Sunday 21 November 1999

6 -áéYonathan Eshel

INTO THE WILD

Jon Krakauer

Summary

is a hitchhiker. During is hiking he arrives to a This is a story about Chris McCandless. This young man

farm after he had not talked to his family for two years. They have not received any news from him since

then.

While being in that farm he introduced himself as "Alex". He did that in order that his family will not

know where he was and where he traveled.

After living the farm he starts a journey in America. He travels to Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Mexico, and

California than finally in April 1992 he hitchhiked to Alaska after having a serious accident with his car

and after burning all his money.

He is hiking there for a couple of months. No one hears from him.

Two months later, his decomposed body was found by a hunter. People who had been in contact with him

were investigated, but the police could not find the reason for which he was dead.

Later on his family make a journey to Alaska in order to find some clues about his mysterious death. They

find this note: "DAY 100! MADE IT… BUT IN WEAKEST CONDITION OF LIFE. DEATH LOOMS AS

SERIOUS THREAT.TOO WEAK TO WALK OUT HAVE LITERALLY BECOME TRAPPED IN THE

WILD. -NO GAME." Finally his death was solved. He died out of starvation. The family is in a helicopter

on their way back home.