Friday, February 26, 2010
I feel that these story's enhance this novel dramatically. The Waterman story especially sticks out in my mind illuminating the reasons why someone would do something perceived to be a suicide mission. These story's show that Chris wasn't and still isn't alone in his view on the world. For example, in chapter 14 Krakauer illuminates his own similar views on the world and the wild, thus allowing us to conclude his bias on the story of Chris Mccandless. These story's offer credibility to the argument that Chris wasn't just some special crazy person who went into the wild, but one among many who feel society is hiding the beauty in living.
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The stories finally gave me a reason to re-assess how I felt about Chris. I agree that these stories enhance the novel, because they give a bigger picture of a worldview that simply seemed reckless with Chris alone.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the other stories about the other adventurers it showed how Chris was more than a crazy adventurer, and that he isn't like the rest of them. Chris didn't want to die, he wouldn't have gone through everything leading up to Alaska if he did want to kill himself out there.
ReplyDeleteComparing Chris's stories to the other stories I really don't see why Chris is so special to have a book wrote about him. I'm sure there are many people that had similar stories to Chris and they were never recognized like he was. However, I did find Chris a little less crazy than I thought he was before after comparing him to some of the other men's adventures.
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