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In the future, I see myself become a software developer. Even though I has just start to learn a couple months ago, writing code to solve problems has become one of the most favorable things I like to do. I used to hang out at lunch however now I just use that time to learn coding by myself. The reason I want to be a programmer is because it could totally be digital which mean I can still work while travelling or at home. Like Chris, I love traveling, especially food, I love to try new foods. I have been to Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, and Cambodia to try their foods and it was phenomenal. I also want to become an engineer. I like crafting since I was a kid. Me and my brother make a great team, we craft lots of stuff for competitions in our school. In the future I want to create an app for learning purpose. I hope it would made learning become easier for students. I want student in the future to see learning and going to school as easy, fun, and interesting.
#computerscience #engineer #travel #food

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Chris and I have a thing in common are that we both have parents' problems. Chris chooses to go into the wild as a way to set himself free. He has taught me to be confident because he's always confident when talking to people. Seem like this strategies bring people closer to him rather than take them away. I want tp be like Chris, to live my own life and do my own thing. I'm not a rule breaker, however I have sick of people who tell me what to do, try to make decision for me. I like Chris because he is so free. If he thinks something is wrong, Chris will say that's wrong. He doesn't worry about what people may think of him. In addition, Chris has taught me to try new things. To Chis, nothing is more precious in life than experiences. That's why I want to try something new and make every day unique.
#Intothewild #ChristopherMcCandless #deathbutfree

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Years later, this is what happened to the bus. I wish they would allow visitor to see inside the bus because this is a pretty bad view overall.

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Summary epilogue:
The author along with Billie McCandless and Walt McCandless go to Alaska to visit the place where Christopher McCandless died. First, they attempted to go through the same experiment as Chris, however the Teklanika River was too high, too dangerous to cross so they decided to call a helicopter. When they arrive at the bus where Chris die, they were all amaze by how beautiful and familiar the place seems to be. Billie McCandless was the first enters the bus and reviews her son’s belongings. She saw a pair of jeans and recognized it belong to Chris. She smells it and tells her husband that it smells like Chris. She also recognizes silverware he took from their house. They were wondering in and out the bus for 2 hours, look at notes that got left by visitors, and Chris. Then they built a plaque to memorize Chris’ death. After that Billie McCandless leave a suitcase full of supplies and canned foods. She also put Chris’ bible, and a note urging runaways to contact their families in the suitcase. Billie McCandless and Walt McCandless admit they are glad that they came. Billie said that she might have found Chris’ decision to live in the wild admirable if he had not died. Finally, they get back into the helicopter. When takeoff, the bus became small and smaller and then gradually vanishes from sight.

Analysis epilogue:
This epilogue gives us lots of detail about Chris' parents who are part of the reason Chris left his home. Billie at the beginning was portrayed as a loving person but after accepting her son death now appears as a strong woman. Walt McCandless who used to be terseness and frustration with his son are now respect his son and hope his son memory be known to other people. The epilogue’s final moment of going away from the bus make a calm, and relaxing farewell, a great way to end a story. It feels like the author want to tell us Chris death is just the pass, and we have to move on with our lives just like how Billie and Walt McCandless did.
#Intothewild #epilogue #themagicbus #whatjeansmelllike?

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Summary chapter 18:
After failed attempt to cross the Teklanika River, Alex head back to the bus. He read a book called Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. This book embraces the idea of living a modest life of service to others. Alex underlines several passages in the book. He leaves a note beside a passage saying that happiness is only real when shared with other people. Eventually, this would be the final book Alex ever read. The author said that Alex may has finally find value in people again and is planning to go back to society. Over the next few days, hunting game was not going great. Alex was using more energy than the amount of energy he got. He could only be dependent on berries and wild potato to survive. In his diary, Alex left a note say that he had been heavily sickened by seeds. Ultimately, this was the reason Alex passed away. Wild potato seeds are poisonous, however only if consume in a large amount. The author believe that Alex wouldn't have that much potato seeds, so he has other theory. He thinks that Alex has mistaken wild potato seeds with other seeds which are much more dangerous. There is a plant that is very poisonous and look almost the same as wild potato plant called sweet pea. The seed of sweet pea contain a large amount of alkaloid, to protect it from other animals. The author then said that he remembers Sir John Richardson, a Scottish adventurer who write in his journals an anecdote about a native woman who nearly dies from eating wild sweet pea. In his first article in Outdoor Magazine, the author reported that wild sweet pea killed Alex. The author explains that if a normal person eats the seed of sweet pea, he or she will have a headache, use lots of protein to vomit to get the toxin out of the body. However, giving Alex condition, he didn't any protein to help him fight the sickness. After a couple of day, Alex was able to overcome the sickness. However, he was too weak to go to anywhere. Alex leaves a note that suggest he has realized his condition and will likely die. The author said that only if Alex has a map, he would has realized that only a couple of miles away at north are foods from a supply station, and cabins. However, those cabins had been vandalized by someone. Certain dogsledders and rangers in the area indeed suspected Alex to be the vandalism, but Krakauer expresses doubts that Alex was responsible, since his diary never describes them, and pictures show that Alex only head south but have never head north. Some people who came to visit the bus don't understand why Alex didn’t then start an S.O.S. fire to attract a plane. However, Carine McCandless said that her brother would never burn the things he loved, which include the forest. Alex left a final note claiming that said "I have had a happy life and thank the lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!".

Analysis chapter 18:
Despite know he's going to die, Alex always put a smile on his face as he's happy with everything he's have. It was this moment instead of being with his family that we can see what kind of person Alex is. He didn't strict by rules, didn't have to make difficult decision, didn't need attention, didn't need to worry what other people think of him, and didn't have to live on anyone else expectation. He surely has found freedom and peace. The story proves to be tragic because despite his desire to return to start sacrifice for people, Alex was trapped in the Alaska Wind forever. This chapter mark the end of Alex life, but this is not the end, this is the beginning for us as reader just like how we have just gone back to chapter 1. His death act as a contribution for people to be more aware of their lives. He inspires people to work on their dream job, live the life they want, do what they love, and try new things without worrying about other people opinions. To Alex, one of the most important factors in life is to have different experiences. However, he has realized another important thing in live is to sacrifice. Learn to sacrifice would create trust, gain peace and bring happiness. I believe it is human responsibility to learn how to love each other. I have been using Alex instead of McCandless because he preferred that name. However, in the last chapter he used his birth name with other people instead of the name Alex. Well rested Christopher McCandless.
#Intothewild #chapter18 #life #ChristopherMcCandless #happiness #freedom #peaceful #sweetpea

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"The Magic Bus" A very cool place to visit and hang around but maybe not the best place to sleep.

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Summary chapter 17:
The author visits the bus where Alex die. Unlike Alex who go to the trip by himself, the author has three companions with him. When he arrived at The Teklanika River, he opened his map to locate ways to safely across the river. There is a large aluminum basket left behind by a hydrological survey team allows for easy crossing of the river. Alex must have not known about it because he doesn't have any map with him. The map also show there is also a very shallow area that Alex could have walk pass easily just a couple of miles from his original crossing point. The author and his friends then ride across the Teklanika River in the surveyor’s basket. As he is riding across, the author experiences a moment of fear, exhilaration and yells before he realizes that he is in no danger. The author admits he attempted to go by himself but now he is glad that he has people with him. At night they reach Alex’s bus and are struck by the bones of all the animals he shot, which are still scattered around. A couple feet away from the bus was a moose skeleton. The author recalls that in an interview, the first people who find Alex’s body thought it was a caribou skeleton. They assumed Alex had mistaken a caribou for a moose, which would have signified his unpreparedness. However, Alex photographs proved the animal to be a moose. Inside the bus, the author observes a variety of possessions and supplies that once belonged to Alex. There is Jim Gallien’s boots with his name written on them, and a custom machete scabbard made by Ronald Franz. There are graffiti written in the bus by Alex and other visitors. The author cooked the same grill that Alex used to prepare his own meals. As they eat, they discuss about Alex’s death. At one point, the author began talking about the fate of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Franklin died because of his lack of preparation and arrogance. The author sets out to prove that Alex and Franklin are different. Franklin wants to conquer the North Pole while conquest nature is not Alex's goal. Alex came to achieve happiness independently. The author and the others stayed up late drinking alcohol and trying to figure out what kind of a person Alex was, and they quickly fell asleep.

Analysis chapter 17:

The author finally steps into the places where Alex spent his last days and reviews the mistakes that led, one after another, to his death. Despite Alex has survivor for months in the wild, not bringing a map, and not know how to store food properly are ultimately some of the mistakes that led to his death. The author was able to experiment joyfulness just like Alex when he discovered the bus. Many of Alex's belongings were still strewn around the bus, creating an intimate, warm atmosphere in the middle of the cold Alaska weather. Even though Alex passed away by himself, nowadays he is not alone at all. It can be seen that many people came to visit him regularly, many people respect his death, maybe Alex ending wasn't all about tragic.
#Intothewild #chapter17 #bringmap #independent #happiness

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The Teklanika River. It's 25 feet deep, the water run extremely fast, and is often freezing cold because the river is basically melted snow. 

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Summary chapter 16:
Alex left Carthage, South Dakota in April 1992, on the first phase of his trip to Denali National Park. In the middle of the trip, he was stuck at a hot spring because no one would pick him up. Three days later, a delivery man name Gaylord Stuckey decided to give him a ride. Stuckey recalls to the author that Alex spoke about his family, especially about Carine McCandless and his father’s bigamy. Stuckey take Alex all the way to Fairbanks where he can finally begin his journey. Alex visits a university and buys a book about edible plants. He also purchases a gun. Before leaving, Stuckey told Alex he has feed him, buy him books, buy him a gun, and all he need back is a letter. Stuckey also urges Alex to call his parents, though the boy demurs. Soon after that, turn out Stuckey delivery package was early so he has two days to kill at Fairbank. He went back to the university where he dropped Alex, and find him just to meet him the last time. Alex was no where to be seen left Stuckey believe that the boy has already begin his trip. In the end of April 1992, Alex is picked up by Jim Gallien, who then drops him off outside Denali National Park. Alex then follows a faded snowmobile track into the park. He wades easily across the Teklanika River. He falls through the ice at one point along his way but he was safe because the water is at a winter low. On May, 1992, he finds an abandoned bus and records in his journal “Magic Bus Day.” He also writes a message about his independence and having successfully escaped the poisonous of civilization. He decides to stay, since the bus offers a warm place to sleep, comfortable accommodations and the chance to acclimate to his new way of life. As spring passed, Alex began to struggles with snowstorms and the game of hunting. He left the buss in summer but then come back because the weather is too rigid even in summer. Alex has been starving for days. As autumn come, Alex got lucky in the hunting game. He shoots several small animals as the days pass and is then overjoyed to kill a moose. Butchering it and preserving its meat was very difficult for Alex. In just three days the moose body was filled with maggots so Alex had to throw it away. Later he records that his wastefulness makes killing the moose one of the most tragic things he has ever done. Days later, Alex has began to think about going back to civilization. In early July 1992, Alex leaves the bus to going back but is unable to cross the Teklanika River. He then heads back to the bus. The author then reveal that Alex was very close to civilization, including houses and highway. However he did not know it and was isolated enough not to be able to leave when he was on the brink of death.

Analysis chapter 16:
In this chapter, we finally started to learn why Alex was unable to survive in the wild. We get to see the pleasures Alex has in the wild and his excitement at finally entering what he considers to be the frontier with society. The purchase of books on edible plants shows that he is quite prepared for this journey. If he could have preserved the moose, he could have lived even longer. Sadly, the place that was easy passed at first was the hardest place to passed when he decided to return.
#Intothewild #chapter16 #teklanika #magicbusday #moosehunting

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Later on, Krakauer has impress people by his climbing achievements. Looks like people do care not no one care.

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Summary chapter 15:
So Krakauer makes it back to his tent, all butt hurt that he didn't achieve his goal of summiting Devil's Thumb.  In a genius move, he decided to smoke a joint to make himself feel better since he's a bit depressed.  Well, he ends up setting his tent on fire causing it to vaporize one of the walls so the temperature inside drops by 30 degrees or so.  Good job, Jon!  Anyway, this causes him to think about his reason for running away to climb:  his volatile (p. 147) history with his father!  They have a very similar relationship to Walt and Chris - dad is stubborn, treats his son poorly, pushes him away with his medical school expectations (p. 148) since he himself is a doctor.  Yeah, I know: we've heard this story before.  Jon uses these complicated (p. 147) family memories as motivation:  he's going to attempt to summit the Thumb to prove his disbelieving dad wrong!  He fixes his tent by packing it with snow and forges a plan to begin his final ascent on a slightly "easier" side of the mountain, the southeast side.  At sunrise, he summons ALL of his courage and overcoming all of the terrifying (p. 150) obstacles, he finally makes it to the top - YAY!  He enjoys the view for a minutes, snaps a few pics, and begins his descent.  When he finally makes it off the mountain, he tells a few people what he did.  They aren't extremely impressed.  This makes Jon think about what he did and why he did it, causing him to say, "I thought climbing Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life.  In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing.  But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams. And I lived to tell my tale" (p. 155). Years later when writing this book, he realizes that his hubris (p.155) pushed him to his limits to achieve his goal, but that the impact his possible death had on those who loved him would've been catastrophic.  This is why he believes that Chris had NO intention to die in the wild, that he was only chasing his young, irresponsible dream.

