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.
I agree with having mixed feelings about if he was actually prepared or not. I liked how the author started the story too. It makes me really interested in what happened. The S.O.S. note was disturbing and he pretty much did give up maybe because he thught he might of been wrong of tryig to start off fresh.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the second paragraph because i too really enjoyed the way Krakauer started off the book and thought it was creative.
ReplyDeleteYes! I definitely agree that McCandless knew he may die from his endeavors. I also really enjoyed the way the book is written!
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