The Struggle For Freedom In Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild

The excerpt states that young men are attracted to danger and that Chris was just doing something that any other person would do, just instead took it to the extreme. Throughout the story"Into the Wild" there is evidence to support the claim that Chris was attracted to this danger and was willing to risk anything to get what he wanted, which in this case was "ultimate freedom". He did not want help from people and he did not want to help himself with any of his own goods.

From the beginning he knew that the journey would be dangerous, he took the risk and went on it anyways. He also didn't take the journey the easy way, instead he decided to make it hard on himself and didn't want help from people around him. The first
One example of this is that he didn't want to have money or use it in any way. We see this throughout the book, even before he started his journey. Before he started his journey he donated all of his money that was for his college fund to charity. "...He would shortly donate all the money from his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated for fighting hunger." Later on in the story we find out that he burns the money that he had left in his pocket. He also did not carry much food with him, only a few pounds on rice to keep him from not starving. He was living at the limit for this trip.

Chris McCandless took a huge risk going on his journey to Alaska, and it cost him his life. Not that many people can say that they would do something like that but in reality people do dangerous things everyday. This is what the excerpt is trying to tell us that people get attracted to danger but Chris just took it a step further and made it more dangerous. He did not want help from other people and he did not want to make the journey easier on himself. The excerpt can be meant for Chris but it is not just with him but with all the young men that were attracted by