There's nothing more powerful than the yearning of a determined human being, and I see no better example of that than the trials and tribulations of a young man by the name Christopher McCandless. Into the wild written by the outstanding Jon Krakauer, introduces the world to the brave young man Christopher Johnson McCandless who ditches his birth name for his alter ego, Alexander Supertramp. This brave young man set forth on an adventure unconscious of one day inspiring others to live in the moment. Chris McCandless, a young intelligent Emory University graduate took the world by storm when he decided to donate his savings to charity, abandon his family, car, and possessions, and head for Alaska on foot. He intended to live off the land and thats exactly what he did. He was able to live in the wild which was where he wanted to be for most of his life. Eventually, like most things, his adventure had to come to an end. Although he didn't live to tell his story, he did note majority of his adventures in a notepad as well as sharing countless encounters with people during his journey and of those encounters, he established friendships with a few people. The beautiful thing about these final friendships shared with Chris was that these people cared infinitely about the hitchhiking boy they met, and cared enough to make sure Krakauer was informed more about the determined young man they spent time with. As made clear in the book, Chris wasn't necessarily fond of being surrounded with other people most of his life, but these friendships he made while living off the land where lasting friendships as he often kept in contact with them. Being able to be hear about these friendships from the person opposite of Chris gave me a better insight into the kind of person he was. It gave the readers the opportunity to make a connection with Chris and in ways relate to him. The friendship between Alex and Jan Burres was my favorite to read. It was heartwa