Graypaw, just like his name says, is a gray color.
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Graypaw: Rusty’s (Firepaw’s) best friend. Rusty is brave and always tries to get to the bottom of a mystery and defeat his foes. He has a bright orange coat and is the main character. Rusty: Who is soon to be named Firepaw, is your ordinary house cat.
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Here’s what I turned in:Ĭopyright: 2003 by Working Partners Limited I had to do a book report for my 6th grade class. Thank you for writing such an awesome book! Or at least one more book in his point of view. I wish you would continue writing from Fireheart’s point of view. Is there anything I would like to say to the author? No, LOL, but only because most of my friends don’t have wide open imaginations when it come to books. Would I recommend the book to my friends? I just kept reading and tried to figure out what they meant by the context of the sentence.Ĭould I picture what was happening in my mind? Basically an easy read, but some words were challenging. Especially the readers who can see mental pictures. I think this Into the Wild is good for those with big imaginations. Was the book was easy to read and follow? Yes! Rusty (who is renamed Firepaw, who later becomes Fireheart – did you get all that, Mom? Hahaha) is a brave soul who’s kind, and at the same time has lots of ferocity.ĭo I know anyone like the main character? Before I even read the book at all, I’ll always read the back cover. And there’s no reason why anyone would dislike this book! It was awesome ! There was such great action! Into the Wild is good for those readers who like cats and mysteries. Overall, I wasn’t hugely impressed by this biography, too much filler was spotted throughout, and as I found myself forming my own opinions about Chris, I found it hard to relate to Krakauer’s unflinching portrayal of him as this wonderful wild child who’s to be regarded as heroic for acting out his fantasies and abandoning society as we know it.I think it’s Middle Grade, it had 288 pages. There are almost two whole chapters where Krakauer talks about an expedition he performed himself that I think was meant to be relatable to Chris, but for me, felt unnecessary for the story to move forward. Unfortunately, it was filled with a lot more than just Chris’s story, and it felt perhaps that was because there wasn’t enough to say about Chris to warrant an entire book. He left behind a lot of hurt, especially for his family who he chose not to contact for over 2 years.Īs for how the story is told, Krakauer has a way with words, and his nonfiction is easy to read. It’s of course extremely tragic that Chris dies out in the wild, but I don’t necessarily believe that he should now be heralded as a hero for living this way. He came across as naïve and privileged in so many ways too. I thought a lot of Chris’s actions were selfish and thoughtless, his journey across America was impressive, but ultimately, done for all the wrong reasons. However, there were elements to Chris that I didn’t like which I don’t think were given enough thought. In that respect, I thought Chris was admirable, and it’s clear that Krakauer feels the same way. It’s clear that Chris was a brave and, somewhat, inspiring person, his drive to give everything up to fulfill his dream of living off the land was impressive. In the end, I came away from this conflicted, while Chris McCandless’ story is undoubtedly interesting and tragic, Krakauer pushed his biased way of thinking of Chris on the reader and I didn’t agree with all his points.
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I don’t read many biographies, but having liked a Krakauer book in the past, I wanted to give this one a go. What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992.ĭescribed by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him to the perilous heights of Everest, provides some answers by exploring the pull the outdoors, seductive yet often dangerous, has had on his own life.