I believe Krakauer put those chapters in the book to show that Chris was not the only one that has ventured off into the wilderness and lived off the land. However, there was something different about Chris. Something that stuck out for everyone that met him. This is what shined through in these two chapters.
I believe names are just a bunch of letters put together, but we put meaning to these words to show value to them.
There is a lot of value to my name because it holds who I am in those five letters. I believe people change there names because society has put value on what some mean versus others. I could easily change my name to Mike but I prefer Micah because it is more unique and different. I like to think of myself as a unique person in my world.
Good insight. Perhaps Chris had a perspective that might have seemed a bit off-center to mainstream society; however, it was a belief system that guided him and allowed for him to live a life that others might have only dreamed of. Re-classifying outcasts, perhaps, is essential for us to embrace differences of approach.
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