Isolation In Into The Wild

In the novel Into the Wild author Jon Krakauer defines isolation as self-imposed due to the desire to escape external influences of society. In doing so he uses tone, anecdotes, and statements from individuals who were involved with Christopher McCandless.
Krakauer achieves his portrayal of isolation by creating a solitary tone, providing similar personal experiences, and by implementing the actual thoughts and proclamations made by McCandless about scenarios he encountered. He constructs intimate examples of motivations, reasons, and causes for isolation. These examples are crucial because before this novel was released society didn’t understand McCandless’ journey, nor did they feel pity for his death. Krakauer depicts the personal struggles and incentives of McCandless’ life. Krakauer uses McCandless’ mindset to
McCandless does not modern society to interfere with him finding and achieving happiness. With the tone established, Krakauer then goes on to reveal his definition of isolation. To improve the audiences understanding of isolation, Krakauer includes personal experiences that support his recent claims. An example of this is when he tells why he climbed the Devils thumb. He claims he thought by climbing it all his problems would be solved when he returned and a huge accomplishment would change his life. In addition to this Krakauer also writes that adventure is that backbone of a man’s spirit, and is a natural human instinct. This supports the claim that isolation can be a choice, or an escape.
Krakauer concludes that isolation can indeed be self-imposed, and in the case of Christopher McCandless it was to escape materialism. An additional concept Krakauer achieves is he is able to persuade the audience to see McCandless, as well as his journey the way he wanted them