Title of the Book: Into The Wild
 Author: John Krakauer
215 # of Pages: Star Rating: ☆☆☆ ☆

Get ready to immerse yourself in one of the most thrilling and heart wrenching books you will read. Once you pick this one up you will not want to put it down! Meet Chris McCandless, a young man who is not afraid to leave everything behind for his once in a lifetime, life journey. As you immerse yourself in this book, you will feel as if you are walking with this young man as he crosses the country to find his own answers to life itself. From the East coast to the West coast you will not be able to stop reading as Chris meets strangers in what could have resulted in lifelong friendships. Chris leaves it all behind. Every materialistic thing he ever had was given away or left behind so he could find his answers along his soon to be journey.  His journey took place by car, by canoe and by foot. Mile to mile you will soon find out why some would call Chris a maniac and a idiot and why some would call him smart and brave, decide for yourself. No plans, no technology to travel with, just a man and his bare essentials. Nothing will ever be the same as Chris leaves.



      This book is unlike any other I have read. Because this book is a higher level read, it will make you question some of your own moral values and push your thinking to a whole new level. Jon Krakauer makes the book an enjoyable to read because he makes you feel as though you walk with Chris step by step on his journey. Jon's writing style is unique because of the way the story is told and also because of his word choice and attention to detail when writing this non fiction literature.  His through investigation into the subject left no rock unturned.
      Once Chris leaves his lavish modern lifestyle behind, his resolve to make this journey is put to the test.  Chris is very intelligent, but was he smart?  He leaves to take out on his own, no one is there to tell him he can't.  Chris is challenged in the Arizona desert, along the coast of California, and it is all up to him mentally and physically to journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Chris will tell why things went array in his life by clues he left and why this journey was something he had to do. What impact do the people he meets along the way have on him?  That is a part of the unfolding of this literary nonfiction novel.
     I give this book four stars because of the way the story is told and would recommend  it to anyone to read. It doesn't just make you reflect on the book alone, but on life outside of the book. It makes you grateful for every single item and thing you have been given in life. This book will be either very personal for you or it will give you insight on what life should be about. Perhaps, how you can strive to make changes to your life every day. As you connect with Chris, he might even change your day to day thinking as well. Although this book wasn't my usual style because of  my logical thinking process, is it does make me have a insight into why some people could potentially do some of the things they do. It also makes me wonder when you walk into the wild with minimum equipment and no contact with the outside world, who would provide safety or help if anything went wrong, would you survive Into the Wild?