Many people decide to live their lives in isolation; however, only a few choose to live in the wild. In the book, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer vividly paints the adventurous journey undertaken by Chris McCandless. From the friends he made, to the hardships he went through, McCandless is portrayed as a friendly and sociable person despite being a drifter. Besides McCandless, there are even more people who have taken the risk of living in the wilderness, such as Jon Krakauer and Everett Ruess. All three had similarities and differences between their qualities as people and their journey. All three adventurers showed their affection for the wilderness through how they lived after leaving society. After reaching Fairbanks, Alaska, McCandless set up his camp and began living off the wildlife nearby. In his journal he wrote down what he captured each day and showed his gratitude through the font of his writing. He believed that "it [wildlife] was morally indefensible to waste any part of an animal killed for food" (166). He did his best to preserve the animals he killed for food, which in turn showed his thoughts on nature as something precious. Krakauer also loved what nature had in store due to his desire for intriguing natural events. In his youth, he "devoted most of [his] waking hours to fantasizing about, and then undertaking, ascents of remote mountains in Alaska and Canada" (134). From the time spent dreaming, people can infer him as a person who deeply admires nature. At the age of eighteen, Ruess dreamed of living in the wilderness for the sake of charm. He wandered in search of events that might surprise him until his next death, in which he decided to find the most... middle of paper......t of his time by traveling long distances with little advice from his parents until his disappearance. These three men have their attributes similar and different from each other. From childhood to thoughts on society to the details of their journey, each of them had a great deal of comparable attributes. Nature can be described as something magnificent and delightful. It's all in the eye of the beholder and they saw it exactly the same way. All three have most likely achieved their goal in life: to live in the beauty of nature. Works Cited Krakauer, Jon. In the wild nature. New York: Anchor, 1997. Print.Morse, Liz. "The Life and Climbing of Jon Krakauer." The life and climbing of Jon Krakauer. Np, nd Web. November 14, 2013. Read, Adam. "Christopher McCandlessaka Alexander Supertramp." Chris McCandless Now I Walk Into The Wild Biography. Np, nd Web. November 14. 2013.