Into Thin Air And Into The Wild Essay

Happiness is the state of feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. Jon Krakauer shows us what the true meaning of happiness was to Chris McCandless in Into The Wild, and also shows us that nature is a beautiful but deadly opponent in both Into The Wild and Into Thin Air. In Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer is following the Chris McCandless’s footsteps in his search for happiness and his interactions with nature. In Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer wrote about his journey to Mt. Everest and the tragedy that took place in 1996. Both of these works are true stories that Jon Krakauer went through or researched an enormous amount on. Into The Wild shows the true effects of nature if the severity of nature is not respected. Chris McCandless is a young man from a rich family that is not completely happy. He also goes by Alex McCandless to hid his true identity. He moves from everything in order to pursue happiness. Jon Krakauer proves that he is not a materialistic guy throughout this book because he tells “McCandless documented the burning of his money (21)” because he thought he did not need it, but in all reality he was just ignorant and thought that nature was not deadly, it was just beautiful. This would end up coming back to bite him in the butt and kill him. Chris McCandless viewed nature
the theme was the beautiful side of nature but also the extremely deadly side. These books showed what happens when people do not have a plan when they go experience nature and when they have a plan when they go to experience nature, both show that you can die in either situation. Jon Krakauer gets to describe both of the beautiful and deadly side of nature and it gives the reader a better visualization on the severity of nature and causes emotions in the reader, but it also makes them think more about what is happening. Jon Krakauer shows the true opponent in Into The Wild and Into Thin Air to create a