Analysis chapter 15:
As a part of his effort to convince the reader of Alex’s death as meaningful, the author dives into an examination of his relationship with his own father. He bucked parental expectation only to realize that he was not happy at all. The author decided to climb The Devil Thumb to prove to his father that he is independent and can make great achievement by himself. However, in the end, despite has risking his life, no one care about his journey. The author realizes it is foolish to try to get his father attention like that. Because when he death, his life would be pointless and there are lots of people would be sad like his mother. The fractured relationships with his father, operating as a continuous trauma is the motivation for his desire for solitude and risk-taking behavior. The story may have explained why Alex decided to leave his home.
#Intothewild #chapter15 #solitude #risktaker #poordeam

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The Devil Thumb, a mountain that has taken many people lives, those who try to climb to the top.

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Summary chapter 14:
To answer Billie McCandless' question at the end of Chapter 13 about why anyone would do what Chris did, Jon Krakauer flips the script and tells his own story of Alaska adventure.  At the age of 23, Krakauer decides to head to the great north to find himself not by living in the wild, but by climbing the major mountains in the 49th state.  He becomes obsessed with hiking Devil's Thumb, a very steep, challenging ascent on the glacier (p. 138) known as the Stikine Ice Cap.  Like Chris, completing this climb becomes the only important thing in Krakauer's life.  Chris obsessed over the bush, while Jon's obsession (p. 134) is this rare climbing achievement.  Much like he anticipated, the ascent is dangerous and potentially deadly.  Krakauer proceeds with caution during whiteout snow storms while crossing over delicate crevasses (p. 140) which could crack and send him tumbling down hundreds of feet.  On a beautiful May day, Krakauer decides that this is it, he must summon the courage and concentration (p. 142) he needs to summit this peak today or else...Even with the warm temps and sunny day, the ice is impenetrable and Krakauer panics (p. 143).  He can see the summit, but he can't reach it.  His only option is down.

Analysis chapter 14:
To explain the hardships Alex may have gone through for Bille, the author begins to tell the story of his passion for climbing. The story is as elaborately choreographed, suspenseful, and creative as Alex's. From dangerous mountain escapes to long boring periods at base camp while waiting for supplies to be delivered, simulate the immersive climbing experience. The author's story is similar to Alex's in that they all make silly mistakes. The author drained his food supply after smoking a cigarette. These anecdotes create enjoyment and empathy of his character for the reader despite the danger he poses to himself by climbing. The author mocks his ambitions at a young age for always putting himself in a life-or-death situation.
#Intothewild #chapter14 #climbing #TheDevilThumb #

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Summary chapter 13:
The narrator visits Alex's younger sister, Carine McCandless to interviews her. Carine had an extraordinarily close relationship with Alex. She has the same look while shares many traits with Alex. However, they have lots of differences more than what they have for common. After Alex death, Carine describe the relationship with her parents is extremely good. Even though Carine and her brother, Alex hated their parents as a kid because they went to work all the time, Carine how find herself doing the same thing as her parents. She builds a car manufacture company, hoping to make her first million at a young age. One day her husband come home who was Alex's friend to tell her about the news of her brother. After heard about Alex die, Carine refused to eat for days while still going to work so she lost 10 pounds. Sometimes, she gets emotional in the car thinking Alex is gone, forever. Carine have a friend who would remind her of her brother which is the family dog. According to Carine, Alex spends time more with the dog than with anyone else in the family. Alex loves that dog very much. When he goes back home from Emory before beginning his secret trip, he wants to take the dog with him. Her parents didn't let Alex take the dog with him because it is suffering from illness. Now they regret it because if Alex takes the dog with him, things could have been different. At least Alex would not death because he wouldn't put the dog in any dangerous situation. It would be hard to believe that Alex will give his most beloved dog to a stranger. Carine believe that Alex would not put himself in danger if the dog was with him. After Alex death, Carine was the person receive his belonging. Nothing much, only a book of plant lore, a rifle, and some rolls of film. Carinen describe how she is struggling to understand why her brother left the family.

Analysis chapter 13:
Carine can be seen as an emotionally stable version of Alex, one who hadn’t been as damaged by their father’s secret. The author describe how much Alex has hurt his family by his inability to consider the dangerous and consequences of his action. Carine state that she does not understand why her brother chose to leave also prevents readers from felling too much sympathy for Alex. He could be the victim, but also could be a person who has hurt his family a lot because of his recklessness.
#Intothewild #chapter13 #sister #startup #pet

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Summary chapter 12:
After high school graduation, Alex takes a trip to the American West. Before he leaves, he gives his father a gift of an expensive telescope. When he was home, he has lost 30 pounds, and almost die of dehydration. Then he begins college at Emory in Atlanta. He makes high grades and often write for the student newspaper. He was an anti-social person in college. The author reveal the reason Alex was an anti-social. During the trip, he has discovered his father had been maintained a relationship with his first wife all this time. He had another son with his first wife just after Alex was born. The author points out that Alex must have been unable to forgive his father, even though he would often accept other people flaws. After he graduated, Alex donated all of his money to charity, got in the yellow Datsun, and drove away. After two years, his parents begin to worry about him. In the middle of the night, Billie McCandless woke up urge Walt McCandless to find their son.

Analysis chapter 12:
Alex left his apartment in Emory in 1992 and began the trip that would eventually end his life in Denali National Park. Chapter 12 begins with how Alex death has affected his family. Then author then go to Emory to learn about Alex experiment in college. Apparently, he doesn't have any furnish other than a bed has been provided, not even a telephone. People said Alex behaved erratically and less concern for the opinions of others as he grows older. The author found a motivation that could have led Alex to wanted to run away from his family. When Alex discovers about his father secret, not only it sickens him, but also the reader. This trauma is crucial in precipitating Alex’s decision to leave his family behind. I found a common between Alex's father, and my father is that they all have two families. I have two stepsister and a stepbrother who is ten years older than me. I don't feel angry at my dad because I understand the other kids need a father too. However, my mother doesn't think so that why they divorced. But later she would marry a person that doesn't love me at all.
#Intothewild #chapter12 #Emory #anti-social #twofamilies

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Despite wearing a blue cord, Alex doesn't look very happy on his graduation day.

