Krakauer included the stories of other adventurers because he was trying to defend Chris. People were saying he had mental illnesses & relating him to some of the adventurers Krakauer included in the book. Krakauer was saying that those people did have problems and some with mental illnesses, but not Chris. He used his own story in the book to show that you don't have to have mental illnesses or problems to try to live in the wild like Chris did. Krakauer was basically saying I took an adventure when I was young & look at me... I have no mental issues to be heard of. It was just another way of defending Chris. I agree with Danielle that his parents didn't seem to care as much as they should have when they found out about Chris' death, but his sister was crushed when she found out.
i agree with Greg a little bit. Part of the reason he added other stories could have been because he wanted to defend him, but another reason could have been because it was a natural curiosity that he knew his readers would have. Everyone wants to know how and why he ended up there and what happened in that time frame of his life.
as far as his family...i mean everyone handles their sadness in different ways...but let me just say this...if i would have heard this story from one of them (except his sister) then yes, i wouldve felt sorry for them but would i have felt their pain and cried... probably not.
I think what Krakauer was trying to do with his story was add a connection with McCandless and the rest of the world of people. He tried to create a sense of empathization...but i only think it worked on people that aren't stubborn and stuck in their opinion of Chris.
Greg and Tyrisa said the same thing that i would've said. Krakauer was getting all this negative feedback from people and he didn't that was fair to Chris at all, so all the extar stories whee to defend Chirs and his situation. He also did it to show that everyone goes through that pase in life we just all go about it differently. He even shows that he went through the same thought process in going on an adventure his just didn't end up the way Chris's did.
The family seemed to care enough about their sons death to go an visit his death spot. It takes a lot of heart and confidence to go and visit the place where a love one had died. The mother even went as far as leaving a first aid kit on the bus for future people who might travel and stay at the bus.
At first, I was annoyed by the sudden shift in topic throughout the book. Then I realized that it was all completely relevant. The stories of the other adventurers were probably included to relate McCandless to other people so that he wouldn't seem so crazy after all. I'm pretty sure that Krakauer was trying to find some sort of similarity so he could come to somewhat of a conclusion about the reason for McCandless's "itchy feet". When Krakauer is describing his own story, he is basically explaining why he was so attached the memory of McCandless and how they were similar. When the wrote the article for Outside magazine, he probably noticed the simlarities between McCandless and himself and felt very close to this young man whom he had never even met. This is what prompted him to write this novel. Obviously, the reactions of McCandless's family is vital. The tragic story would simply be incomplete without it. I think it also shows how deeply his family cared for him and how he totally pushed them away and turned his back on them, yet they kept waiting and searching for their son. As for the last question, I just wish that I could meet his family and tell them that I don't think that Chris was insane. I just think he got caught up in the excitment of going on an independent adventure.
I also feel that he wrote those two chapters about his life because he wanted to show how hearing Chris's story inspired him to write this book in the first place. A lot of people are thinking... "SO WHAT. ?!?! PEOPLE DO CRAZY STUFF EVERYDAY...WHY IS THIS GUY ANYMORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NEXT. ?!?!" but it's more than that... somewhere in this world there is someone on the opposite end of the totem pole...domeone who loves this book just as much as someone who can't stand it... the point is this man inspired someone enough to the point a book was written and published about their story. The fact that it's a best seller is a bonus that i think shows you that anyone's negative opinion about this book is greatly outnumbered by the society you live in. it doesn't matter how you feel about the book, no matter whether you hate or love it, the book was meant to make a difference in the world...we are talking about it... so it must have done it's job.
The other adventurers were to show that Chris wasn't the only one that had done something like this, also to show how much more he, Krakauer himself, stands out in being more similar with Chris than the others.
I think that Krakauer left his own story, to explain and show how he was so similar to Chris in the first place, thus his reason to write the novel about his life. He felt really attached to Chris as he learned more about him.
And at first, it seemed as if Chris's parents didn't seem to heart broken about the whole thing, but then i really thought about it. Before they had gone up there, they had known about him being dead for a little while, and they were able to except what has happened to their son. They were mentally prepared to go to the bus at the end of the story.
