Critical Analysis Of Into The Wild

When a person lives a life with no dreams or wishes accomplished that person would die knowing they lived a dissatisfied life full of regret. In the book, Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, the author conveys an argument of living a life with no regret throughout the literature. The argument presented by Krakauer is conveyed by character relationships, character actions, and references to an images.
The book, Into the Wild, is about a young man, Chris McCandless, who decides to live as a hiker throughout the United States wilderness. This young man, hid his identity from people he met throughout the country, and identified himself in many ways, such as: Alex McCandless, Alexander McCandless, and Chris McCandless. During the time he traveled,

Seen during the page (37), McCandless was still found in well health. However, by August 18, 1992, McCandless was found dead in a bus where he left a note “S.O.S I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED, NEAR DEATH, AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE PUT OF HERE. I AM ALONE…” (198). Although the note stated that McCandless was injured, in which it would be the possible reason why he died young, people were not sure exactly how he died, yet the annotations found in McCandless journal states how he was starving for about the last two months of his life. Whether McCandless died by starvation, injury, or both, it is recognized by both the readers and author that he died in a slow painful way, however, the author describes the last picture McCandless took of himself. Krakauer states, “But if he pitied himself in those last difficult hours-because he was so young...alone…because his body betrayed him and his will had let him down-it is not apparent in the photograph. He is smiling in the picture…Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as a monk gone to God.” (199) The author first describes the profound pain that McCandless could have been suffering and follows how McCandless, although suffering, was happy and not disappointed with his outcome of his life. The way the author references to the last picture and profoundly explains what the character could have been feeling and showing in the image, is a way the author, Krakauer, presents his argument, of living life with no