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Summary chapter 11:

The author visited Walt McCandless, who is a jet propulsion engineer used to work for NASA, have his own business, and certainly Alex's father. Unlike his son who went into the wild, after college Walt went to work in jet propulsion after the launch of Sputnik pushed the United States to pursue space exploration. The Sputnik is an event when the US would invest billions of dollars into space exploration. To people like Walt, it was a great opportunity to get rich. At such a young age, Walt was married, and financially successful. However, the relationship with his first wife eventually fell apart. He then meets Billie, a receptionist who worked at the science park where Walt McCandless was employed. Apparently, Billie is Alex's mother. Billie and Walt worked together to build a satellite system consulting company. They made lots of money together, but they would leave Alex and his sister at home by themselves all the time. They would fight at home sometimes but that has led to closeness between Alex and his sister. Alex and his sister can only depend on each other. Walt knew there were some tensions in the family so once in a while he would take the family out for hiking, camping, and climbing. This could be the reason Alex feel in love for nature. Talking about Alex, he knew the boy was special. Alex showed extreme determination to succeed in every task he undertook. However, his father said Alex is very stubborn. Despite getting all A, Alex has failed a class which is physic. Walt came to ask Alex teacher why to fail his son. The teacher said he had this specific format that he wanted every student so the assignment can be grade fast, precisely, and easy. But Alex is the only student who don't like following it. Walt tells Alex he deserves that grade. When practice baseball, Alex would not follow anyone technique. He would swing around a couple of time to see what his best standing position would be on that day. He would perfect that position, but he doesn't work on other position that he was weak on. In tournament, the other team would realize Alex weakness, start throwing at Alex weak point led him to lose the game. Despite that, Alex is always serious about winning, he would push himself to practice real hard. When Alex in junior high school, he joined Track and Field. Every time he loses to someone in the tournament or just the practice, he would rather not talk about it, go somewhere by himself and torture his body. Alex high school said he would talk about things like government, politician, laws, homeless, pollution led them to argue all the time. For some reason, Alex has this strong sympathy for homeless people. He would use the money he makes to feed homeless people every night. Even invite his friends to help him even when they found it not very fun and scary. Alex would let a homeless person to secretly live in his home. Where did he get the money? Interestingly, Alex gains extraordinary success working as a manager for a construction firm in high school. The company called Walt, offer to pays full college fees for Alex if he would not go to other state and continue working part time for time for them. Alex declines the offer right away, said he planning to pursuit college education in other state, but his family doesn't know the real purpose is for him to distance himself from his family.

Analysis chapter 11:
In this chapter, we can see that Alex and his sister doesn't receive lots of support from their parents. Like when he receives a bad grade from Physic, his father doesn't explain to him why sometimes we have to follow other people rules, instead said the boy deserve that F. And their parents would often fight each other. Despite that, looks like Alex already achieved some success for himself, making good money despite haven't go to college. Seems like Alex was very independent, he would not rely on anyone other than himself. He doesn't like being tell what to do by adults. It could be because his dad didn't spend much time with him when he was a kid. Alex shows that he hated any arbitrary rules that one person forcing other people to follow. He has an open minded. He would say whatever he thinks is right, complain whatever he thinks is wrong. Alex was a deep thinker at a young age. He has started to think about the government and laws while other kids were just start thinking about dating. Alex has a kind heart and strong empathize, he can imagine what other people live could be like. However, Alex could be the person disappointed and judging himself the most. To be a better version of himself could have been his motivation. But after college, he has realized all the things he doing this time is to please his family, one that didn't even care about him. In his mind, he might has told himself that he doesn't need his parents since high school. At the end of the day, Alex stops following his parents, but he now confused about life. Later on, he may has realized life is about experiment, see as many things as possible because nature would always keep it beauty. This chapter shows us how parents have a big impact on a kid personality and thinking.
#Intothewild #chapter11 #family #sputnik

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Christopher McCandless (Alex) when he was young with his parents in Virginia.

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Summary chapter 10:
Alex body has been found for 2 weeks, and the police is struggling to find the identity of the body. Jim Gallien, the guy gave Alex a drive to Alaska at chapter one sees a front-page news about a death body in the wild that appeared in The New York Times. After hearing the news describe about the body, Gallien was quite sure that was Alex. He contacted the police to give them some information. He told the police that Alex is from South Dakota. The police spread the news to South Dakota. A friend of Wayne Westerberg then hears a description of Alex on a radio show. He then called Wayne Westerberg to tell him about what he had heard. Westerberg turn on the radio and can't believe what he's hearing, it's indeed Alex. He called the police, but they didn't take him seriously at first because there has been 150 people called and claim they know the body. When Westerberg said Alex used to work for him, so he knows the guy's real name and social security number. With Alex social security number, the police able to identify where Alex used to live. They went to Virginia to find Alex's parents, but Alex's parents have left Virginia. However, they were able to find a person name Sam McCandless, which is Alex's stepbrother. Sam travels to Alaska to identify the bodies and what he thinks next was that how he's going explain his family that Christopher McCandless is dead.

Analysis chapter 10:
It can be seen that it was difficult and a long-time process for the police to identify death body back then. Nowadays they would be able to identify the body, social security number, and other information with just a piece of hair or fingerprint. It can be seen that Alex was wrong about his death. He thought that no one would care about him if he disappeared in the wild. However, when he death there are plenty of people know about him, and feels sad like Westerberg, Franz, Gallien, and his family. Chapter 10 is a short chapter however it is the beginning for the author to see the connection between Alex old live in Virginia and his new live at South Dakota.
#Intothewild #chapter10 #news #deathbody

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Summary chapter 9:
Another chapter about a dude who isn't Chris McCandless.  Everett Ruess shares many similarities with our main character though - he's a wanderer (p. 90), free spirit, well liked risk taker and lover of all things solitude and wilderness.  Everett is a bit younger than Chris when he begins his vagabond (p. 91) journey, dropping out of UCLA after only one semester to follow his dream (p. 96) of living a nomadic existence.  Unlike Chris, Everett focuses his travels in the southwest rather than north, but like Chris, he also renames himself choosing the moniker Nemo after the character Captain Nemo in the Jules Verne classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. And yes, Nemo the fish we know today is named after that character, too!  While on a solo expedition in Utah, Ruess seemingly disappears, never to be heard from again.  A search party is sent to find him after he goes incommunicado (p. 93), but other than finding his donkey, some cave drawings/graffiti he made and pieces of his gear, Ruess was never seen again.  Stories vary on what happen to him - maybe he was a victim of his own reckless innocence (p, 97) and fell while hiking or possibly drown, but some speculate that he was murdered by Native Americans.  No one ever found him or his remains, so Everett's end remains a mystery.  Like Chris, Everett's passion for nature and adventure won out over a conventional life, yet neither man made it out of the wild...