I agree with greg and Ty. I think Krakauer included the adventures of the other's trials and his own was to relate everything back. It related everyone back to the trials of McCandless and how he overcame a lot. Krakaurer wanted to feel the same things that Chris had, in some type of way. McCandless had been cut off from his family for quite some time, but I don't believe they were not heartbroken by any means. They are still his family, and they DID care about Chris. The book all tied together for me in the end. Though, we were given the ending in the first chapter, we were left hanging on a few topics. I liked how it went back to his journey, the aspects of it. He would come back to town sometimes, he wanted that emotional attachment. It tied together a lot. I don't believe that the aspects of the book in nessisarily important, but the tale and connection the everyday things is significant.
I think that Krakauer put in other stories as well as his own because as the letters from people who thought Chris was dumb kept flowing, he felt he needed to let those people know Chris wasn't being just another stupid kid who wanted to be famous. Chris really felt the need to do this, whether it was for himself or to prove a point to his parents. He wants everybody to know that there are other people in the world just like Chris and that his desire to go ALONE into the wild was not a death wish. Also, I think Krakauer put his own story in the book to show that he was personally inspired to write this book about Chris and he felt connected to him in a way. As for his parents reactions, im really not sure why he put them in there. I guess just to add to the story cuz it doesn’t change what happened to chris over all.
My opinion of the book has been stated many times.. I do not understand the extra "stuff" included in the book. Actually I dont even understand the reasoning for the book. I am one of the people that Tyrisa described as "could care-less and cant stand the book".. It's wonderful for the people that do love the book.. Great for them. They have their opinions and I have mine.. And for me it was a waste of time..
I think that Krakauer included the extra stories to show that other people have gone on adventures and they turned out wrong. I also think that he wanted to show his personal connection with Chris. He wanted to show that this wasnt just some random person he chose for no reason. I think the family care about Chris a great deal. They did try to look for him and his mom had dreams that something was wrong. I think that his sister cared the most though because they were the closest. Overall I think Krakauer did a good job writing the book. I think it is well written and catches peoples attention if it is something they are interested in. I think Chris was as stupid as he was smart and all he wanted to do was prove a point. He wanted to show that he could live with nothing. He seems like a stubborn person who had his mind made up and nothing was going to change it.
I think that the author included his own adventures to show why he was writing this book. He wanted others to see that he wasn't just some random person writing about Chris' story, and that there was a connection between him and Chris. I think that Chris' story touched him and inspired him, and so he added his own story to show the reader how he feels that they relate. I think he added the stories of the other adventurers to show the readers that Chris wasn't crazy. He wanted to point out that he's not the only one to have gone out and do what a vast majority would call crazy. The family reactions was important because it showed how torn up they were about Chris' disappearance, it showed just how badly they missed him, and how this had affected them. I think it was important in conveying a message of 'Think of who you could be hurting before you do something'.
well, i believe the author included the other stories to relate mccandless to other people in the world. to make the readers see it in a different way maybe.. though he picked a whole bunch of crazies to compare chris to. i think he could have found better stories.
i also think he includes his won story because he needs the readers to understand that other people feel the same way that chris did and that people should take journeys of self-discovery.
and as for chris's family, he included that because it's pretty significant to know how the family felt after his death. he didn't grow up with such a great homelife or good relationship with his family. so their reactions just reinforce what we already know about them.
i think that he used ohter stories to show that McCandless was not the only one in this world that has followed their dream to that extreme. I also think that he was trying stick up for Chris as well. I think this because if I were the author of the book I would have done the same thing. I feel that at the begining he felt like Chris was crazy for doing what he did, I also felt the same way. But as he found out more and dug deeper into his pass he began to realize why he did what he did, that as well is the situation that I had came across.
I fell that when his parents found out about his death the weren't in shock. I htink they knew that it was going to happen and over all those years just kind of prepared themselve for that disappointment. So when the day actually came they somewhat had numbed themselves to the pain.
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In my opinion Chris' parents didn't seem that heart-broken of his death.
I think the author included his own story becasue he was tring to compare his life to Chris'.
