Cliffsnotes on Krakauer's Into the Wild
by:
Jon Krakauer (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780470927557 (0470927550)
Publish date: January 6th 2011
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
Pages no: 50
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Academic,
School,
Book Club,
Environment,
Nature,
Biography Memoir
~*Full review on The Bent Bookworm!*~“He read a lot. Used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often…he always had to know the ...
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his walle...
I love this book so much ! The story haunted me deeply for a long time, it's one of the most unusual and powerful books I have ever read.Born Chris McCandless, he changed his name to Alexander Supertramp, a young man who left his family and friends, donated his college money , abandoned most of his ...
"It is hardly unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders; engaging in risky behavior is a rite of passage in our culture no less than in most others. Danger has always held a certain allure. That, in large part, is why so many teenagers drive too fast and drin...
This is one of these rare cases where I watched the movie before reading the book. And because of that I did not enjoy the book that much. The story of McCandless is so interesting and I can easily understand why he chose this lifestyle. I just don't understand why he was so reckless. Anyway, the mo...
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