Author's Note Question 1

        In the Author's Note, I believe that this book was dedicated entirely to Chris McCandles because of the way he lived his life. At the early age of 21-22, Christopher gave up luxuries and material items, that most people of that age would not be able to pass up. Just graduating from college, instead of pursuing a career he decided to dedicate his life to nature. He is a model human being in that he donated the $25,000 that he had (that was all that he had) to charity, gave up anything that would hold him back from living life as a transcendentalist. Before Jon Krakauer, published his book, Into the Wild, he published an article in a magazine, Outside, stating the way Chris lived his life, and the mysterious way of death. This article would be read by many people, and the amount of feedback would be the most that an article would ever receive. So yes, Chris, I feel is a role model, and noteworthy because he took into action what most philosophers can not like Thoreau developing theories, but not actually taking the actual experience. Chris went into the wild and lived as an individual and tried to find his inner being by being a transcendentalist.