highest amount of creativity and obtaining invaluable experience. This is apparent in the story of Chris McCandless‚ a man who ventures into not only a journey into Alaska‚ but into a journey of discovering himself. He stripped himself from the entangling web of relationships most humans cannot live without‚ and he chose to go toward a path of solitude. During his journey across the country‚ McCandless discovered more about himself and his family than his years spent in college. He always seemed to
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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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In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless starts a new life for himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important. McCandless distanced himself from his family‚ invented a new name‚ and created a new life as Alexander Supertramp. His irrational actions brought Chris McCandless many criticisims‚ however it is these actions of self reliance that helped to test his independence. We are always in the same routine everyday and look
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In the novel‚ Into The Wild‚ by Jon Krakauer Chris Mccandless was an adolescent man who felt no connection to his parents. Chris was a thinker‚ he wanted to know the deeper things in life and wanted to find who he was. To find who he was and the deeper things in life he went on a trip to Alaska. When he got there he went into the wild with not much so he can live a simple life to focus on himself and what it is to live. Chris’s motives‚ as far as going on this trip‚ was having some family problems
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human need for meaning to describe another person‚ place‚ or thing in a crisp and decisive manner. This is precisely why Chris McCandless is such a subject of outrage among some‚ but also inspiration among others. Chris McCandless cannot be defined clearly. One can only go as far as defining what Chris is not‚ just like Krakauer in the prompt. Anyone can easily describe Chris; a young man of higher education‚ upper middle class‚ radical ideals‚ but no one can ever give a proper definition for this
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The most important place in Chris McCandless’s life is quite possibly the place he died‚ the fateful Fairbanks bus number 142. The bus is situated in a clearing in the Alaskan wilderness‚ surrounded by tall trees‚ undisturbed by the advances of modern life. While the painting is based on an actual image of bus 142‚ the vast emptiness of the clearing around the bus symbolizes how alienated McCandless felt by his community for his atypical beliefs. The brush growing around the bus and in the corner
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name of Christopher Johnson Mccandless was different than the average person‚ he decided to go on an adventure‚ which ultimately led to his death. Chris Mccandless was an outgoing‚ antisocial individual who traveled to the wild in search of the meaning of life. Chris was trying to find the meaning of life by pursuing a life of adventure‚ escaping his poor relationship with his parents‚ and living without materialistic views of society. By pursuing a life of adventure Chris was trying to find the meaning
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Chris McCandless and Jay Moriarity both die in horrible ways‚ both extremely different but yet extremely similar. The characters and stories of Chris McCandless from Into the Wild and Jay Moriarity from Chasing Mavericks are interesting to compare. When comparing the two‚ it is intriguing to discuss their home life‚ their circumstances of death‚ and their role models because these discussions reveal which of the two is the more admirable character. Chris McCandless home life didn’t seem bad at
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the young and adventurous Chris McCandless. Chris was an intelligent‚ albeit arrogant‚ man who separated himself from society and travelled into the Alaskan wild to‚ in the words of Chris himself‚ “kill the false being within”. He persevered through months of the wilderness‚ but soon found himself trapped and starving. Chris eventually died there and was found shortly after‚ quickly generating publicity. Many people who knew him and even more who did not gave young McCandless their sympathy‚ although
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The Real Wild First off‚ Chris McCandless is a celebrity in the transcendentalist community because of his search for the meaning of life independently. Jon Krakauer respects McCandless because no one prompted him to go out into the Alaskan wilderness‚ since most people need a push to do something. However some people believe McCandless is a fool and should be forgotten about and that he was spoiled rotten and was just wanting attention. The truth that most people do not know is‚ McCandless’s parents
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