Christopher McCandless finds himself in the middle of the
Alaskan terrain living off of nothing but scarce vegetable and whatever game he
can find a shoot in the book Into the Wild. Christopher was able to
survive almost 120 days in the Alaskan wild, all the while keeping a journal of
his journey. The terrain of Alaska continues to be a challenge as he attempts
to make his way hiking back to the coast. The landscape controls Christopher’s
fate, he waits for July to cross the frozen desert, however he is met with
misfortune when he crosses an impassible river overflown from melted snow. He
leaves to find another route around the river when the summer begins to end and
his food sources become scarcer. He has been eating Eskimo potato to keep his
energy up, with the coming of winter the potato became too hard to eat. Instead
he attempted to eat the seed of the plant, which in a twist of irony, turns out
to be poisonous and kills Christopher McCandless. The power of the wild to
obtain something that nourishes you as you travel through its landscape, and
then just months later, have the power to kill you with the same plant that
kept you alive.
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