Krakauer delayed the information for the following reasons.
Step-by-step explanation:
- This chapter basically revolves around the death of Mccandless and the factors he went through after he found the bus.
- krakauer wanted the people who were reading to know the kind of person Mccandless was before death and hence he delayed the information on her in previous chapters.
- At the same time krakauer showed the importance of Mccandless's life and how the journey was important for him to do so.
- It was a brilliant way of portrayal of Mccandless by krakauer since he fed the reader's curiosity by delaying the concept of his death giving the reader more insight to the fiction.