Into the Wild Literary Devices

Key Examples in Into the Wild

Explanation and Analysis:

Into the Wild is a nonfiction book based on extensive research and interviews. The book was originally based on Krakauer's article about Chris for the magazine Outside. But despite these journalistic origins, the book is still written in a novelistic style. Krakauer especially presents dialogue more like a novel, as if he were a narrator and not an interviewer. For example, see this passage of dialogue from Chapter 1, when Chris, under his alias as "Alex," tries to pay Jim Gallien for a ride to Denali National Park:

“How much do I owe you?”

“Don’t worry about it,” Gallien answered. Then he gave the kid a slip of paper with his phone number on it, which Alex carefully tucked into a nylon wallet.

“If you make it out alive, give me a call, and I’ll tell you how to get the boots back to me.”

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Into the Wild: Style 1 key example

Key Examples in Into the Wild