Simpson, Sherry. "I want to ride in the bus Chris died in." February7 - February 13, 2002 / Vol. 11, Ed.6 . http://208.109.242.142/archives/archives/documentb965.html
Simpson brings the Alaskan point of view to the Chris McCandless story. The vividly descriptive essay of her journey with her friends to the bus, by snow mobile in early spring, is written from a local view point with an Alaskan sensibility. The comments by her friends and her own opinions that McCandless was just a fool, is evident. However, I couldn't help but see that, she too, was affected by Chris McCandless's story and the resulting romantic myth of self discovery in the wilderness of Alaska. After all, she made the trip to the bus, went through every written detail in the bus and wrote an extensive essay about it. For just a fool, Chris McCandless's life and death was on her mind for quite awhile.
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