Through journal entries, highlighted passages, accounts of encounters and personal experiences, author Jon Krakauer attempts to piece together the life of a transcendentalist young man named Chris Johnson McCandless in the biographical novel Into the Wild. McCandless was a young man of 24 who completely severed his ties to the world, his family and all his material possessions in the hope of surviving off the land of Alaska. In the two years leading up to his Alaska Odyssey, McCandless created a new life for himself and lived under the name Alexander Supertramp, hoping to leave his old life behind. Krakauer begins his novel "Into the Wild" by bluntly revealing to the audience that he only survived 113 days and that his remains were found two weeks after his death. Rather than focusing on McCandless' death, Krakauer focused on his life. Although Krakauer is biased, he proves to be a credible biographer and proves the claims he made in his author's note. Krakauer's bias quickly becomes clear and many people criticize him. Contrary to what one might think, Krakauer's bias gives him credibility because he openly admits it in his author's note. He states: “I will not pretend to be an impartial biographer. McCandless' strange story struck a personal note that made an impartial interpretation of the tragedy impossible. »(Author's note). Krakauer warns us early on that he will also include his contribution to Chris' story due to his experience with a similar event. However, he doesn't do this to highlight himself, but rather to give the reader insight into Chris' experience. " But the reader be warned: I interrupt McCandless's story with fragments of a story taken from my own age...... middle of paper ...... and which contain a neurotoxin which can cause paralysis, he probably would have made it out of the wild in late August with no more difficulty than when he entered the wild in April, and would still be alive today” (194) Krakauer thinks. that the reason he didn't get away with it was because of his little mistake The argument that can be made about Krakauer's reference to his own life does not accurately reflect Chris's, but as in. many cases around the world, they made assumptions about others and came up with answers We will never know exactly what happened since Chris is no longer alive to tell the story, but it is also. good as possible Even if Krakauer was biased and skewed the story in favor of Chris McCandless, he proves to be a credible author. He proves his claims about Chris and gains credibility by admitting his bias and collecting first-hand information..