Individual Written Reflection

My frst impressions of the book weren't very good. It started off really slow and was hard to follow because the time period would keep jumping around from time time so it was difficult to stay focused and interested. But as it went on it became a little more interesting. It was also hard to follow because Krakauer doesn't tell the reader right away that Alexander Supertramp and Christopher McCandless are the same person so for a little I thought the book was going to be based off of two different characters. My final impressions of the book weren't too fond because I thought it would of been better if Alex had survived. But at the beginning it tells you that he's going to die so that kind of ruined the book for me. I also felt kind of bad for Alex because if he were to survive nineteen days longer then he would of been found by those hikers and could of left the Alaskan wilderness. My favorite part of the book as in chapter two when Wayne Westerberg is the last person to see Aex before he goes into the wild. Why I like this part is because its a major turning point in the book and Westerberg is offering to buy Alex better materials so he has a higher chance of surviving but Alex denies his offer. At the same time this is my least favorite part of the book because this shows how ignorant Alex truly is for thinking he can urvive in the wild without the right materials. What I thought should have been different about the book was the time period jumping from time to time. If it wasn't like this it would of been easier to follow and I would of been more interested instead of being confused. Overall I thought Into The Wild was a solid book. I wouldn't recommend it to very many people, just to those who like the outdoors.