Sunday, December 16, 2007
Krakauer's role in Into the WIld
When i read the part of Into the Wild where Jon writes his own life story that parallels to McCandlesses in certain ways i was not happy with it. This book and the story alone are extremely entertaining and dont need detours. His story in the middle of the book even his story about how he traveled to the bus just seem so irrelevant and only take away some of the intensity and flow of the story. It seems like hes trying to push an already great story to be something it doenst need to be. A great read, but the Krakauer influence definietly negetively influenced the story in my opinion.
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I just have to say that i see your point and understand why you say it but i have to disagree. The chapter tells you why the author decided to wrte the book. I think that its revelant to trhe story and is a postive influence. But that is just one oppion.
John, i have to agree with Harley on this one because i believe that Krakauer is trying to relay some of his valuable insight to the readers. He experienced many of the things that McCandless did. Krakauer's point of view provides the reader with a different look on McCandless's life. Although the book would still be successful without Krakauer's story, the book is better with it.
I agree with Harley that it is important for Krakauer to mention his experiences that were similar to the ones of McCandless because it shows why Krakauer was so interested to write this book. However, I do agree with John that it did mess up the flow and excitement of the book, and would've preferred if his story was told after the McCandless one.
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