V Reigh, Mrs. Brown, Into the Wild

Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. Anchor Books: New York, 1996

Into the Wild is a very compelling book. It takes place all around the United States but mainly in the state of Alaska. McCandless attended Emory University and after he graduated with a degree he thought it would be a fun idea to hitch-hike to Alaska, and that it would be a fun road trip. McCandless had to encounter many obstacles. He had to find ways to survive. One man that he became very good friends with was Wayne Westerber. This guy helped out McCandless a lot, he was the man who drove McCandless into Alaskas wilderness in his truck and gave him ten pounds of rice to survive off of. Earlier in the story McCandless changes his name to Alex. That is very important because he doesn't want anyone to know where he came from anything about his past or most importantly he doesn't want his parents to find him through the FBI, which they have tried to do several times. Alex just doesn't want to be discovered. The most important people in Into the Wild is McCandless "Alex" he ventured off into the wilderness of Alaska by himself, another important person is the author of this story Joh Krakauer who is a news reporter and follows this story about Alex and his adventures and how he dies. The Author uses a style of a collection of writings of Alex's', Jon's articals the he has written and he creates a book that you want to read and that you will enjoy. Especially if you love wilderness.