McCandless, who thought different from everybody else. He liked being independent and always went in some type of trip to prove it. "The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried." (Emerson). I never told him not to go, because I knew it was what he wanted to do, and it made him happy. "I knew he was happy and doing what he wanted to do; I undestood that it was important for him to see how independent he could be." (Krakauer, 125). …show more content…
One day the biggest tragedy occured when Chris went on the last trip of his life.
He traveled to Alaska and died there because of the harsh living conditions. "If a plant cannot live according to its nature it dies, and so a man." (Thoreau). He risked his life and lost it doing something he liked, and I'm happy for him living the life that he wanted but sometimes I think of what would of had happened if only my parents, I or something could of had stopped him from going. "My parents can't help wondering- and I admit that I can't either-how things might have turned out different if Chris had taken Buck with him." (Krakauer,
128)
It's been some time already and I still break down when I think of him "Ten months after Chris's death, Carine still grieves deeply for her brother,"I can't seem to get through a day without crying" she says with a look of puzzlement." (Krakauer, 129).
I really hope I can change your mind so you can go back to your family that for sure misses you so much, and its grieving due to your absence. I know that at first I supported my brother's way of thinking and every trip that he made, but now I just would liked for him to be here with my parents and me, and I bet your family feels the same way. "Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said today." (Emerson).
Sincerly
Carine McCandless