be found in the tranquility of nature. Chris McCandless is a kid fresh out of College who had a dysfunctional family and a dreadful childhood the only people he had feelings for were his sister and his dog. Chris never felt comfortable in society or socializing‚ In general Chris was a kid who couldn ’t handle living in modern society and ran away from it all. Chris did not go “into the wild” to find god or go on a spiritual journey he just ran away‚ But Chris does have some transcendentalists values
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man named Chris McCandless‚ from a prosperous and loving family‚ hitchhiked across the country to Alaska. He gave $25‚000 of his savings to charity‚ left his car and nearly all of his possessions. He burned all the cash he had in his wallet‚ and created a new life. Four months later‚ his body was found in an abandoned bus. Jon Krakauer constructed a journalistic account of McCandless ’s story. Bordering on obsession‚ Krakauer looks for the clues to the mystery that is Chris McCandless. What he finds
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is a story about a young‚ educated man in pursuit of the ultimate freedom. Into the Wild describes Chris McCandless’s journey as he reaches his destination to find what he was searching for. In the course of two years Chris McCandless experienced many adventures as a vagabondage. Along his path he met people who befriended him and whom he influenced and impacted their lives. Before Chris McCandless began his odyssey‚ he gives up his home‚ family and donates all his savings from his college fund to
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Krakauer‚ in Into the Wild‚ adds his personal life to bring more awareness and understanding between the reader and Chris McCandless. By doing this‚ he connects himself to McCandless emotionally to attract more ethos‚ and pathos‚ to Chris’s story. In this paragraph‚ Krakauer uses his personal testimony with his father to further develop Chris’ story showing how the relationship affected his future through chronological development‚ and the disparity between him and his father. During the story
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Chris McCandless‚ a five feet seven inches twenty-four years old teenager‚ decided to live off into the wild with lack of resources. He abandoned his yellow Datsun‚ only ten pounds of rice‚ cheap leather hiking boots‚ and a 0.22 Caliber‚ a rifle which is too weak to hunt for big animals. He believes he was prepared to live off into the wild‚ denying assistance from Jim Gallien‚ last person to see Chris McCandless before he takes off into the wild. McCandless did not grow up in a normal family. When
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Into the Wild describes Chris McCandless faults and traits. Chris is an intelligent guy but he finds a new meaning for life and wants to go discover it. He didn’t have any contact with his parents but was contacting his sister carrie. Krakauer does a tremendous job of interviewing everyone who had anything to do with McCandless from his parents‚ when he grew up‚ to the people who found his body in the abandoned bus in Alaska.
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negative and positive aspects. Chris McCandless was seen as someone who threw his life away or even as an inspiration. After graduating from college‚ he donated all his savings‚ burned his pocket money‚ disappeared and was soon found dead‚ two years later in Alaska. He was so passionate about life‚ self assured of succeeding his journey and to many he was trustworthy. Jon Krakauer was reasoned to create this book for the conflict between father and son‚ meaning that McCandless was an example of trying
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showing what it really means to be a true American hero. Throughout the novel‚ McCandless hitchhikes to Alaska to pursue his dream of living in the wild. Unfortunately he sacrifices his life in order to fulfill his duty for happiness. In 1991 Chris McCandless went on a journey to find his meaning in life. “No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees‚ and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.” -Chris
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Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is the story of a young man who wished to begin anew by changing his name and leaving all of his monetary belongings behind to experience the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness. Of course his actions were affected by more than wishing to see the Alaskan wilderness and becoming a new person. He had an awful relationship with his father and wished to get away from him‚ although he disliked his father it is clear he respects his father’s wishes for his educational success
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I Self-actualization is a psychological theory in which ones self has the desire to recognize it’s full potential. Self-actualization was introduced by Kurt Goldstein in 1939 and was later made famous in Abraham Maslow’s 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation"‚ referred to as “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”. The “hierarchy of needs” represents a pyramid in which the basic necessities of life: air‚ food‚ water‚ and shelter are at the bottom and the more spiritual needs: creativity‚ experience
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