Into the Wild Blog #2

I kind of have mixed feelings on whether McCandless knew how little supplies he had when going into the wild. I'm not sure if he purposely took that little amount of supplies or he actually thought he could survive on what he had. He had no where close to what he was going to need to survive in the wild. A ten pound bag of rice is only going to hold you over for so long, eventually you will be out of food, and you will die from starvavtion(what McCandless died from). I've always thought McCandless knew he was going to die from the very beginning.
I actually liked the way Krakauer started the book. I like how he just told us from the very beginning what happened to McCandless. I found it interesting, because I've never seen any author do that. I think his purose for doing this is so he keeps his readers interested to what he's writing.
When I first read his S.O.S. I was a little disturbed and confused at the same time. It was a little disturbing the way he described the condition he was in. I felt like he just finally gave up and realized that he needed help.

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I think what McCandless did was more admirable and noble than wacky. I respect what he did, because it takes a brave soul to leave everything behind and try to survive in the wild by yourself. I know I would'nt be able to do that! I feel like he was looking for an adventure or a challenge. He wasn't finding any exictment in his life so he decided to risk his life for a great adventure. I honestly don't know what posseded McCandless to this, but whatever the case may be, what he did was unique. Something must go really wrong in your life to make you do something as crazy as he did. He could of had family issues, girl problems, who knows? A lot of people say the guy is crazy or wacko, but I actually have a great amount of respect for the guy. I don't see anybody else doing this type of thing. I would almost have to be having a life crisis to go out in the middle of the Alaskan Forest, and try to survive.