Into the wild is more morbidly fascinating than anything else. It is a journey into the psyche of a young man who, with seemingly all of the advantages that late Twentieth Century America can arm one with, decides to disappear into the flotsam of the country playing the part of an enlightened hobo (he takes the moniker 'Supertramp' as a way to christen his new identity). When I read I this book I was infuriated …showed first 75 words of 998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 998 total…is relating passages of books McCandless was reading that he underlined or highlighted (!). Sorry folks- this guy just wasn't as deep as everyone wants to believe he was. In my opinion, the history of McCandless tells only one think. He was a basket case and completely lost. I don't care about what were his ideas, his dreams. You just don't throw your life away, like he did, with no reason at all. It's not right!