Spike Lee goes histrionic in “Chi-Raq”‚ a modern adaptation of Aristophanes’ Greek play‚ ‘Lysistrata’‚ here transferred to a problematic Chicago. It seems that the film didn’t please the Chicagoans who‚ during two hours‚ had to watch the women from their city going into a sex strike that aims to stop the local gangsters from shooting one another and kill innocent people in the streets. Through the lame slogan ‘No peace‚ No pussy!’‚ a group of women‚ led by the activist Miss Helen (Angela Bassett)
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“ If on advances confidently in the direction if his dreams‚ and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with success unexpected‚ ” by Thoreau. I think this quote means‚ you should always go for your dreams‚ don’t doubt yourself because the life you dream of maybe easier is than what you think. In Song of the Open Road‚ by Walt Whitman and Into the Wild‚ by John Krakauer‚ both show that you should go for what makes you happy even if that means leaving everything behind.
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In the novel‚ Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Alex McCandless’s actions are greatly impacted by Henry David Thoreau- an American author‚ poet‚ and philosopher. A specific quote that directly applies to Alex is‚ “We are all sculptors and painters‚ and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features‚ any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.” This quote can be interpreted in a way that suggests we must create our own life. A life that we
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There are certain people in this world that leave strong and lasting impressions on others. Chris McCandless was one of those people. "McCandless made an indelible impression on a number of people during the course of his hegira‚ most of whom spent only a few days in his company‚ a week or two at most (48)." Chris was a well educated‚ smart young man who seemed to catch the interest of three people: Jan Burres‚ Ronald Franz‚ and Wayne Westerberg. All three spent a good amount of time with Chris
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Topics like Self‚ Society‚ and Rugged Individualism are depicted making a deep impression on the lives of both main characters. Chris McCandless‚ in Into the Wild‚ leaves his whole life behind to journey across the country to Alaska. Most of his trip he is alone‚ but he does make contact with society on a few occasions. Similar to the nonfiction story of Chris McCandless‚ is the fiction story of White Fang. A lonely wolf who finds sanctuary in a miners son. Unlike Chris‚ White Fang is forced in to an
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2 paragraphs Chris McCandless Wght he must have been unsuccessful and had nothing to lose by spending a few months in the wilderness. Later on in the story‚ however‚ I began to think of him as a regular person. He once lived a regular life‚ with two parents and had a younger sister. He went to university after spending his childhood in school. His stubbornness led to him leaving his parents‚ donating all his money to charity‚ abandoning his possessions‚ and hitchhiking for a few years. Being
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Into The Wild Transcendentalism-Self Reliance In Into the Wild‚ Christopher McCandless‚ displays self-reliance very nearly to the point of self-absorption. It was not until he took off on his Alaskan Odyssey however‚ that those closest to him realized how real Chris’s independence was. Chris infact did not let many people close. To assert his independence and become entirely self-reliant‚ McCandless took extreme measures to uncover the truth. The increasingly common theme of self-reliance and
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Passage: “The only difference is that McCandless ended up dead with the story of his dumbassedness splashed across media. His ignorance‚ which could have been cured by a USGS quadrant and a Boy Scout manual‚ is what killed him. And while I feel bad for his parents Such willful ignorance…amounts to disrespect for the land‚ and paradoxically demonstrates the same sort of arrogance that resulted in Exxon Valdez spill just another case of underprepared‚ overconfident men bumbling around out there and
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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‚ the wild has a knack for helping individuals find themselves. The wilderness has invested itself into a part of everyone’s hearts and
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It was early September when two hunters arrived at the old bus that housed Chris McCandless throughout his adventure in Alaska. When Chris embarked on this expedition‚ he probably would’ve never realize that it was going to be his last thing he did. The novel Into the wild by John Krakauer‚ explains Chris’s life up until his last moments. Chris arrived at the bus in May of 1992 and lived in there for about 100 days before he passed away. Even though Chris made some decisions that were pretty questionable
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