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He wandered and didn't come home... The main character is generally understandable to me, although I wouldn't want to do everything he does. The ending is heartbreaking. Back then, there were no cell phones, and even if there were, cell service probably wouldn't have worked there. But winter comes quickly in Alaska. By October, that river would have frozen over again.
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks#Climate
Well, before that, it was better to starve a little until he met an animal than to eat various plants. Especially since, for example, a bear showed up soon. Maybe it's not very tasty, but it would be enough to keep him from starving until other game appeared.
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And here's another thing, after watching the movie, when I was thinking about it, I remembered the movie "Greek Figs." For some reason, it seems to me that there is something in common between the main character of this movie and the heroine of that one, although they are completely different people, but there is some similarity, there is...