Analysis chapter 9:
By far the author has used four men to unravel the mystery of Alex psychology. Everett is the person who has a similar background with Alex the most. Both of them were introduced as intelligent. Both of them has family conflict as a result left their home. Both of them has been driven to live in nature. With that being said, nature is not always nice sometimes. It is beautiful, but deadly. There are diseases, natural disaster, predators, dangerous plants and animals. Why on Earth these man would decide to live in the wild? They might has burned out. They realized they can't live to the expectation of people around them, and the expectation they have for themselves. All of the man we have heard have one thing in common. They are running away from something, whether it is stress from work, family conflicts, or dark side of society. They were running away, hoping to start a new life. These are time when men become most vulnerable and what they need were supports from people around them. They were unlucky that no one was there to realize what they been through, and what they are struggling. A man who loses confident in himself would lose all of his battle. That is when tragedy start coming to them. These story shows that running away is clearly not the answers. So, what the answer could be? What men should do in those difficult time?
#Intothewild #chapter9 #men #beconfident

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Summary chapter 8:
Jon Krakauer uses this chapter to show his readers that other men have come to their demise (p. 70) on Alaskan adventures, even if the circumstances are a bit different from those of Chris McCandless.  First up is Gene Rossellini, the modern-day caveman!  Gene heads north from the lower 48 in the early 1970's.  He's a super intelligent guy looking to test himself in Alaska ...sound like anyone we know??  Well, "the mayor of Hippie Cove" as Gene is called lives a prehistoric existence, testing himself to see if modern day man can live in the same way as the cavemen did it back in the day. Gene tries his hardest, but sadly writes, "I learned that it is not possible for human beings as we know to live off the land" (p. 75) before plunging a knife through his heart when he realizes the true extent of his failure (p. 75).  Next up is crazy John Waterman.  Lots of similarities to Chris:  he's from the D.C. area, has MAJOR issues with his dad and is super smart.  John is an accomplish climber and alpinist (p. 79) before he starts losing his marbles, running for president of the United States on a platform to end hunger.  SPOILER ALERT:  He doesn't win the election!  Anywho, John comes unhinged, decides to climb the most difficult mountain in all of Alaska in the dead of winter and is never heard from again.  Alaska state troopers believe he probably fell down a crevasse (p. 80) to his death, although his remains were never found.  And last up is poor Carl McCunn.  Another transplant from the lower 48, Carl is the life of the party - just like Chris.  Good guy, fun to be around, charming, but lacks common sense & thinks someone will bail him out if he ends up in trouble.  Similar to Chris, he hatches a plan to go off into the wild for a few months BUT he fails to set up an Uber (think Uber plane!) to come back and pick him up.  The summer turns to fall and McCunn is starving and freezing.  But wait...a plane flies overhead and it looks like Carl is going to be rescued!!!  Unfortunately, Carl doesn't know that waving ONE hand in the air means you're good, no need to rescue you instead of throwing TWO hands in the air, the universal sign for HELP!!!  Carl is dying a slow and painful death by a mix of starvation and frostbite, so in his final diary (p. 81) he explains that he shot himself in the head to end his misery.  Guess Chris doesn't sound that crazy or unprepared after all, huh???

Analysis chapter 8:
Rossellini try to live in the wild to prove other people that he would still be fine without have to work for anyone. Waterman tries running for president to solve national hunger, Carl doesn't get any kind of support so he thought no one would care about him. These men have a thing in common. They think it is their responsibility to make people around them feels happy. However, if they couldn't satisfy that kind of happy to other people, they would feel useless. They were not bad people; they were nice guys trying to be likable and the only thing they have ever receive was the disappointment of people around them. They had to live in the society where everyone just thinking for themselves and the only person who would always be truthful to them is nature. In these man eyes, they are always not good enough. Not rich enough to have a girlfriend, not making enough money for their family, not interested enough to have friends, and not solving world hunger. It was parents, and society faults for keep judging these man, and put biased expectations on them. Man has to be strong, man should not cry, man has to make lots of money, let the man do all the hard work. The author is discovering what is the mystery behind these men mind that lead to their tragedy.
#Intothewild #chapter8 #biased #tragedy

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Summary chapter 7:
Two months after the discovery of Alex’s body, the author finally able to reach Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota. They talked about Alex last period of work at Westerberg’s grain elevator. When Alex first said his goodbye to Franz and go to work for Westerberg, he intended that he is only going to stay for a month to raise moneys for his trip to Alaska. Westerberg said Alex is a very hard worker just as usual. He would do the hard work, dirty, and smelly jobs no one wishes to do. Seeing him as a family, Westerberg introduces Alex to his girlfriend, Gail Borah. They immediately get along and cooking for each other. Westerberg also introduces Alex to his mother, they talked nonstop for five hours. Westerberg’s mother came in the conversation, tells the author that she felt particular affection for Alex even though she only met him once. The author then reveals what he knows about Alex past. He describes Alex’s feelings that his parents were oppressive, secretive, and irrational. He also relates that Alex never had a girlfriend and may have remained celibate throughout puberty and afterward. Alex apparently marked up passages from Leo Tolstoy’s book “Kreutzer Sonata,” a story about the renunciation of sex. The author concluding that Alex was drawn to nature because of his desire for human contact is too strong to be satisfied by other people. For instance, people like Alex's parents were just demand too many things in just a normal human contact like a conversation. Alex understands that his parents could never love each other unconditionally, and the same thing apply to he as their son. As a result, he had been planning to divorce his parents, never see, never speak to them again. On his last night with Westerberg and Borah, Alex entertains a bar full of Carthage locals by playing the piano. The morning is when Alex would say goodbye. With a couple hundo in the boots, this man is planning to walk to Alaska. That is when Westerberg started to worry that Alex would not make it. Before let Alex go, Westerberg make sure that he would write back regularly. A week later, all Alex friends receive postcards telling them he would not write anything back for a long while because he is going into the wild.

