Into The Wild Blog.

1. So far, I've liked the book. The author has a very intriguing style of writing; I feel like it's more casual than most novel styles of writing. Usually authors will go to extreme extents to edit and make sure their writing is picture perfect. It's clear that this author has edited their writing, but it doesn't seem to be to the extent of most novelists.

2. One word I'd use to describe Chris is stubborn. He is so gung-ho on trying to live in the wild while in reality, it's basically impossible to survive in the wild for that long on the little amount of supplies that he has.

3. A theme I see arising in the book is that once you have your mind set on something, you can never see what it is in reality and how it may be good/bad for you.

4. This book reminds me of a book I had to read in 8th grade. I can't remember what it's called, something about a bear, but a boy is forced to go and live in the wilderness because he committed a bad crime. Both of the antagonists in these two novels have similar personality traits and similar mindframes. However, they both have different outlooks on living in the wild. Obviously, Chris wants to live in the wild, while the main character in the other book is being forced to live in the wild.

5. I can relate this book to myself because sometimes, I'll have days where the only thing I want to do is go be somewhere else and live alone for a long time.

6. I can't really find a situation in the world to relate this to. We don't often hear about people running away into the wild and people finding them dead four months later. It does, however, remind me of people attempting to summit Mt. Everest and their efforts coming up short.