Danielle S.
Krakauer included the stories of other adventurers because he was trying to defend Chris. People were saying he had mental illnesses & relating him to some of the adventurers Krakauer included in the book. Krakauer was saying that those people did have problems and some with mental illnesses, but not Chris. He used his own story in the book to show that you don't have to have mental illnesses or problems to try to live in the wild like Chris did. Krakauer was basically saying I took an adventure when I was young & look at me... I have no mental issues to be heard of. It was just another way of defending Chris. I agree with Danielle that his parents didn't seem to care as much as they should have when they found out about Chris' death, but his sister was crushed when she found out.
i agree with Greg a little bit. Part of the reason he added other stories could have been because he wanted to defend him, but another reason could have been because it was a natural curiosity that he knew his readers would have. Everyone wants to know how and why he ended up there and what happened in that time frame of his life.
as far as his family...i mean everyone handles their sadness in different ways...but let me just say this...if i would have heard this story from one of them (except his sister) then yes, i wouldve felt sorry for them but would i have felt their pain and cried...
probably not.
I think what Krakauer was trying to do with his story was add a connection with McCandless and the rest of the world of people. He tried to create a sense of empathization...but i only think it worked on people that aren't stubborn and stuck in their opinion of Chris.
Greg and Tyrisa said the same thing that i would've said. Krakauer was getting all this negative feedback from people and he didn't that was fair to Chris at all, so all the extar stories whee to defend Chirs and his situation. He also did it to show that everyone goes through that pase in life we just all go about it differently. He even shows that he went through the same thought process in going on an adventure his just didn't end up the way Chris's did.
The family seemed to care enough about their sons death to go an visit his death spot. It takes a lot of heart and confidence to go and visit the place where a love one had died. The mother even went as far as leaving a first aid kit on the bus for future people who might travel and stay at the bus.
At first, I was annoyed by the sudden shift in topic throughout the book. Then I realized that it was all completely relevant. The stories of the other adventurers were probably included to relate McCandless to other people so that he wouldn't seem so crazy after all. I'm pretty sure that Krakauer was trying to find some sort of similarity so he could come to somewhat of a conclusion about the reason for McCandless's "itchy feet". When Krakauer is describing his own story, he is basically explaining why he was so attached the memory of McCandless and how they were similar. When the wrote the article for Outside magazine, he probably noticed the simlarities between McCandless and himself and felt very close to this young man whom he had never even met. This is what prompted him to write this novel.
Obviously, the reactions of McCandless's family is vital. The tragic story would simply be incomplete without it. I think it also shows how deeply his family cared for him and how he totally pushed them away and turned his back on them, yet they kept waiting and searching for their son.
As for the last question, I just wish that I could meet his family and tell them that I don't think that Chris was insane. I just think he got caught up in the excitment of going on an independent adventure.
I also feel that he wrote those two chapters about his life because he wanted to show how hearing Chris's story inspired him to write this book in the first place. A lot of people are thinking...
"SO WHAT. ?!?! PEOPLE DO CRAZY STUFF EVERYDAY...WHY IS THIS GUY ANYMORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NEXT. ?!?!"
but it's more than that...
somewhere in this world there is someone on the opposite end of the totem pole...domeone who loves this book just as much as someone who can't stand it...
the point is this man inspired someone enough to the point a book was written and published about their story. The fact that it's a best seller is a bonus that i think shows you that anyone's negative opinion about this book is greatly outnumbered by the society you live in. it doesn't matter how you feel about the book, no matter whether you hate or love it, the book was meant to make a difference in the world...we are talking about it...
so it must have done it's job.
The other adventurers were to show that Chris wasn't the only one that had done something like this, also to show how much more he, Krakauer himself, stands out in being more similar with Chris than the others.
I think that Krakauer left his own story, to explain and show how he was so similar to Chris in the first place, thus his reason to write the novel about his life. He felt really attached to Chris as he learned more about him.
And at first, it seemed as if Chris's parents didn't seem to heart broken about the whole thing, but then i really thought about it. Before they had gone up there, they had known about him being dead for a little while, and they were able to except what has happened to their son. They were mentally prepared to go to the bus at the end of the story.
