tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880088692595066231.post8155065611719980464..comments2023-04-18T05:10:21.904-07:00Comments on Em and Emm Expound on Exposition: Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06310039122656051824noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880088692595066231.post-21613327591122920892010-08-10T22:52:38.425-07:002010-08-10T22:52:38.425-07:00I also would not qualify anything written by Kraka...I also would not qualify anything written by Krakauer as "beautifully written". In Into Thin Air, he was self-congratulatory, self-centered and a bit of a revisionist. In Into the Wild, he romanticized the life and death of a kid too stupid to think through his actions, and who lived his life based on a philosophy that was paper-thin and totally ridiculous and hypocritical.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463115927796731953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880088692595066231.post-9540343290443223572010-08-10T22:17:59.305-07:002010-08-10T22:17:59.305-07:00I think it might be interesting for you to read a ...I think it might be interesting for you to read a non-fiction book that explores some of the good sides of religion? <br /><br />In my experience, nothing by Jon Krakauer is "unbiased". We went through two of his books in a class I took in college; if you look close enough, there's a motive under the writing.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463115927796731953noreply@blogger.com