Analysis chapter 7:

As a person, I understand what Alex must has been through. Alex mention that his parents always demanding, controlling him, which is a sign of bad parents. Those parents would put priority on their needs over that of their children. They would never learn to love their child unconditionally. At home, I often get called out at useless. My parents weren't happy because I'm 17 years old which is able to go to work but doesn't make any money for the family. My stepfather would yelling and blaming me at everything that doesn't fit his eyes. I don't why he is always being so harsh and aggressive. I knows that he might be stress from work, but that is not an excuse to treat his son like that. Listening to my stepfather every single night sometime make me unable to focus on school. I usually stay silent and only response with "I will fixed it". Despite that, it seems like whatever I'm trying to do can't make him happy. Gradually, I has realize that I became much more afraid to communicate, the thing that I was always good at. Nowadays whenever I want to said something, I feels much better writing it down rather than talk about it. At night all I can think about before going to sleep is why I'm I so unlucky, why people doesn't like working with me, why I feel so useless, and why I can't make stepfather proud. Similar to Alex, I also have a little sister. I would protected her by taking all the blame on me. My mom wanted me to go to college, find a job, and then make lots of money as the first generation going to college. Life in the US was not as I was intended. House is expensive, millions of people are in debt, even education is expensive. Of course there are people living a comfortable live, but there are also people who haven't figure out what they are going to eat tomorrow. Unlike Alex who chose to run away, for now I decided to focus on myself. However, I have been planning about run away multiple time in the future. When I'm 18, I wanted to go somewhere far away not my home just like Alex. I'm more concern that I would end up like Alex. What if I'm become a homeless? When I'm a homeless, I knows that my friends would try to stay away from me, no one would accept me, society would look at me and decided not to give me a chance to rebuild my character. At that moment I would rather die on the street than to see my parents again because hearing them yell at me again would be a torture worst that death. I bet Alex feels the same way that's why he didn't contact his family when he was starving. In the future, I wanted to make a shelter for the homeless. It raise me a question, has this been a national problem? Are there other children like me and Alex who are planning to give up education and run away from home even thought they did extremely well in high school? For now, I would not give up on education and continue to rooting for American dream. When I get older, if I ever get a child, I must raise them different. I would think carefully before said something to my child because I want to make sure I wouldn't hurt them with my words. There are always part of me that was hurt and hated my stepfather. But at the end of the day, he is my father so I can't hate him forever.

#Intothewild #chapter7 #Alaska #parents #divorce

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Franz in Into the Wild movie get emotional when Alex left him, which is what has happened in real life.

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Summary chapter 6:
The author of Into the Wild receives a letter from a man named Ronald A. Franz, who asks for a copy of a 1993 magazine article about Christopher McCandless’s death. This leads to a visit between the author and Franz, a recovered alcoholic, Christian and veteran soldier. The author knew that this would be a good chance to learn more about Alex.
At Borrego Desert State Park near the Salton Sea, is where Franz picked up Alex for the first time. Alex shows Franz the hot springs where he camps in exchange for the ride. The two soon become friends. Alex learned about Franz deepest, and most painful secret is that he lost his wife and child while he was in a mission overseas. Losing his family, Franz then become a heavy alcoholic. However, he has stopped drinking recently, and trying to go back to church. Franz is helping dozens of kids paying for college and taking care of them as his child. Franz buys Alex food and listens to his stories as well. Alex talks about his theories about life and society. Franz was shock, and he tries to convince Alex to go to college and get a job. Alex explains to Franz that he has already went to college, this lifestyle is the path he has chosen. Alex tells Franz about how sedentary Franz life is. He was trying to convince an old man to sell all his belonging and start the live on the street. Franz thought it as funny, but he has never had a conversation with someone else this long. Soon after the conversation, Franz teaches Alex about leatherworking. Franz realized that Alex is a quick learner and extremely smart. Franz keep repeating "Oh boy, he was smart" during the interview with the author. Alex produces a monogrammed belt with a number of symbols from his life as a tramp. It would be hard to believe that the person who craft this belt is just a beginner. Listen to Franz advice, Alex attempts to get a job at San Diego. The old man offers to take Alex to San Diego. Alex decided at first, but Franz said he is planning to go to San Diego with or without Alex because he has some business has to do over there. Franz told the author that is a lied. On a heavy rain day, Franz dropped Alex off in San Diego. Later a letter arrives to Franz from Alex to say that work is hard to come by in San Diego. Then Franz receive a letter from Alex say he has jumped trains to Seattle. Alex got arrested and released in a small California town called Colton. Franz drives to Colton, picks Alex up, feeds him, and gives him supplies. Alex said he will go to Carthage to work for Wayne Westerberg again since Westerberg has been released. Franz offered to drive Alex there and to his surprise, Alex agrees right away without an argument. On their last drives, Franz asks Alex if he can adopt him as his grandson, but Alex pushes off the conversation for after his return from Alaska. When they departed at Carthage, Franz realize it is painful to see Alex go, he afraid he would never see the boy again. A couple of month later, Franz receive a letter from Alex. In the letter, Alex urges Franz to pack up his belongings and embark on a traveler’s life, chastising him for settling for less joy than the world has to offer. Franz followed Alex's advice; he moved all his belonging into a basement. He bought a camper and moved to Alex’s old campsite in the Salton Sea. Franz would live over there feeding, helping people around that area, telling Alex story, and waiting for his boy to come back. Franz prayed for Alex to survive every day, and the old man just keep waiting patiently. One day when Franz was telling Alex story to a pair of hitchhikers, they announced the old man that Alex has die. Franz checked the new and couldn't believe his eyes. He withdraws from the church because he can't follow God who would let a nice person like Alex die. He started drinking alcohol again, hoping that liquid would kill him someday, but it just makes him feel sick, real sick.

Analysis chapter 6:
A quiet man like Franz expressing his greatest pain from the first time he met Alex shows how good Alex's communication skills are. While the chapter 3,4,5 largely offered descriptions of Alex’s growing happiness, exhilaration, and commitment to his new identity as a tramp, chapter 6 start to move even farther outside Alex's point of view. We started to see other people point of view about Alex. The reader starts to see selfishness in Alex motivations. Alex would accept people he has met assistance but not their warnings, and advice. Don't listen to friends' advice could be an important factor that led to Alex death in the future. Alex tries to be friendly with people he has met, but then keep a distance with them, and ignore them to continue his journey. Alex may not realize it, but he has wound some people he has met while on the road like Franz.

#IntotheWild #alex #chapter6 #acoholic #belt #emotional

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This is a part of the Slabs. They definitely have a very different lifestyle than people in the past. People said it hasn't change much till this day.

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Summary chapter 5:
During the time in Las Vegas, Alex barely writes anything in his dairy. However, we know that he would move to a small town in Bullhead City, Arizona. Eventually Alex would get a full-time job to feed himself. He was a flipping Quarter Pounders at McDonald. Surprisingly, Alex was living a normal life, even go as far as open a bank account under his real name Christopher McCandless. Fellow employees and his managers remember him as a hard worker and a loner with odd personality traits, including a dislike of wearing socks, always talking about nature, and an inability to tell that he smelled bad. Alex tries to show his coworker that he is just a normal guy with a home, not a drifter without home or access to shower facilities. When his smell became too bad, coworker began to give soap to him and other stuff that would help him smell better. Alex feels like he got insult and worry they would discover his secret. He decided leaves the job shortly after. At the same time, Alex meets Charlie, an old man who tells Alex to stay at the camping trailer during winter. Alex got so excited because he longer has to sleep on the cold street. The camping trailer look nicer inside than outside, and properly furnish. With this new home, Alex wrote a postcard to Westerberg saying that he might abandoned the tramping life for good. Alex contacts Jan Burres and her boyfriend, Bob, ask them to visit him in Bullhead City. Turn out, Alex camping trailer was pretty near the couple house. When they about to go visit Alex, he unexpectedly shows up at their house. He would live with the couple at the Slabs, an itinerant’s community near the small town of Niland. He helps the couple business by selling to customer and organize books. According to Burres, Alex was like a professional salesman, and he took great pleasure in the work. He also participates in the life of the Slabs. He plays an organ for the campers and watching football with other people. Burres said that a 17-year-old girl named Tracy develops a crush on Alex. She would always make gogo gaga eyes at Alex, but he does not reciprocate her interest. Spring is when Alex feet started to feel itchy again. He starts pursuing calisthenics to train for a longer, rougher trip into the wild. Burres, and her boyfriend Bob drops Alex off weeks later in Salton City. Before continuing the journey, Alex would buy some supplies for the trip. Burres tries to give Alex some warm clothes, but he leaves them under the seat of the car when he leaves.

Analysis chapter 5:
Through this chapter, we have seen Alex friendliness and hostility. He would become friend with whoever he met in the Slab. However, this chapter posed a dangerous foreshadowing. When Jan Burres, and her boyfriend Bob met Alex again, Burres describe Alex as he was incredibly hungry. Later, Alex rejects supplies offered him by Burres when he leaves the couple. Way before that, we know that Alex would reject aid from his family when they want to buy him a new car. Alex insistence on independence would lead him to disaster or at least unnecessary hardship in the future. His hunger, relentless even while he is still living in civilization, reminds the reader of what they already know that Alex will eventually die of starvation.

#IntotheWild #alex #bullhead #mcdonald #theslab

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This is from the movie Into the Wild. Alex camera was broken during this period so he couldn't take any picture. Jan Burres - Left hand, Bob - Right hand.

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Chapter 4 summary:
In the morning at Lake Mead National Park, a ranger was doing his duty, but something happened that stunned him. He found a yellow Datsun in a dry riverbed. There is a note on the Datsun say that the car is abandoned, and anyone can own it for free. Inside the car, there are some items, including clothing, a guitar, and two bags of rice. The car was in perfect condition. The ranger easily turned up the car and drove it to a rental car operation to check history of this car. The rental car operation claim that the car was not steel and wasn't associated with criminals. The car is now used make undercover drug investigations. The author said that the car was owned by Christopher McCandless (Alex). Soon after Alex started his journey, he found himself got caught in a flashflood that got his engine wet in Detrital Wash. Unable to move the car, Alex decided to leave the car behind and took the journey on foot. He buried the rifle he was carrying and burned all his money.
Fast forward to time Westenberg got arrested. After left South Dakota, Alex was by himself for the next two months. One day, a woman named Jan Burres and her boyfriend, Bob, encounter Alex and give him a ride. On the trip, Alex was really getting along with Jan Burres and Bob, while he has thinking of a new plan. Using the money he earned when worked for Westenberg, he would buy a canoe to navigate the Colorado River from California to Mexico. As he travels, he survives only on rice and fish he has caught. His trip takes him through the desert, and multiple national parks. He sends a postcard to Wayne Westerberg said that the money he earned with Wayne has made his journey too easy. He says he is dedicating himself to a life on the road. He finally reached Mexico. However, he later encounters several difficulties threatening his life on the river which force him to abandon the canoe. He was soon arrested by immigration officers. He forced to revels his identity in order to go back to America. Later, Alex's parents would know where he is, but don't know what he is doing in Mexico. After he was released, he visits Los Angeles to get an ID but is too nervous to ask for one. Then, he returns to Detrital Wash to dig up the possessions which he buried. After that, he would live on the street in Las Vegas. However, the author reveals that Alex thinks he is living life to the fullest.

Analysis chapter 4:

The first part of chapter 4 is to explain what has happened to Alex's car. Alex decided to leave his car because if he called for help, he knows people would question what about the car like why his car doesn't have insurance. Not to mention, they may ask about the gun he was carrying, and his identity. Eventually, they will ask what he has been up to and call his family. Then he would have to do a bunch of paperwork and turn in a fee to pull up his car. He knows he would not be free by the government and their rules. Even though Alex was a law student, he showed that he hates the government and their rules. Ironically, Alex's car later works for the government in drugs investigation.
The second part of chapter 4, the story continues when Alex has left South Dakota. He has made new friends which are Jan Burres and Bob. Alex would make friend with anyone he met on the journey, even Mexican people. This show that Alex is happing of his life because he is more free, more independent than he was ever. Alex's parents’ struggle to find him has given the reader an idea that he has succeeded in finding the perfect independence. Whenever he faced a difficulty, the reader can feel his excitement, and his high hope to survive. When he was caught in a nature disaster on the sea, he would curse a lot. Despite that, he still able to keep a cold head, and never lose his high hope for survive.

#IntotheWild #alex #datsun #independent #free

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Wayne Westerberg the middle - Alex right hand  (I think Westenberg was right, Alex is pretty handsome without his beard) 

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Summary chapter 3:
In South Dakota, there is a tiny town called Carthage where Wayne Westerberg is enjoying his morning. He still remembers that day when he picked up a man named Alex on to his truck. Westerberg remembers Alex as restless and handsome, with a sensitive face and a lean physique. He mentions that women would likely have found Alex attractive. Alex was one of the most engaging and friendly person Westerberg has ever met. Soon after that, he could no longer take Alex with him. However, it started to rain, and Westerberg couldn't allow himself to left Alex in the cold rain. He decided to let Alex sleep in his trailer overnight. Soon enough, it's time for Alex journey to be continue. Before Alex go, Westerberg then told him to come to South Dakota for a job whenever he needed. A few weeks later, Alex showed up at South Dakota, and Westerberg gave him a place to stay and a job as he has promised. Westerberg was impressed by Alex hard work, and intelligent. When filled out a tax form for Alex, Westerberg finding out the man who introduced himself as Alex real name is Christopher. Westerberg didn't question about Alex name because he know Alex has a good reason to hide it. Apparently, Alex enjoyed living with Westerberg, cooking and going drinking with the other people in the house. People are always feeling excited because of Alex stories. Westerberg was then got sentence for pirating television signals, which forced Alex to leave South Dakota.

