Krakauer

Overall I believe that Krakauer's research definitely helped his argument. He went in depth in his researches of Chris's family life as well as his life on the road. He was able to use Chris's journal to explain his adventure's in seclusion from other people. I also believe that his research about the authors and other adventurers were positive aspects of his book. On the other hand however, I believe that by adding his own anecdotes he made the story to personal to him and loses credibility. Also his analyses of the different quotes seemed pretty biased towards the end of the book which also took away from his credibility. For the most part I believe his research was pretty strong.