Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild: A True Hero

A classmate of Chris’s once said the he was “born into the wrong century, he was looking for more adventure and freedom than society gave people” (119). Chris was a young smart intelligent kid who acquired his sense of wanderlust from his family and ventured into the
Wild. Readers of the book “Into the wild” have a debate of whether or not Chris is a hero, some say hero because he followed his dreams, others say fool for forgetting boy scout rule number one. Chris’s foolishness exists through his recklessness, absences of common sense, and lack of survival knowledge. Chris demonstrates his foolishness when he goes into the Alaskan bush ill prepared. He does this in chapter 1 when he goes into the wild with only fifteen to twenty pounds of gear, a ten pound bag of rice, and a twenty two caliber rifle. Jim Gallien the man who gave Chris his final ride stated that Chris’s bag “is an improbably light load for a stay of several months in the backcountry” (5). The only food chris had even brought with him was the bag of rice until Gallien pleaded with him to take two sandwiches and some chips. The rifle he had was only twenty two caliber, not enough to bring down big game needed for such a lengthy stay. This Example shows how reckless he was for his own safety and further shows his foolishness. This is not the only instance in which Chris shows his lunacy. …show more content…
He does this in chapter seven when he improperly uses a simple microwave. Once when Wayne Westerberg went to Chris’s house in Carthage, he noticed a terrible smell. Chris had been cooking chicken in the microwave, he had no clue that the grease had to be drained somewhere. Not the he was too lazy to clean the actual grease up, he just did not notice. This is yet another reason his foolishness is shown by his lacking of common knowledge. This is only the second example that showcases his

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