“Into the Wild” tells the story of Chris McCandless, a young man fresh out of college who suddenly rejects his affluent life and seeks out a new experience for himself by hitchhiking all around the United States, soon making his way to the harsh wilderness of Alaska, the place of his eventual death. Author Jon Krakauer uses information gained from interviews with the people McCandless encountered on his journeys, along with his own anecdotes, to paint a tragic yet compelling portrait of a man called to the wild.
