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    Miss Julie on Naturalism

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    something that is necessary in a Naturalistic play. Furthermore‚ Miss Julie displays Naturalistic qualities because of the portrayal of the working class‚ and the bourgeois or nobility. Rather than Kings and Queens‚ and dirt poor slaves‚ Naturalism entails a more general sense of the people by displaying the relatively “well-off” Count and his noble daughter‚ Miss Julie‚ and a working class butler‚ Jean. Though their inner personalities are contradictory to what the ordinary for each social

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    Into the Wild

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    Into The Wild Essay Chris McCandless is visualized as an intelligent‚ extremely driven‚ and passionate subject by Jon Krakauer‚ the author of the novel Into The Wild. McCandless’s greatest goal is to successfully travel to Alaska‚ a trip he has longingly been motivated to achieve. He undergoes countless obstacles throughout his adventure with some lack of needed necessities and maturity‚ leaving individuals who possess the knowledge of his travels to perceive McCandless as purely insane. An opinionated

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    Journal 1: Bibliographic Entry Krakauer‚ Jon. Into the Wild. New York: Anchor‚ 1997. Print. Journal 2: Visual Symbol In this book‚ the author chose deserts to symbolize the loneliness of Chris McCandless. He always traveled through the deserts alone‚ having no contact with anyone else. “He spent nearly four months in the bush all told‚ and during that period he didn’t encounter another living soul.” (165) McCandless was cut off from the rest of the world. He wanted freedom‚ and traveling

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    Jon Krakauer‚ the author of Into the Wild‚ and Chris McCandless‚ the main character‚ share very similar stories and personalities. The best was in which these similarities are depicted is in chapters 14 and 15‚ when Krakauer inserts himself into the story. In these chapters Krakauer highlights a lot of parallels between himself and McCandless and through these highlights we can look at Krakauer as a credible biographer because he has a deeper understand for McCandless’s motivations. Krakauer

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    April 9‚ 2013 Into the Wild Essay “S.O.S I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED‚ NEAR DEATH‚ AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE OUT OF HERE. I AM ALL ALONE‚ THIS IS NO JOKE. IN THE NAME OF GOD‚ PLEASE REMAIN TO SAVE ME. I AM OUT COLLECTING BERRIES CLOSE BY AND SHALL RETURN THIS EVENING. THANK YOU‚ CHRIS MCCANDLESS. AUGUST?” The novel Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is about a young man named Chris McCandless. This individual‚ right after college had left in the pursuit of adventure and into the wilderness. He left without

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    The book “Into the Wild” uses text and design features to make it appeal to the reader. The maps help the readers in tracing the young man’s odyssey. The photo on the first page instantly catches the reader’s attention and imagination. While the emotional story about the McCandless parent’s visit to the site on the book’s epilogue gives a satisfying ending to the readers. The maps are useful. The two page map that is also the first map shown in the book has the illustration of the route that Chris

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    63-73. JSTOR. Web. 2 Mar. 2013. Haggard‚ Dan. "Into the Wild." Reviews in Depth. N.p.‚ 13 Mar. 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2013. Hawken‚ Spencer. "Movie analysis: Into the Wild." Helium. Ed. Janice Brand. Helium‚ 6 Feb. 2008. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. Henderson‚ George. "John Steinbeck ’s Spatial Imagination in ‘The Grapes of Wrath’: A Critical Essay." California Historical Society 68.4 (1989/1990): 210-23. JSTOR. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. Hirsch‚ Emile‚ perf. Into the Wild. Dir. Sean Penn. 2007. Paramount Vantage. DVD-ROM.

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    Into the Wild The wilderness holds a ferocity and beauty that refuses to go unnoticed. Man who is bored with his fellow peers and their long sought after work will often look to nature for help. The peace and enlightenment that only the wild can invoke inside a person is done through man’s desire to survive the savage conditions nature throws at them. From Christopher McCandless from “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer‚ to the Wilderness Women of Wyoming‚ to Gene Rossellini‚ to everyday people

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    views on Realist literature very clear as he calls Realism "minute... the drama of a broken teacup‚ the tragedy of a walk down the block‚ the excitement of an afternoon call‚ the adventure of an invitation to dinner." (Norris‚ 578) in his 1901 essay "A Plea for Romantic Fiction" Here‚ Norris points out the mundane nature of the plot and setting of realist fiction. For Norris Realism extends only to what it views from afar and what it chooses to view. Naturalism departs from the Realist mindset of what

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    Naturalism‚ in the simplest of terms‚ is the struggle between people and nature. Nature shapes the lives of every person on the planet‚ but in naturalism this intensified and made into more of a survival of the fittest situation. Some anthers who wrote in the naturalism genre include Stephen Crane‚ Edith Wharton‚ and Kate Chopin. Stephen Crane being one of the most influential authors in this movement. Stephen crane’s “The Open Boat” optimizes the naturalism movement in American literature. A key

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