Here is the prompt for 101.35 - "In light of Krakauer's self-expression, do you find his recount of Chris' story more or less credible? Explain your answer."
I think that Krakauer's self expression in chapters Fourteen and Fifteen makes his recount of Chris's story more credible. Krakauer did not have to tell the reader his background as a young teen. He did not have to talk about his relationship with his father, or his unexplainable passion to climb and risk his live; yet he did. In these short chapters Krakauer managed not only to connect to the reader, but he made the reader connect to Chris. Through his own story, Krakauer gives the reader an explanation of why Chris went into the wild, putting to rest some of the readers many questions and doubts. I think this explains to the reader why Krakauer felt so deeply rooted in this story, and why he continued to find more answers. I think that when someone finds a perspective of passion to incorporate into what they are saying, or a way to relate to the topic at hand, it will give them credibility with the reader. However, on the other hand it should be noted that Krakauer is clearly biased. He shared a connection with Chris which he obviously uses to make his argument.
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I agree that Krakauer put to rest some questions and doubts about McCandless. Krakauer's story is very similar to a lot of people who decide to go out into the wild; however, they are also different. I think this allowed the reader to believe that Krakauer is credible. The thing that I struggle with his Krakauer's argument. Yeah sure they both shared a connection in many ways, but they did completely different things in the wild. No two people are the same. Anyways, even though I do not like the things McCandless did, I understand why he went out into the wild but I don't agree with how he did it. Krakauer did a good job in proving to the reader why people go out into the wild by using his personal experience.
ReplyDeletei agree that krakauer gave very good background into Chris. the background that he gave was indeed very important. things like: relationship with his father, childhood, and his passion for the wild, all were vital in showing what kind of person chris was. what his motives were for going into the wild. trying to prove that he wasn't a crazy idiot. Maybe Krauker was trying to prove that he wasnt and idiot for doing the same thing, or showing that people do these kind of things and survive. Chris was just unlucky. He was doing what he wanted to do, and the reason why he ran away was because his family pushed him to the edge. Krakauer mentions this to explain to the reader why he did what he did.
ReplyDeleteI think that Krakauer is very bias in his novel, regardless of how hard he tries not to be. I think that if Krakauer really wanted to make an impact in his novel that McCandless went on his journey for justified reasons, he should simply have said that. However, that was clearly not Krakauer's goal, therefore he leaves us with our own interpretation.
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