Seen during page (37), McCandless was still in good health. However, on August 18, 1992, McCandless was found dead on a bus where he left an "SOS, I NEED YOUR HELP" note. I am injured, near death and too weak to walk here. I AM ALONE…” (198). Although the note indicated that McCandless had been injured, which could be why he died young, people were not sure how he died, but annotations found in the McCandless journal indicate that he was starving for about the last two months of his life. his life. Whether McCandless died of starvation, injury, or both, readers and author recognize that he died slowly and painfully. However, the author describes the last photo McCandless took of himself. Krakauer says: "But if he felt sorry for himself in those last difficult hours - because he was so young...alone...because his body had betrayed him and his will had dropped it - this is not visible in the photo. He smiles in the photo… Chris McCandless was at peace, serene like a monk gone to God. (199) The author first describes the deep pain that McCandless might have suffered and follows how McCandless, although suffering, was happy and not disappointed with the outcome of his life. The way the author refers to the last image and explains in depth what the character might have felt and shown in the image is a way for the author, Krakauer, to present his argument about living life without