Dear Chris, I Still Love You!

While reading the book, I like Krakauer, noted when Chris made mistakes. However, I , like Krakauer, do not really consider them to be mistakes. Chris every move, although sometimes a little bizarre, was carefully calculated. When he came into town, he hid his possessions to prevent them from being stole, he did the necessary research (like buying the plant book), and he was aware of what he was getting himself into when he decided to go to Alaska. Chris was not stupid and arrogant, he simply wanted to jump into life, and get as far away from all the bad stuff as possible. He did not want a map because he wanted to fell like he was in the middle of no where. He did not want an axe, because he knew he could get by without it, and he mistook a caribou for a moose because he valued the lives of all creatures as equal. At the end of the book I loved Chris even more because I feel like there is a piece of him, and his wild spirit, in all of us! I am real sad he died :( Because I think when he tried to cross the river he was ready to settle down a little.