In this section, Krakauer frankly discusses death—the hard, final reality of it and the abstraction that many young people feel when they think of it. After reading “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Because I could not stop for Death,” choose one of these works, paired with this section of Into the Wild, and discuss how the two works grapple with the difficulty we humans have grasping mortality. How do these texts shed light on the difference between death as a concept and death as a reality? Can works of art and writing help us come to grips with mortality, or is that something only experience can grant us? Cite evidence from both texts to support your analysis. Must be 300 words or longer.
