Blog 6

I believe that the stories that Krakauer included about other adventurers hindered Krakauer's storytelling. He is writing with the purpose to praise Christopher McCandless, for his idealism throughout his adventure. I believe that by incorporating these other stories help support the 'naysayers'. He admits that these adventurers were a little off their rocker, yet he claims that Chris is not crazy. I believe that by comparing McCandless to these adventurers kind of indicates that he might not have been all there.

Blog 3

When I first wrote my essay, I thought that Christopher McCandless was foolish and that it was his fault that he died. After reading further into Jon Krakauer's book, I still believe that to be true. He was a hopeless romantic, and it ended up being his kiss of death. The people Chris met on his journey believed that he was a smart good kid, so some readers believe that this shows that McCandless was a good guy. However, if you look at the people whose lives were changed by Chris; a couple who traveled and sold items at flea markets, an 80 year old lonely man, and Westerberg who ended up going to prison; I can't help but question these remarks that Chris was a smart, good guy. After further reading of Into The Wild my opinion that Chris McCandless is foolish has strengthened.