Narrative techniques

Narrative techniques function as the art of storytelling. In Into the Wild, Jon uses a unique technique to describe events, specifically transporting through time, and uses it to introduce or connect multiple ideas or thoughts. However, I discovered that at the very beginning when I was reading the first four chapters. He starts to speak about MacCandless and how he started his off-land life. Then he moves and starts to speak about the history of Alaskan terrain. After going through more chapters, I realized that Jon is using this method to create meaning through language and make it more comprehensive for the reader.


In addition, it makes you feel that in some occasions, the story precedes the events to add meaning to the current circumstances, which enabled him to provide us with a narrative summary about historical events in a couple of paragraphs, in this way, the reader does not get bored by reading long history lesson! But at the same time, making sure that all the important details are included in that couple of paragraphs.