Into the Wild
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Author’s Note Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Epilogue
Themes
All Themes The American Wilderness Risk and Self-Reinvention Arrogance, Innocence, and Ignorance Luck, Chance, and Circumstance Materialism and Idealism Isolation v. Intimacy
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Chris McCandless
Symbols
All Symbols Hunger and Starvation Rice Money Postcards, Notes and Letters Boots The Bus The Yellow Datsun Hitchhiking The Stampede Trail The Slabs and Oh-My-God-Hot-Springs Devil’s Thumb The Stikine Ice Cap Alaska The Teklanika River The Moose Chris’ Rifles Chris’ Backpack Chris’s Canoe Chris’s Map Chris’s Books Chris’s Journal Chris’s Camera and Photographs Chris’s Field Guide to Edible Plants Potato Seeds
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Foreshadowing Genre Irony Metaphors Mood Setting Similes Style Tone Verbal Irony
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