While reading this book I couldn't help but make a lot of connections to my summer reading book Into the Wild by Krakauer. When I read Into the Wild this summer I thought that Krakauer was a bit of a weirdo for admiring McCandless as much as he did. He seemed to romanticize his journey and I could definitely sense a certain amount of admiration in Krakauer's account of his travels. At the time I did not understand this connection that Krakauer had with McCandless, but I now I have much greater understanding after reading this book. It is clear that Krakauer has been through a lot of the same experiences as McCandless and he could easily connect to his journey as well as his mindset. It takes a certain type of person to go through the things that both Krakauer and McCandless went through and the fact that they share this common link makes me appreciate Krakauer's opinion of McCandless that I read this summer.
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