Into the Wild is a non-fiction book written in 1996 by Jon Krakauer. This is an extension of the 9,000-word article by Krakauer to Christopher McCandless entitled "The Death of the Unbeliever", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside . The book was adapted to the movie in 2007, directed by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch starring as McCandless. "Into the Wild" is an international bestseller that has been printed in 30 languages ​​and 173 editions and formats. This book is widely used as a curriculum for reading high school and college. "Into the Wild" has been praised by many reviewers but has also been described by Alaska reporter Craig Medred as "something created" by the author.
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Christopher Johnson McCandless grew up in the suburbs of Annandale, Virginia. After graduating in May 1990 with high scores from Emory University, McCandless stopped communicating with his family, handed over his $ 25,000 college grant to Oxfam, and started traveling across the Western United States, then left his 1982 Datsun after a flash flood.
On April 28, 1992, McCandless boarded the Stampede Trail in Alaska. There he trudged along a snow-covered walkway to begin the odyssey with only 10 pounds (4500 g) of rice,.22 caliber rifles, multiple gun boxes, cameras, and a small amount of reading material - including field guides for edible plants in the area , Tana'ina Plantlore . She declined the offer of acquaintances to buy her stronger clothes and better supplies. McCandless died around the week of August 18, 1992, after surviving more than 100 days.
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Summary
On September 6, 1992, Christopher McCandless's body was found in a bus left in Alaska ( 63 Â ° 52? 06.23? N 149Ã, Â ° 46? 09.49? W ). A year later, writer Jon Krakauer retraced McCandless's two-year stride between college graduation and his death in Alaska. McCandless abandoned his legal name early in his journey, adopting the moniker "Alexander Supertramp", after W.H. Davies. He spent time in Carthage, South Dakota, working for months in Wayne Westerberg's wheat elevator before boarding Alaska. Krakauer interpreted a very ascetic McCandless personality that may be influenced by the writings of Henry David Thoreau and McCandless's favorite writer Jack London. He explores the similarity between McCandless's experience and motivation, and himself as a young man, narrates in detail his own Krakauer attempts to climb the Devils Thumb in Alaska. Krakauer also tells the stories of several other young men who disappeared into the wilderness, such as Everett Ruess, a lost artist and traveler in the Utah desert during 1934, at the age of 20. In addition, he explains in some old sadness and confused parents of McCandless, Carine's sister, and friends. Cause of death
McCandless survived for about 113 days in the Alaska wilderness, looking for food to eat roots and berries, shooting various games - including deer - and making journals. Though he planned to climb to the beach, the boggy summer field proved too difficult, and he decided to camp on the abandoned bus. In July, he tried to leave, only to find a route obstructed by a river that melted with snow. On July 30, McCandless wrote a journal entry that read, "Very Weak. Pot Error [ato] Seed." Based on this entry, Krakauer hypothesized that McCandless had eaten what he thought was the root of edible plants, Hedysarum alpinum , commonly known as wild Eskimo potatoes, are sweet and nutritious in the spring but then become too difficult to eat. When this happens, McCandless may have tried to eat the seeds. The first Krakauer speculated that the seeds were actually derived from Hedysarum mackenzii, or sweet pea instead of Eskimo Potato, which contained toxic alkaloids, probably swainsonine (a loco-friendly toxic chemical) or something similar. In addition to neurological symptoms, such as weakness and loss of coordination, toxins cause hunger by blocking the metabolism of nutrients in the body. However, Krakauer then suggested that McCandless not confuse the two plants and was actually eating Hedysarum alpinum. Krakauer has been factory tested for every poison and, through tests on Hendysarum alpinum, it was found that it contains an unidentifiable form of toxin.
According to Krakauer, a well-nourished person may consume grains and survive because the body can use saving of glucose and amino acids to free itself from toxins. Since McCandless lives on a diet of rice, lean meats, and wild plants and has less than 10 percent body fat when he dies, Krakauer hypothesized that McCandless might not be able to fend off toxins. However, when the Eskimo potatoes from the area around the bus were then tested in the laboratory of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Thomas Clausen, no poison was found. Krakauer later modified his hypothesis, suggesting that the fungus of Rhizoctonia leguminicola varieties may have caused McCandless's death. Rhizoctonia leguminicola is known to cause digestive problems in farm animals, and may have helped McCandless famine. Krakauer hypothesized that the bag in which Chris kept the seed potatoes wet and the seeds became moldy. If McCandless ate these mushroom-containing grains, he could become ill, and Krakauer suggested that he could not get out of bed and starve. The basis for the print hypothesis is the photo that shows the beans in the bag. Following the chemical analysis of the beans, Krakauer now believes that the seed itself is poisonous.
The hypothetical causes of death presented in this book have been disputed, with authors of books and other sources drawing new conclusions since their publication.
Main theme
Into the Wild discusses the issue of how to be accepted in society, and how to find yourself sometimes goes against being an active member in society. Most critics agree that Chris McCandless went to find some kind of enlightenment. He also tried to find a way in the wild with minimal possessions, because "it made the journey more enjoyable." Extreme risk taking is the arrogance that eventually causes its downfall.
McCandless is influenced by transcendentalism and the need to "revolutionize your life and move into an entirely new realm of experience."
Adaptations
The film adaptation was released in September 2007, directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch as McCandless.
The story of McCandless is also a documentary subject by Ron Lamothe named The Call of the Wild (2007). In his study of McCandless's death, Lamothe concluded that McCandless had run out of supplies and games, and starved to death, instead of being poisoned by eating the seeds of wild potatoes.
The survival event held in Alaska, Out of the Wild, was inspired by the story.
The Christopher Johnson McCandless Memorial Foundation, led by McCillless's parents, Bille and Walt, with editorial and written input from family and friends, releases books and DVDs Back to the Wild: The Photographs & The writings of Christopher McCandless (2010). This material includes hundreds of images and journal entries that McCandless had never seen before. Jon Krakauer has written a piece in the introductory book, while Hal Holbrook - which appears in the movie Penn - tells the DVD.
References
External links
- Back To Wild , following from the original book
- Find Inside the Wild Magic Bus , travel book inspired to magic bus and complete guide to find it
- Climb Stampede Trails, guide to climbing Bus 142 on Stampede Trail.
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