THEMES

In the book into the wild, there is more then one theme, for example character development, companionship, the wanderer, freedom and loneliness.

I am going to write about some of these themes. One significant theme in into the wild is the deep and secret alienation that Chris felt for his parents. He was very angry at him, although his complaints are clear.

FREEDOM

McCandless was looking for a place that he wanted to live in it completely alone, in a world where the only law he felt the need to follow are those of nature, is to him ultmate freedome and he wanted to be away and freedom from other people's rules.

The allure of danger and high-risk activities is central to Into the Wild. Krakauer does not believe that this allure is significant to everyone, but it certainly is to a specific kind of young man -- one who is intense, passionate, driven and ambitious, but not satisfied with the opportunities or challenges society presents to him. These young men also always seem to have some kind of demon driving them, whether it is a troubled relationship with their fathers, as with McCandless, Krakauer, and John Waterman, or something else.