To completely eradicate that former life to exchange for one where lush greenery envelopes you, where sleep takes place under the myriad of shining stars, where the bright spots of glistening, fresh dew rest in the morning, where home is the road can at points seem more tantalizing than day-to-day life in suburbia. ... Chris McCandless was one of the few who chose this type of life: to live completely off the land and test himself in ways, "that mattered," and as Krakauer's friend Roman points out, "very few, if any, of the people who call McCandless incompetent have ever d...

• Word Count: 800
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate