INTO THE WILD

1. I enjoy the style of Krakauer's chapters. Each chapter feels a bit like a different story completely, but then in the end you see that everyone is talking about the same thing. I can't decide if I like that the reader learns so early on that Chris dies. I think I would prefer that to be an emotional blow that comes in the end.

2. Alone. I don't mean it in a sad way necessarily. He is alone in his ideas about life. He has friends that try to steer him in the right direction and many people that he meets along the way, but he is alone in his mission to live a life of adventure.

3. I see, from this book, that life isn't the same for everyone. Life carries with it whatever meaning you choose it to carry because your life is only lived by you. There isn't a book or person that can tell you what will make your life complete because you are the one that has to complete it.

4. There is a book called The Alchemist and it's one of my favorites. The narrator of this novel has devoted his life to the finding of his "Personal Legend," which is different for every person, and it is, in a sense, one's true calling. The narrator sells all of his sheep and channels all efforts to his new goal, and that is very similar to what Chris does.

5. Whenever I travel to a new destination, I too like to keep track of happenings with a camera. There is no better way to recreate the sense of being there than to look at a photograph.

6. The expected life of people in this world, or at least parts of it, are so intense and methodical. Chris's life is the nomadic existence that he wants, and the fact that he wants it should be enough for him to be able to live his life in that way without judgment. Unfortunately, Chris has people looking for him because his life isn't of the expected style. Your life is just that: your life. That should give you the right to squander it or grasp it or whatever one might prefer.