Published in 1996. Biography.
"Into the Wild" is a non-fiction book about the adventures of Christopher McCandless, who became known world-wide after article about his death("Death of an Innocent" by the same author) was published in 1993.
After graduating high-school in 1990, Christopher McCandless gave away his savings of $24,000 to Oxfam charity, stopped communicating with his family(except his sister) and began wandering around Arizona, California and South Dakota. He later changed his name to Alexander Supertramp, abandoned his car, burnt all the money in his wallet and went into the wild.
The book begins with McCandless body being discovered in an abandoned bus, two years had passed since he started wandering and went missing.
To be continued...
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I'm commenting about your latest post but there isn't a comment button. But, I'm interested in what you say about Haddon asking questions and inviting empathy. Are there other examples of these techniques from anything we've looked at so far in class, or from 'The Great Gatsby'?
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