I agree with greg and Ty. I think Krakauer included the adventures of the other's trials and his own was to relate everything back. It related everyone back to the trials of McCandless and how he overcame a lot. Krakaurer wanted to feel the same things that Chris had, in some type of way. McCandless had been cut off from his family for quite some time, but I don't believe they were not heartbroken by any means. They are still his family, and they DID care about Chris. The book all tied together for me in the end. Though, we were given the ending in the first chapter, we were left hanging on a few topics. I liked how it went back to his journey, the aspects of it. He would come back to town sometimes, he wanted that emotional attachment. It tied together a lot. I don't believe that the aspects of the book in nessisarily important, but the tale and connection the everyday things is significant.
-Kelsey Heath!
I think that Krakauer put in other stories as well as his own because as the letters from people who thought Chris was dumb kept flowing, he felt he needed to let those people know Chris wasn't being just another stupid kid who wanted to be famous. Chris really felt the need to do this, whether it was for himself or to prove a point to his parents. He wants everybody to know that there are other people in the world just like Chris and that his desire to go ALONE into the wild was not a death wish. Also, I think Krakauer put his own story in the book to show that he was personally inspired to write this book about Chris and he felt connected to him in a way.
As for his parents reactions, im really not sure why he put them in there. I guess just to add to the story cuz it doesn’t change what happened to chris over all.
My opinion of the book has been stated many times.. I do not understand the extra "stuff" included in the book. Actually I dont even understand the reasoning for the book. I am one of the people that Tyrisa described as "could care-less and cant stand the book".. It's wonderful for the people that do love the book.. Great for them. They have their opinions and I have mine.. And for me it was a waste of time..
I think that Krakauer included the extra stories to show that other people have gone on adventures and they turned out wrong. I also think that he wanted to show his personal connection with Chris. He wanted to show that this wasnt just some random person he chose for no reason. I think the family care about Chris a great deal. They did try to look for him and his mom had dreams that something was wrong. I think that his sister cared the most though because they were the closest.
Overall I think Krakauer did a good job writing the book. I think it is well written and catches peoples attention if it is something they are interested in. I think Chris was as stupid as he was smart and all he wanted to do was prove a point. He wanted to show that he could live with nothing. He seems like a stubborn person who had his mind made up and nothing was going to change it.
I think that the author included his own adventures to show why he was writing this book. He wanted others to see that he wasn't just some random person writing about Chris' story, and that there was a connection between him and Chris. I think that Chris' story touched him and inspired him, and so he added his own story to show the reader how he feels that they relate.
I think he added the stories of the other adventurers to show the readers that Chris wasn't crazy. He wanted to point out that he's not the only one to have gone out and do what a vast majority would call crazy.
The family reactions was important because it showed how torn up they were about Chris' disappearance, it showed just how badly they missed him, and how this had affected them. I think it was important in conveying a message of 'Think of who you could be hurting before you do something'.
well,
i believe the author included the other stories to relate mccandless to other people in the world. to make the readers see it in a different way maybe.. though he picked a whole bunch of crazies to compare chris to. i think he could have found better stories.
i also think he includes his won story because he needs the readers to understand that other people feel the same way that chris did and that people should take journeys of self-discovery.
and as for chris's family, he included that because it's pretty significant to know how the family felt after his death. he didn't grow up with such a great homelife or good relationship with his family. so their reactions just reinforce what we already know about them.
the end :)
i think that he used ohter stories to show that McCandless was not the only one in this world that has followed their dream to that extreme. I also think that he was trying stick up for Chris as well. I think this because if I were the author of the book I would have done the same thing. I feel that at the begining he felt like Chris was crazy for doing what he did, I also felt the same way. But as he found out more and dug deeper into his pass he began to realize why he did what he did, that as well is the situation that I had came across.
I fell that when his parents found out about his death the weren't in shock. I htink they knew that it was going to happen and over all those years just kind of prepared themselve for that disappointment. So when the day actually came they somewhat had numbed themselves to the pain.
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