In Oregon, a pair of rubber tramps spots McCandless picking berries by the side of the road, and he ends up camping with them for a week or so before continuing North up the coast. McCandless spends the next few months hitchhiking around the West, allowing his life to be shaped by circumstance, sharing the company of other vagabonds, having minor run-ins with the law. After being found by Bob Walsh, it ends up being used by the Park Service for undercover drug enforcement work. He uses this as another impetus to rid himself of unnecessary baggage, burning his money and leaving all of almost his belongings with the car. A few days later, flash flooding almost washed away his campsite, and his carвЂ™s engine got so wet he couldnвЂ™t get it to start.Д«ecause he wasnвЂ™t supposed to have driven off-road, he couldnвЂ™t get help from the rangers, and so he left the car with a note saying whoever can get the car to work can keep it.

McCandless had driven it to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in July, and against posted regulations, had driven it off road in the park and had pitched a campsite. In October 1990, McCandlessвЂ™s Datsun is found abandoned in the Mojave Desert by Bud Walsh, a National Park Service ranger.

Did Chris know the real Jack London? Did he know that LondonвЂ™s books were romanticized fiction?Дoes Ronald A Franz stand as the father figure in ChrisвЂ™s new life?

Jack London, a favorite author of ChrisвЂ™s, wrote about Alaskan adventures вЂ“ Book: White Fang вЂ“ yet, he only spent a few winters north. Why did Chris choose to work at McDonaldвЂ™s if he was so against consumer society? And, why did he open a savings account? Why does Chris choose to write his journal in third person?Дoes Jan Burres stand as the mother figure in ChrisвЂ™s new life?

Into the wild book chapter 4