The author of the book interrupted the story, saying Alex later tells people he is from South Dakota. He said Alex actually grew up in Annandale, Virginia. Alex lived in an upper middle-class household. His father was an aerospace engineer, and his mother was a businesswoman. Alex attended Emory University in Georgia, which he received multiple awards, and scholarships. When a newspaper wants to put Alex on the news, Alex has refused because fame is meaningless to him. After graduation, Alex has 40000$ in college fund ready to pay for his law school. Not many people would be able to achieve this kind of money. During graduation weekend, he tells his parents, “I think I’m going to disappear for a while.” Fast forward a couple of months, Alex's parents haven't heard a word from him. They worried and decided to drive to Alex apartment near his law school in Atlanta. The apartment was empty. Alex has already packed up his things and begun his journey. He has donated all his money for law school to charity. Somewhere in the wild, Alex no longer used his real name, he called himself “Alexander Supertramp.”

Analysis chapter 3:
When Alex meets Wayne Westerberg for the first time, he has properly already on his journey for a while. The first part of chapter 3 is to explain why Alex would tell other people he met later in the story that South Dakota is his hometown. Now that the reader know Alex has two places, he considers his home which is his real home and Wayne Westerberg store. Then the author used this detail to give reader information about who is Alex, and how he has started his journey. The author makes readers curious about the next chapter because they don't know what will chapter 4 about. The book could start the journey all over by Alex meeting Jim Gallien in the first place or story can be continue after Alex left South Dakota. Apparently, Alex was living some people dreams. He is a man with such high education, he could buy a new car for himself. However, what could have been his motivation to left everything behind and go into the wild is still a mystery. I think that Alex would have survive longer, and his parents would have found him if Westerberg didn't get into jail.

#IntotheWild #alex #westerberg #dakota #emoryUni #elitestudent #lawschool

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This is the last photo ever taken of Alex.

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Summary chapter 2:
In the coldness of Denali National Park, there is an abandoned bus with a mystery note on it. The bus was a house for workers, then left behind as shelter for hunters and campers after a construction project was abandoned. Three moose hunters encounter two other people who have already discovered the bus. The other two have decided not to go inside it because a frighteningly bad smell is coming out from it. There is an S.O.S. note tied to the bus’s antenna saying that a man name Christopher McCandless, is sick and needs help. The note also says that McCandless has gone out to look for berries and will return. Inside the bus, the hunters find a rifle, paperback books, clothing, a backpack, and other supplies. In the back, on a bunk, is a dead body that is so shrunken and small one of the moose hunters at first has trouble determining that it is a person. The hunters then arrange for the body to be transported by the police. Additional searches of the bus reveal several rolls of film and McCandless’s diary.  The cause of death is established as starvation. In the end, the identity of the body still remains unknown to the police.

Analysis chapter 2:
It can be seen that the note is from no one else other that Alex. Reader can assume that Alex has been in the wild for couple of days, or even weeks. The reader knows the body to be Christopher McCandless. The police, however, have not yet been able to identify it. The picture reader sees on the first page of the book which showing McCandless sitting next to a bus turn out to be his final destination. With several rolls of film and McCandless’s diary, reader would know about McCandless journey throughout the book.

#IntotheWild #alex #ending #nationalpark

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Summary chapter 1:
It was just a normal working day for Jim Gallien. He picks up a teenage hitchhiker who introduces himself as Alex. Gallien asks Alex questions about his hunting license, since the young man is carrying a rifle. Alex plans is to not have a plan. He would go anywhere life would take him. He's going on an adventure, anywhere other than the craziness of this world. To response Gallien questions, Alex says that he doesn’t care about the government’s rules and insists that he’ll be fine. Soon after that, Gallien drops Alex off at the edge of a park, on the Stampede Trail. Gallien gave Alex a pair of his boots and some extra foods. Gallien left the park thinking that Alex would come back to civilization as soon as he faces the real challenge in the wild.

Analysis chapter 1:
It a new day to Alex, and his journey has begun. Alex real name is Christopher McCandless, who came from a well-educated family. He has decided to burn all cash in his pocket, donate all his money to charity, and set on an adventure Into the Wild. An important question is that "What could be his motivation?" I think he want to escape the busy, strictly, and untruthful society. Jim Gallien’s concern for Alex establishes sympathy for Alex to the reader. The fact that Gallien does not stop Alex from heading into the wild and decides that he will be fine strikes a note of a tragic irony. Even Alex wouldn't know what will happen to him tomorrow.

#IntotheWild #alex #alaska #hitchhiker

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The Wild has always been a mysterious place for me. There are inexplicable rustling sounds in the bushes, there are dark places where it is unknown what kind of animals live in them, there are stars that are always peeking down at people, and there is always something Mysterious happens like my shoes suddenly disappear at night, and then they come back to me the next morning. However, the air is always refreshing, people are so calm, relax, and nice to each other. There are so many things I can do before night like setting up my place, go fishing, go swimming, watching cloud, painting, gather firewood, and play some small game like tug of war. I love going Into the Wild. When I said, "Into the Wild", I mean camping. After setting up my tent, I would be sitting down on a chair, waiting for sunset while reading my favorite book. I almost forgot, nothing more suitable for a cold autumn than a cup of hot chocolate. However, the best is yet to come. When everything surrounding has swallowed up by darkness, we human don't let it consume us. A massive fire appears and start dancing like a night show so bright, yet so beautiful. The best thing would happen when people start cooking a hotpot, some marshmallow, and some BBQ. While waiting for those good food to be cooked, people would sit around each other in a circle, talk about different stuff in their live like school, work, friend, hobbies, ... I know for sure that nothing is worse than running out of firewood at 8:30 pm when it’s too dark to scavenge and everyone is still wide awake. It would ruin the whole experiment. Therefore, learning about camping is important because it not only keep people safe, but also make sure they are having the best experiment. I would look forward to going camping again because I can spend more time with "mother" of nature.

#camping #forest #wild