Into the wild is a book and a movie written by Jon Krakauer that is inspired by the actions of a college graduate named Chris McCandless. He lived a life on his own and was not the average person. Many people have different views and opinions about him and the way he chose to live his life. Shaun Callarman claims that he‚ “was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense‚ and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance
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follow the trend‚ money and possession are all valuable‚ but to McCandless‚ a twenty two year old hitchhiker‚ nothing is more important than freedom. Jon Krakauer wrote the novel Into The Wild because McCandless’s life fascinated him. Through Krakauer’s guidance‚ we are able to see McCandless’s characteristics‚ his point of view towards life‚ his reasons for leaving home‚ and similar cases to his. In some people’s eyes‚ Chris McCandless may seem as an impulsive and reckless twenty two year old who
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words that come to mind when describing Christopher McCandless. To Jon Krakauer Chris McCandless was rash‚ but Krakauer insists that McCandless “wasn’t a nutcase‚ he wasn’t a sociopath‚ he wasn’t an outcast. McCandless was something else - although precisely what is hard to say. A pilgrim perhaps”(85). The real question still remains unanswered‚ what precisely was McCandless? Chris McCandless ultimately should be described as a romantic. Chris was a free spirit‚ he was a counterculture adventurer
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Jon Krakauer wrote a book called Into the Wild where he described how Chris McCandless lived a risk-taking yet adventurous life. Also all the things McCandless experienced while on his journey to Alaska and all the great people he met along the way. There have been many speculations‚ however‚ on why Chris really went into the wild. Some may believe that McCandless went into the wild to escape a toxic relationship with his parents‚ but the real reason he left everything behind was due to his literary
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than others? Seeing as we all have them‚ and being that most have different ideals than others‚ what makes certain ideals considered better than others. In this essay i will be discussing my ideals and how they compare to the man by the name of Chris McCandless. I will be comparing to see if i share any of the same ideals with the young man. By the end of this i will hope to have found out some new things about myself. And maybe whoever is reading this may find out new things about them. As far as
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Who is Chris McCandless? Have you ever wanted to escape from your old life and start a new one? Well Chris McCandless did. Chris McCandless was a transcendentalist (a person that analyzes the process of nature) that wanted to forget about his past . McCandless didn’t want to live the same life anymore‚ he was set out to show his love for nature. McCandless travelled through North America living with harsh necessities and off the land. Throughout McCandless’ adventures of “Into the Wild” he
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Chris McCandless was an exceptional young man who lived life by the beat of his own drum but all that changed when his young life was cut short. Though his life ended‚ his story lives on forever. Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is Chris McCandless’ living legacy; the book examines McCandless’ life as well as revealing his struggles with his parents‚ his adventures with the people he meets‚ and the hardships he faces in Alaska. Chris McCandless lived life as a modern day nomad; he
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ask‚ Chris McCandless was a searcher of life’s meaning‚ or he is nothing more than some unprepared nut that suffered a deserving fate in the Alaskan wilderness.. Those people don’t stop to think about him‚ they brush him off as an ordinary hitchhiker and think nothing more. Krakauer explains McCandless’s whole journey as well as who he was before the trip. I can see now that Chris McCandless is anything but a nut; he was a dreamer and wished to see what the world had to offer him. McCandless‚ if anything
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Throughout Into the Wild Jon Krakauer seems to identify with Chris McCandless quite a bit‚ whether he’s talking about his own trips into the Alaskan wilderness‚ or the many others who have died doing the same as Chris. Krakauer uses quotes from people with the same view as him and stories of others to make the reader feel sympathetic towards McCandless. Krakauer appears to be quite fond of McCandless and thinks that it was chance‚ more than anything else‚ that was responsible for Chris’s
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Chris McCandless was an extraordinary person with an adventurous life. He had lived his life with taking risks and living a little bit over the edge at times. The way he had presented himself to others had those thinking what it was about this guy that made him stand out in front of the crowd. Almost everyone he met knew there was something special about him. In the beginning‚ McCandless knew he was ready to just get up and start a new journey. He kept to himself about his adventure to Alaska
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