NOTES FOR INTO THE WILD BY JON KRAKAUER

CHAPTERS 14 - 15

Summary

In Chapter 14, Krakauer recounts his own youthful, reckless adventures in the wilderness. At age twenty-three, Krakauer decided to climb Devils Thumb in Alaska. He describes his younger self as self-absorbed and willful, much like Chris McCandless.

In Chapter 15, Krakauer describes his relationship with his father--a common........

Notes

This is an interesting section because Krakauer inserts his own personal experiences, which is an unusual move. Krakauer shares much in common with Chris McCandless and the other men he has discussed--he was young and willful and also had a strained relationship with his father. What separates Krakauer is that he survived his......

CHAPTERS 16 - Epilogue

Summary

Along the Alaskan Highway, Chris McCandless stopped to bathe and met Gaylord Stuckey. Stuckey initially refused McCandless a ride because it was against company policy. However, after talking for a while, Stuckey became convinced that McCandless was not a typical transient and drove him all the way to Fairbanks. Stuckey bought McCandless a bag of rice at the grocery store, and then left him at the University of Alaska campus, where McCandless wanted to learn about berries.

McCandless found a book on plants at the campus bookstore and found a used gun by searching the classifieds. After McCandless left the campus, he met Jim Gallien, who took him farther.

The author gathers the rest of the information in this chapter about McCandless’s journey from a..........

Notes

This section attempts to resolve the mystery of Chris McCandless’s death and of Chris McCandless himself. Krakauer recounts McCandless’s final days and attempts to dispel myths surrounding his death. Krakauer chooses to present McCandless as a complicated but, ultimately, intelligent and sensitive individual. He shows........

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