Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer :: Into the Wild Essays

The tone is set in this chapter as Krakauer uses words to create an atmosphere of worry, fear, and happiness in McCandless’s mind. â€Å"The bush is an unforgiving place, however, that cares nothing for hope or longing†(4). McCandless is on the path of death, which creates worry and fear for the young boy. â€Å"He was determined. Real gung ho. The word that comes to mind is excited,† (6). Alex is very excited and care free, which Krakauer used to his advantage in making the tone of Alex’s mind happy. The author creates tones to make the reader feel the moment as if the readers were sitting there themselves. Krakauer uses dialogue and setting to create the mixed tones of this chapter. As one can see from the quotes and scenery the author uses tones that are blunt and are to the point to make the reader feel as though the emotions are their own. Krakauer uses plenty of figurative language in this chapter. He uses figurative language to support his ideas,t o express the surroundings, and tone around the character. To start the chapter he uses a simile describing the landscape of the area, â€Å"†¦sprawls across the flats like a rumpled blanket on an unmade bed,† (9). This statement is used to make reader sense the area and set the mood for the chapter. The use of figurative language in this chapter is to make a visual representation in the readers mind. â€Å"It’s satellites surrender to the low Kantishna plain† (9). The personification is used in this phrase is to make the reader believe and feel that the location is far away and so far that technology surrenders to mother nature. It is important for the reader to be aware of the distance that is so far from civilization. A lot of epigraphs used in the book also show figurative language. â€Å"The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness†(9). Jack London is mentione d quiet a bit in this book and he also uses many forms of figurative language. The personification used above in the epigraph was meant to seem that the land was empty and had no life going on. â€Å"Wisdom of eternity laughing†¦Ã¢â‚¬ (9), is also personification that can suggest to the reader that the end of forever will never happen and so eternity is mocking everyone in its path of destruction.