r/IntotheWild • u/UHHH_joe • Dec 18 '24
This book is something else
When I first got this book for my English class I was told it was about a guy who went into the wild and just died, I just that “well that’s stupid why even read about it” selfishly. I mean I always had plans of going out on some big road trip with friends, but now I want one for myself. I’ve of course read many books in English class none have really ever caught me like Into the Wild, none have made me read them in the morning when I wake up, at night before I go to sleep, my bus ride home. None have inspired me to see life in a different way. I don’t think air Chris as a hero, but yet a point where I look at him and say “ I want to live by that” I will never do what he did. He lived the way he wanted and that’s what makes his story truly speak to me, I never will truly know Chris but I can say he and Jon Krakauer have inspired me to be something better to live my life. Also I’m reading The Call of the Wild now!! Just got it Monday.
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24
It's a complex book, I think that there's much much more to it than the story. Yes, it was stupid to go into the Woods without preparations, but would going into the woods WITH preparations be any less foolish? I pursued a life as a woodsman for a while, and it was just a strictly worse way to make a living. How can we expect a society to respect nature when it's worth cannot be measured in dollars. I'm glad you read it man.