Into the Wild Blog#2

 

I don’t think that it was a matter of Alex knowing whether or not he was prepared, but a matter of him just not caring whatsoever. It’s very easy to see that a .22 caliber would do little to nothing for him. Either Alex is daring, uneducated, or just finished. He obviously knows that he doesn’t have the proper and basic necessities to sustain life in the wilderness; therefore, when he refuses aid and states that he will do fine with what he has, it is quite clear that he wants to be hopeless. He wants to survive temporarily but in the long run he wishes to die.

 

I enjoy the flash forward method used by Krakauer. As opposed to being slowly given details and having to wait for a story to unfold, the reader can become immersed into a situation abruptly.  This gives the reader the “what?” only leaving the “why?” to be explained later in the book.  Personally, I would rather read a book like this because I don’t have to try and become interested in a boring beginning.  I believe Krakauer is telling the story this way for this exact same reason.  Also, some readers may find the mystery and suspense of this book to be very interesting.

           

 

                      For starters, he obviously didn’t really keep track of time while he was in the wilderness.  His best guess is that it is August.  I’m curious as to why he would think that someone would suspect his S.O.S. to be a joke.  Who would make up a joke like that? Honestly, is it this much of a reoccurrence that he has to write “no Joke”?  If he is injured then why is he out collecting those berries?  If he is too weak to hike out of  there then why is he wasting energy on harvesting berries?  Its just raising too many questions and isn’t making a whole lot of sense yet.