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    General Character Traits of a Successful Entrepreneur *She takes moderate risks. Taking moderate risks is another characteristic of successful entrepreneurs. They don’t fear to take risks. FEAR to take risks discourages initiative‚ brings about uncertainty of purpose‚ destroys ambition‚ kills enthusiasm‚ destroys good reasoning and stops you from taking action. Besides‚ there is nothing you can engage yourself in without any risks involved.  *She takes personal responsibility for her own actions

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    Christopher McCandless: Hero         It was a tragedy that Christopher McCandless died in Alaska; but he was not wrong in rejecting American society and what it stood for in the modern day. Jon Krakauer’s book‚ Into the Wild‚ tells the true story of Christopher McCandless and why he left his home and his family and how he managed to survive for so long after he left. The book deals with the people he meant and grew close to‚ and his impact on their and other people’s lives. Chris decided to leave

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    Christopher McCandless was a bright young man who had graduated from Emory University‚ and was an avid outdoorsman. An article was written after his death‚ “Death of an Innocent” that discussed his time in Alaska as well as his motives for traveling there. A movie was later made about his adventures in 1992 and 1993 titled “Into The WIld”. Chris’s journey was all in an effort to achieve a higher level of transcendental thinking‚ transcendentalism being the belief that in order to understand the nature

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    money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I’ve decided that I’m going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.-Christopher McCandless Currency does corrupt‚ it’s like having power. Money is something which people can do crazy things. The desire of cash will certainly change people‚ or not having enough money will make some individuals be a victim of crime. It’s very difficult

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    learned in the family dynamics will instill concrete characteristics that will follow throughout life. The pertinence of these relationships causes many to delve into what makes a family ideal. Communication‚ compassion‚ and caring are the three traits that‚ for me‚ make a family wholesome. Communication is the number one (in my personal onion) characteristic in any successful relationship. Communicating allows one to express their thoughts‚ feelings and actions while requiring the skill to actively

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    thinking of the people we might hurt‚ or the consequences that our decisions might lead to. After reading Into the Wild‚ I think that Christopher McCandless was Inconsiderate. In my opinion I think that McCandless was Inconsiderate of the people who really cared about him. Whether it was his family or the people he met along his idiotic journey McCandless did not take their feelings into consideration. This is seen in the book on chapter 13 of into the

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    Literature Shows Positive Traits Through Its Characters It is known that a piece of writing can do more than tell a story‚ but can also portray indirect ideas to the reader. A narrative piece is able to show positive traits‚ presented through its characters. Literature can display a variety of positive attributes‚ through different characters‚ and situations. This is demonstrated in the story‚ “The Blue Bead‚” through Sibia’s acts of selflessness‚ and again in the text “Long

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    However‚ societies normally have similar views when it comes to a hero. Two American heroes‚ Edward Bloom and Chris McCandless are to some extent viewed the same way the Greeks viewed their own ancient Greek hero‚ Odysseus. These 3 heroes all have characteristics‚ traits‚ and projected ideals admired and pursued by their societies and for this very reason when both are compared‚ Chris McCandless is the better American hero when compared to Edward Bloom. The strive to become the great‚ powerful ancient

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    Compare and Contrast of Treadwell and McCandless When reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer as it documents the journey Chris McCandless took and watching the movie The Grizzly Man as it documents Timothy Treadwell’s journey to document bears I was struck by how similar the two men‚ McCandless and Treadwell‚ really were. Yes‚ there were a great many differences between the two but also by how similar they were. While both men showed how they hated modern society and felt a strong desire to live

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    The only white woman in the play‚ Mrs. Van Buren is the character who embodies the decadence and absurdity of upper class. Mrs. Van Buren is an idle dreamer‚ who feels bored of her situation but does not confront problems or even try to recognize them. Apparently tired of social gatherings such as the annual Gardenia Ball‚ where she has to “smile‚ be polite”‚ she dreams of getting her room and living alone. However‚ she consider it impossible and “would rather not be a divorcee” because “it would

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