Before the book even starts Krakauer is already set in his mind that there is a difference between him and Chris with unsettling similarities. Moreover, He writes in his author’s note “unsettling parallels between events in his life and those in my own.” Which shows that Krakauer knows how similar …show more content…
Though it does not say I Krakauer have been outside and know this by first hand, he hides it as a disguise, making the reader think the ethos was just part of the story. Over time, into the wild turns to Krakauer’s life and what he did to make him as a valid source and the different similarities these two men have. Krakauer truly goes on to him in chapter 8 where he starts off with others ideas of Chris and what others also added about him. Then he replied by adding in the book into the wild a story about him and why he was Willing to back Chris’s thoughts and journey. Through this, he adds a piece about what he was like and how he acted at a younger age. The impetus was added to the story so Krakauer could show a way that Chris would live when travelling.
Continuing on the story Krakauer goes more into Chris’s life and adds how he had a horrible childhood where his father was a atrocious person which was the cause for the departure of Krakauer from his home. Which was the same result for Chris McCandless going into the wild. By this point, Krakauer has become more attached and have seen both the similarities and differences between himself and