1 November 2012 Many people have come to the conclusion that Chris McCandless’ untimely death was a result of his arrogant nature or a possible psychological disorder. However‚ his death was caused by a simple mistake‚ his lack of geographical knowledge‚ and his desire to find himself. When Krakauer’s moving article in Outside magazine was published‚ copious amounts of hate mail was received regarding McCandless’ cause of death. Initially it was believed that he mistook two similar
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Femi Olukanni Ms. Casey English 125 28 October 2014 Chris McCandless: The Naïve Adventurer Chris McCandless was a very educated man. He was a law school graduate and was also very adventurous. He thought he was invincible and that nothing could touch him and that was one of the main reasons why he had went off into the wilderness. He had a rebellious spirit because of the events that had occurred in his child hood and that had an influence of
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Krakauer writes “McCandless didn’t conform particularly well to… A pilgrim‚ perhaps”(85). I agree that Chris McCandless is some sort of a pilgrim. He isn’t arrogant or selfish or anything. He is seeking something in the wilderness and I believe that he is searching for the meaning of his life. Everyone wants to know what your life means and McCandless just has a weird way of doing that. He is exploring everywhere he goes and the farther he goes‚ the more he finds himself. Chris is not crazy nor a
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man’s logic is another man’s senselessness. One man’s routine is another man’s torture. Chris McCandless is not far from this analogy. In the novel‚ Into the Wild by John Krakauer‚ the eccentric story of a man who was living the American dream abandons society and takes off on a wild adventure‚ traveling America with nothing more than cheap hiking boots‚ a small riffle‚ and a ten pound bag of rice. But if McCandless had such an ideal life‚ why would he desert it? Perhaps there was an underlining issue
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Krakauer talks about an adventurous young man that travels into the Alaskan wilderness pursuing the right lifestyle for himself. Chris McCandless was a modern day nomad from the 20th century looking for a way to live a free life. Chris found out that his father never divorced his first wife causing an impact on his life that helps with his decision to live a nomadic life. Chris is very intelligent young man but at the same time an arrogant one too who has taken on a path to travel to the Alaska and live
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Both Cheryl Strayed and Chris McCandless embarked on a journey during their lifetime. Journeys that split anyone who heard about it into two groups. One side describes the adventurers as reckless and stupid‚ while the other side venerate their stories. Either way the stories made enough of an impact to become successful published books retelling the tales. Chris McCandless’ story was pieced together by author Jon Krakauer in the book Into the Wild. Likewise‚ Wild is the name of Cheryl Strayed’s memoir
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Into the Wild Chris McCandless was a young man who lived a strange‚ adventurous life. I disagree with Krakauer‚ McCandless seems to be a crazy person. Chris’s craziness is clearly shown throughout the book. He managed to survive one-hundred and thirteen days in the wild‚ but in the end he did die. Chris McCandless went into the wild to escape corrupt society. He also did it because he fell in love with nature through his readings of books by authors such as Charles Dickens and Jack
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Was Chris/Alex brave and courageous or was he arrogant and stubborn. Now this a very debated topic because not only does he show qualities of both but he has several supporting acts under both categories. He was sometimes called a hero so how can a hero be called arrogant and stubborn too. The Chris mccandless as a hero and a man. Chris mccandless was a man who did not want help from others nor did he want to depend on anyone not even his parents. So he took off on a journey that would turn out to
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Despite the conflicting public opinion‚ Chris McCandless succeeded in his goal to survive in the wilderness and taught the world valuable lessons in the process. Chris McCandless “probably died on August 18th‚ 112 days after he had walked into the wild.” (119‚ Krakauer) He survived with very little gear and food‚ even though he was essentially cut off from the world. To have lived for a little over three months totally self-sufficient is impressive. Chris’s goal was to be independent and live off
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Into the Wild some people think that Chris Mccandless was brave‚ or mentally ill or he was dumb‚ but Chris was none of these Chris was really a tragic hero‚ this micro argument will explain how Chris Mccandless fits the Tragic hero traits and what actions led Chris to his fate . In Aristotle’s Characteristics of a Tragic Hero it tells the traits of what makes a tragic hero and Chris Mccandless is a Tragic Hero‚ the first Trait is noble birth in Into The Wild Chris had a good upper middle class status
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