I 100% agree. It can be nice to have an author insert their own anecdotes to relate to their subject. But taking up two chapters in the novel (out of ...

I completely agree with you. I did enjoy how he talked about the death of McCandless in the beginning and then being able to pick away at the story to...

I'm glad you agree! I think that while McCandless didn't have to worry much about confidence and the idea of comparison, he had other problems with fa...

It's nice to hear your insight! I think that after reading the novel, we can see that McCandless was focused on leaving the "real world". He was defin...

I believe that Krakauer is trying to write this novel to not only tell the story of McCandless but also to share ideals of materialism, disconnection ...

I somewhat agree with your statement. A lot of the time, a good way of getting to know someone is to have experienced similar things. Which Krakauer h...

I definitely agree with you! Especially the, "Why would someone start a story about someone else and then just turn it into the Krakauer show?" Krakau...

I believe that it can be ethical in certain situations. For “Into the Wild”, I don’t think that Krakauer should’ve inserted himself into the story. He...

I agree with how this story of Chris McCandless is very intriguing. Deciding to take up this story of some guy who decided to seclude himself from rea...

You have a really good argument with Krakauer's point of view of McCandless. I do think that in some parts of "Into the Wild", Krakauer does seem to p...

I also believe that Krakauer tells the story as is. It is a biographers job to stay neutral but still able to have a few opinions in the narrative whi...

I believe that Krakauer is not being too hard on McCandless. Throughout the book so far, Krakauer has kept a very neutral standing in his book. When d...

You make an amazing point about phones. They are very useful and allow us to connect with people with just a tap. But phones have taken up a lot of ou...

I definitely agree with you. Having phones is a really wonderful thing and have been able to open up so many doors for us. Sadly, many people spend to...

A part of everyday society that I would like to give up is the idea of comparison. Although in “Into the Wild '' they don’t have social media, nowaday...