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    peace with yourself? In the book Into The Wild‚ Jon Krakauer demonstrates how Chris McCandless was an outsider of society who after accumulating bits of his identity‚ finds a place where he can be all of himself. The author suggests this idea of accumulation of self and how this affects his behavior especially in chapter 16. In this particular part of the story‚ Krakauer shows Chris arriving into the Alaskan wild‚

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    follow the rule Support your position‚ providing reasons and examples from your own experience‚ observations‚ and/or reading. 1. Consider the people who befriended Chris in his journey‚ folks like Jan Burres and her boyfriend‚ Bob Wayne Westerberg Ronald Franz Explain why Chris left such a strong impression on them. 2. Chris McCandless had certain literary heroes Henry David Thoreau‚ Leo Tolstoy‚ Jack London‚ etc. Choose one or more of Chriss literary heroes and analyze what he appreciated about

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    analysis Gaby Mudd (Opening paragraph (Pg. 25)) In this paragraph of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Krakauer takes text from Paul Shepard’s “Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature” to show insight of why Chris McCandless ventured into the desert. To start off with‚ within the first paragraph of the passage‚ Shepard uses strong diction to characterize the desert as unforgivably harsh. By using words such as “Sensorily austere” and “historically inimical” Shepard

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    that Chris McCandless did in his life. When reading I could definitely sense Krakauers natural liking for McCandless. He was sympathetic to McCandless‚ based on Krakauers sense of a shared experience in their youth and up until McCandless eventual death and Krakauers perceived near death experience on the Devils Thumb. I believe the author’s main point and perspective was formed from his own experience and relationship with his father. While the situations were basically reversed with Chris not

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    it all behind and live out in Alaska‚ by himself for as long as he could. He was not much of a social bug but more so of a transcendentalist. He studied previous transcendentalist and copied what they have done. This mans name was Chris Mccandless

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    life of Chris McCandless and his journey through the Alaskan Wilderness. In the process of Chris‚ finding himself he left many people hurt and wondering why. Some even questioned his mental state when he made those rash decisions. Chris went out into the wilderness off on childish impulses‚ sheer anger‚ and the desire to seek revenge on his parents. Some people thought Chris’ decision was understandable but others wonder if Chris had been mentally ill. I do agree with that statement‚ Chris had been

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    man’s‚ Chris McCandless‚ life risking journey to Alaska where McCandless had planned to rediscover himself: However‚ this adventure became fatal and throughout the novel Krakauer uses his own life experience and other people’s positive relationship with Chris to defend him from the public‚ even though Chris was called an idiot because his dream ended his life. Krakauer develops a strong defense for McCandless by using McCandless’ family background‚ relationships he built along the way‚ Chris’ struggles

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    the varied stances taken on the main character himself. In case you’re not familiar‚ Into the Wild is based on the true story of Chris McCandless who‚ after graduating with honors from Emory University in 1990‚ gave his entire savings of twenty-four thousand dollars to charity and set off following his dream of living off the land in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless made it to Alaska‚ but died shortly after taking residence in an abandoned bus; he probably passed from eating the wrong deadly plant

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    and ‚difficult times much like Chris Mccandless ‚between the chaos of it all were supposed to remember who we are‚but what if we did not know? Into the wild by Jon Krakauer develops the idea that In order to find ourselves we must lose ourselves.Chris Mccandless had different virtues‚he saw recklessness as bravery‚believed in adventure and self discovery‚ And he also strongly believed things held people back from encountering life from every aspect. Chris believed that things money made

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    Christopher McCandless was a young college graduate‚ who gave up everything to go live in the wild. Many people believe that McCandless was crazy and ignorant‚ others like Jon Krakauer‚ the author of Into the Wild believe otherwise. I agree with the author that Christopher McCandless wasn’t a crazy‚ a sociopath‚ or an outcast‚ because he got along with many people very well‚ but he did seem somewhat incompetent‚ even though he survived for a long period of time. McCandless was very bright and

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