Is time of the essence?

“I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.” (Krakauer 18)

Topic: Loosing track of time

Is time Important when you don't need it? This is hard to imagine as a Human living in such a structured society where there is a time and place for everything. My day and everyone else's days are controlled by time and being gone in the wild, time is no longer of any importance. When Chris looses track of time this shows that he is completely isolating himself from all of society. The minute that he realizes that time is no longer important to him is the minute that he is no longer caring about the real world. Chris's adventure into the wild will be very difficult without him knowing where he is and the time. Time will be a big sign in the book, time represents civilization and society and without time he is completely secluded from that.