OUTCASTS

Having the interruption of chapters 8 and 9, was to make a comparison.  There were similarities to Alex and the others that have made "crazy" adventures in their life time.  I think that Krakauer wanted to show that McCandless was not the only one who did this sort of act to become someone else. Some people in the world want to reinvent themselves for different reason, but it all ends up looking the same.  A crazy kid went to make their death sentence in the wilderness is how people view it.  There are human beings in the world that want to live life to the fullest with the earth itself.  The nature and wild feeling it has is breath taking to some and it shows when Krakauer adds in the other stories.  I know when I read about them i compared and contrasted them with Alex and his hitchhiking ways.  There is something unique about all of them in their own way which can be looked at as being the same as well!

The names they had and why they changed them is easy for me to see.  No one gets to pick their name because their parents give it them when they are born.  When the time comes I know some people that go by a nickname, my brother.  His name is Austin, but ever since I was little I called him BOO.  Now my entire family calls him that and some of my friends do too.  His friends on the other hand call him DEBO because of our last name.  He doesn't go by Austin even though he likes his name, the other ones just go with him and show his personality.  Another person may change their name completely such as Miley Cyrus. She felt her name wasn't the right fit, so she changed it to something she felt was better.  Changing a name isn't weird; sometimes people don't correspond with their names and feel better fit with another name which is fine too.