Our English Class is reading Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, as our next literary project. This novel is a true story about a young man who takes a journey through the wilderness. The story begins with the main character's, Chris McCandless, body being found in an abandoned bus in Alaska. Into the Wild retraces the journey of Chris McCandless two years after graduating from college. Early on in his journey, Chris drops his real name, taking the name "Alexander Supertramp." On his journey, Chris maintains a journal of his experiences. Krakauer talks about another person, Everett Ruess, who went missing in Utah. Chris survived in the wilderness for about 119 days, and hunted game, and collected various edible roots and berries. A mistake, however, lead Chris to his fate. Chris had mistakenly consumed the poisonous seeds of a plant. These seeds stopped Chris's body from receiving the nutrients that it needed to survive. In a healthy, nutritious body, the poison could have been fought off; however, Chris was surviving on rice, lean meat, roots, and berries, and his body was simply not strong enough to fight off the poison. While he was dying from this poison, he wrote in his journal: "EXTREMELY WEAK. FAULT OF POT. SEEDS . . ."
I am very excited to start reading a new novel in English! Now let's journey "into the wild . . ."
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