Show When Chris first started his journey in Alaska, he found what he called the “magic bus.” Chris was “elated to be there,” (Krakauer 163) because the old bus supplied shelter and maybe if he was lucky enough, he would catch a variety of animals to feast on. Supporting my point, “[Chris] also became much more successful at his hunting game,” (Krakauer 164) due to the location of the magic bus. The bus was a symbol of luck to Christopher; however, the bus he relied on for hunting led Christopher “starving to death.” Not to mention, another big symbol taken place in the novel was when Chris McCandless had genuinely donated “all the money in his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger” (Krakauer 20). Ironically, McCandless sustained a serious starvation problem in Alaska due to a lack of foods. Since Krakauer thoroughly displays Christopher’s way of logical thinking, he proved he was more hungry for nature and searching for himself than the actual substance of food itself. All the food symbolizes the way Chris viewed other aspects in his new lifestyle because of the shortfall of proper …show more content… Death cut Chris’ journey short because he had eaten a potato seed containing poisonous mold causing him great illness. He was useless and afraid; thus leading McCandless to question his perspective into how things worked out for him. Chris began to convert his decision of his lifestyle and had fancied to return back home, safe and unworried. He was too weak to hunt and was not able to support himself because he was malnourished. As his sickness developed over the days, he rested abandoned in his Magic Bus, covered in unsanitary blankets and surrounded by bugs. He began to open the “nine or ten paperbound books” (Krakauer 162) he brought with him and started annotating specific passages which influenced him. Doctor Zhivago, an author who impacted him as a reader, actually changed his mentality of continuing to stay as an adventurer. Found in the book margins, “ HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED,” (Krakauer 189) and soon Chris realized being in the wilderness isn’t what he truly wanted and believed he was meant for more in his life; he was persuaded there was a destination awaiting for him elsewhere than Alaska. Rethinking his adventure, he knew “it was time to bring his ‘final and greatest adventure’ to a close and get himself back to the world of men and women.” He craved comfort from the people he adored and Journal 1 Krakauer, Jon. Into The Wild. New York: Villard, 1996. Print. Journal 2 In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer uses the symbol of money repeatedly to show the motives behind Chris’ madness. In the story Chris is motivated to venture off into the rough Alaskan wild to truly live out his life the way he wants too. Chris leaves behind all of his money and abandons society. Throughout the story we see many instances of money used as a symbolic explanation for Chris’ actions. Towards the beginning of the story in Chapter 4 we experience Chris burn all of his money before his trip, here money is shown as society and through him burning his money we are able to see his views against society and his needs to disconnect form it. We are faced with another encounter with the symbol of money in the author’s note when Jon describes Chris’ life talking about how he belonged to a family which was well off, here the symbol of money plays a vital role towards understanding Chris’ personal morals as money isn’t as valued to him as the rest of society (Chris’s disconnect from society is shown again). Money comes up again towards the beginning of the story in Chapter 1 when Chris is…show more content… What does the journal symbolize in Into the Wild?A fragmented, but honest account of his life on the road, written in the third person, the journal gives insight into McCandless's state-of-mind and travels. It symbolizes Chris's beliefs, worldview, and his search for truth.
What books are referenced in Into the Wild?Into The Wild Book References Books. War and Peace (Paperback) Leo Tolstoy. (shelved 1 time as into-the-wild-book-references) ... . Doctor Zhivago (Paperback) Boris Pasternak. ... . Education of a Wandering Man (Paperback) Louis L'Amour. ... . The Call of the Wild (Mass Market Paperback) Jack London. ... . Walden (Paperback) Henry David Thoreau.. How is symbolism used in Into the Wild?In his book, Krakauer uses symbols, such as written correspondence, a backpack, a used yellow Datsun and the Alaskan wilderness to represent larger abstract ideas such as materialism, idealism and the need for human interaction.
What does a book Into the Wild teach you?Experiences are best when shared. Chris comes to this realization toward the end of his life after spending several months in isolation in Alaska. At first this expedition made him feel more alive than anything else. But after a time, he concludes experiences are better when shared with others.
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