Cole Lancaster’s Reviews > Into the Wild > Status Update

lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy.(Krakauer 57)I noticed he was crying. that frightened me. He wasn't planning on being gone all that long; I figured he wouldn't have been crying unless he intended to take some big risks and knew he might not be coming back.-Borah(Krakauer 68)I now walk out to live amongst the wild.pg.69

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences. Krakauer57

"squatting in a vacant mobile home" (Krakauer, 41), where he lived with a lunatic named Charlie.

"He lived on the streets with bums,tramps, and winos for several weeks." (Krakauer 37)

"secondhand aluminum canoe" (Krakauer, 32) "my days were more exciting when i was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal." (Krakauer, 33) "small but dangerous waterfalls litter the canal." (Krakauer, 35) "Alex has one spare oar. He calms himself. If he loses second oar is dead" (Krakauer, 36) "Over 25 pounds lost. But his spirit is soaring" (Krakauer 37)

"I tried to scare him with bear stories. I told him that a twenty-two probably wouldn't do anything to a grizzly except make him mad. Alex didn't seem to worried."(Krakauer, 6) "He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a waste of wild air and brackish waters and the seaharvest of shells and tangle and veiled grey sunlight" (Krakauer, 31)