Literary Elements Of Forshadowing In The Novel 'By Jon Krakauer'

The non-fiction book, Into the Wild, by author Jon Krakauer, is the story of Christopher McCandless, a young Emory Graduate from a rather wealthy family, who is mysteriously found dead in the Alaskan wilderness in September 1992 at the age of 24. Krakauer retells significant events of McCandless leading up to his death. In Into the Wild, Krakauer uses many rhetorical devices in order to support his argument. Krakauer effectively manipulated the rhetorical devices of characterization, comparison, logos, and anecdotes to convince the audience that Chris was not particularly unusual and as insane that people perceived him to be.

Before the reader even begins to dive into the story itself, he or she encounters an “in memory of” dedication page, dropping the names of several characters that died on the mountain. Initially, one may overlook the true meaning of this, but after becoming acquainted with those characters further in the story, the reader comes to terms with the fact that many climbers will die prior to the end of the book. Krakauer also incorporates many quotations from characters regarding potential disaster far before the climax reaches. Before the first chapter, Krakauer asserts, "The plain truth is that I knew better but went to Everest anyway. And in doing so I was a party to the death of good people, which is something that is apt to remain on my conscience for a very long time" (XVII). At this point, Krakauer has hardly exposed the reader to any pertinent plot information, and by using this quotation, Krakauer uncovers—before the first chapter—his feelings of remorse upon the conclusion of the story. Contrary to an ordinary book, the reader will absorb the entire story already knowing the ending. Various foreshadowing quotes, consistently placed throughout Into Thin Air, forbode the climax; Rob Hall indicates, “With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill. The trick is to get back down alive" (Krakauer 153). As the reader initially digests this quotation, he or she may find it difficult to notice any direct foreshadowing. However, Krakauer’s methodical placement of foreshadowing quotes throughout the book all serve a purpose by the end of the

Foreshadowing is when the author drops hints to reveal some thing later on in the story. King writes "Did you put on any weight?". McCann put on a significant amount of weight. The consequens was the lose of the little finger. Stephen King used foreshadowing to make the piece at the end, when Morrison meets McCanns wife, relevent.

The first of many devices Krakauer uses is foreshadowing. He uses foreshadowing to methodically hint to what might take place next. In the book Krakauer is separated from the other members of his team knowing that “It would be many

Along with dramatic irony, this statement serves as a foreshadowing to the events soon to transpire.

It had looked so far away it was hard to believe I would be on top of it in a few days. Besides in the campsites, we only saw one other group of people during the entire 12 day trek and the only human sounds were our own. Each camp was an island of civilization in a great sea of wilderness, and a wonderful solace to end the day’s hike.

In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to clue events throughout the entire book. The book follows two migrant workers, George and Lennie, while they are working on a ranch in California, during The Great Depression.During the book George and Lennie meet five other characters; Slim, Candy, Crooks, Curley, and Curley’s nameless wife. Foreshadowing, the literary device used to hint an event.Foreshadowing is used in the title of the book using allusion, Lennie’s obsession with soft things, the idea of the American dream, and the parallel of Lennie and Candy’s dog’s death.

Life of the road isn't meant for everyone. Of course everyone has a different mindset towards this topic but you will have to be in the correct mindset of this situation for this to fall on you. Weather people want to live life on the road or not it isn't suited for everyone. It maybe the sense that some people have a physical condition that will hold them back from going onto the road and doing this maybe the case. In many people's cases that they may love going out into the wilderness and exploring some may not be equipped with these sort of skills and may forgot to be prepared in a sense like Chris McCandless. In Chris’s case he just wanted to get out and explore, such like Jon Krakauer. Jon Krakauer talked about how toxic society was and how he just wanted to escape that. People often go out to explore the wild since they're already on the road but is Mr.McCandless point of view he just wanted to escape society and start fresh. People that don't admire the wild like chris does may change the view of life on the road.

I had woken up extra early that morning to watch it all happen. To watch part of my life that had been ever so dominant disappear in a small gold 96’ Saturn. I watched it carefully, not thinking that these few moments would be our last, but that they would be the last that we were in some way equal.

Each human is significantly different from the others in every aspect. The world outside of us operates on various different perspectives. The social beings that we are, it seems only acceptable that we understand those perspectives for better connections with not only others but also have a better understanding of ourselves. Jon Krakauer had a reason for which he pursued the life story of Chris McCandless. He also had a distinct purpose for sharing all his discoveries with the rest of the world. He wanted to the world this kid who decided that he would only do what he wants to do, which led him to Alaska, and ultimately his death. All through the glorified ‘story’ of Chris McCandless’s brave and strong-minded

“The landscape, the whole great circle of it, grassheads, scrub, water, sky, quite took his breath away.” (Pg 17)

In a thousand spots the traces of the winter avalanche may be perceived, where trees lie broken and strewed on the ground; some entirely destroyed, others bent, leaning upon the rocks of the mountain or transversely upon other trees. The path, as you ascend higher, is intersected by ravines of the

“It was a fine day. In the west there was a massive stand of cumulus cloud so like a city seen

From this quote the reader can tell the wife is unhappy in her marriage. Foreshadowing is used here as well because the reader knows her husband is going to die soon by this description given of him. There is a different tone though in the “Hills like White Elephants”.

We began our journey to the top of the first revine of earth with tremendous