Into the Wild. Blog #2

       I believe Chris McCandless thought he was ready for survival with what little had. I feel like he believed that he was ready to live alone with no one to take care of him, but himself. He knew what he was bringing and wanted to see if it would work. Chris is unique to me, with what he did with himself. Taking little supplies to live alone in the wilderness, its a very simple life to Chris. To me, Chris knew exactly what he was doing and he had it all planned out to live in the wilderness. Things just would surprise him. I believe he knew he might die in the wilderness, but then again I believe he just wanted to live a natural simple life to himself. Just wanting to find himself in the wild. Simple life may seem easy to Chris in his mind and that's what he wanted to do.
       My opinion on the book is that I loved the way he started the book, because he makes me want to read more and more about it. It makes me want to know why he died and how he did die. It's simply a tease to me, because I really want to know how he died on the bus. He was dead on the bus for a while and I want to know how? It bugs me not to know why or how he died. This is exactly why I love to read books. The curiosity the book gives off and the questions that pop in your head as I read along. I love it and I'm glad he put the book in this fashion. I believe he put it in this fashion is because of the reasons I just listed. It makes people want to read more and it makes people who read the book look forward to the next page or chapter. This is why I believe Jon Krakauer wrote the book in this fashion for people to read more.
      I was so confused when I read this quote. He needs help, of course. He says he is near death and is too weak to hike out of there and says, "THIS IS NO JOKE." I thought ok, he really needs help now, whats going to happen to him, but then he says he is out collecting berries? "What in the world just happened" is what I was thinking when I read this quote. It nearly drove me insane, because I didn't understand what he meant by it. He is begging for help and states clearly that he is to weak to even hitch hike out of there is confusing!? Then he says he will return this evening as if someone was there with him waiting for Chris to come back or something. I don't get why he would say something in the beginning of the note like that, and then say he is collecting berries? What? I really want to know what this quote means and I'm eager to find out what it does mean.