Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild by  Jon Krakauer
3 stars
Published: 1995
Setting: Alaska

Chris McCandless didn't fit into the early 1990's society. He didn't want to go to college, but it was the only thing that he did that his parents told him to do that he actually did. Shortly after his graduation from an Atlanta university, Chris decided to hit the road and never look back. It was his graduation that granted him his freedom, from not only his parents but from society.

When I started reading this book, I didn't realize it was a nonfiction one, not until I finished and got to the acknowledgements at the end where the author thanked the family of Chris. I was thoroughly shocked. I've heard stories of people living off the land for years. I could actually relate to Chris at times. I don't feel like I don't fit in with society now, I'm not into clothes or politics or much anything really, except reading. I would love to just pick up my life and move to Alaska and just live my life, not worry about where I have to be and work.

I would have to say that this book is for anyone that enjoys true stories. It didn't read like a traditional nonfiction and I think that was why I didn't pick up on it. I liked it overall.