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    least five months. Living strictly off the country isn’t normal in this day and age. We know that McCandless had struggles its noted in his journals that he only a couple days after really starting his adventure he fell through ice somewhere (207). Alaska is known for its harsh winters and months where there is no direct sunlight. Even through the struggles‚ McCandless just kept pushing through. There was so many opportunities that McCandless could have taken to give up and go back to his old life

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    while. In his mindset‚ he achieved in his goal. Wayne Westerberg had employed Chris for two short amounts of time‚ but said “He was the type of person who insisted on living out his beliefs.” (Krakauer‚ 67) This was why Chris was determined to go to Alaska‚ instead of listening to the protests of others.

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    Name: Lu Seng Chuin ENGL250 FD Visual Rhetorical Analysis: Into The Wild (Rough Draft) The movie “Into The Wild” is a true story depicts the desperation of a young Emory graduate‚ Christopher Johnson McCandless‚ to flee from the invisible binding of societal pressure and family problems; and worked his way through the unusual journey to Alaskan. The story began with his college graduation and inner frustration to his broken family‚ then proceeds through a series of events full with

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    wilderness with very little equipment and food after traveling to various parts of North America during the course of two years. Regardless of living on his own with not many things for a couple of years‚ Chris died alone in a bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska. Author Jon Krakauer wrote a 9‚000 word article titled “Death of an Innocent” for the 1993 issue of the magazine Outside. Into the Wild is simply an extension of that article which explains what provoked Chris into living such a life‚ who he was

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    gave him. “Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits‚ people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives” (Krakauer‚ 6). This is exactly what Chris was trying to do when he went into the Alaskan wilderness. He wanted to escape the rules and suffering he faced in society. He “ESCAPED FROM ATLANTA.” (Krakauer‚ 112)‚ he did not want to stay there because he wanted to escape his parents and his false life. His goal was to go to Alaska and live

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    Allison Grubb Cultural analysis Prof. Santana English 102 30 March 2017 No Risk‚ No Reward? In September 1992‚ Chris McCandless was found in an abandoned bus in Alaska. Into the Wild is his story. But what is his story supposed to teach us? McCandless’s journey into the wilderness is ultimately one of self-discovery and reinvention. Through his travels‚ he transforms from an angry‚ recent graduate‚ eager to break all ties with his family‚ into a wanderer and amateur mountaineer. But‚ in the end

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    His journey to Alaska proved to be fatal and a vast amount of theories began to spread across the media about how Chris died. Everyone has built an opinion about Chris McCandless‚ some say he’s crazy and ignorant and others say he’s bright and heroic. Shaun Callarman‚ a native Alaskan‚ didn’t admire him at all for his courage or his noble ideas. He felt that Chris McCandless was “Bright and ignorant at the same time‚” and that “He had no common sense and no business going to Alaska with his romantic

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    recession that is present within our country. There have been thoughts and ideas about how to correct this downfall to make a turn for the better. One of the strong ideas of drilling for oil within our country has been a topic of discussion. Up in Alaska in a deserted area called ANWR we know there is large amount of oil that has been resting underground untouched. Financially the United States could drilling for oil developing a huge investment and turn our economy around for the better; within this

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    to accomplish. Both of their goals were similar but very different at the same time. McCandless wanted to go to Alaska for his dream. While Shepard wanted to prove that anything is possible if you have the right kind of attitude along with motivation and determine. How they both did it was very different from each other. McCandless had a major impact on who he met along the way to Alaska. While Shepard didn’t have that much of an impact on people because of the way and area he did it in. McCandless

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    some believe that Chris was a man that was not mental stable. When to people are alike they also can be different. Alaska they were both were destined for‚ and they both there remain were frozen hard as stone. I would like to discuss the difference I see between the two men. I believe that McCandless was a more prepared man then McCunn. Chris believe that he would make it out of Alaska that he could live in and with nature because he wrote to his many friends that he would like to see them soon. However

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