Would Chris McCandless return to society if he survived Alaska? Chris would have never been a part of society. Chris was the type of person who did not like how greedy and ignorant people were‚ but that does not mean he did not value the relationships he had. Chris always helped people who needed it. Chris also believed that all life was precious. Even if Chris wanted to return to society‚ society would not let him. This letter proves that Chris valued relationships and wanted to keep in in touch
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To me Chris McCandless was a dedicated and adventurous young man. He was very dedicated to the thing he loved. When people told him what to do he very rarely listened to them‚ so to me he was very independent. When he was put to a job he was very dedicated to it‚ it didn’t matter what it was. Like when he moved to the town where Wayne Westerberg live he was put to work and all the people he worked with agreed that he was a very hard working person. When Chris decided to go into the wilderness
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Chris McCandless There comes a time in everyone’s life where they start to make decisions. For some this time comes at an early age‚ some directly after high school‚ for others it comes after college. No matter what time it comes in your life there is always this realization that you have to become “independent and self sufficient”. Chris McCandless was one of those people who realized this‚ but took this experience that most people go through and over exaggerated into something that he
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Chris McCandless (Alex) was a young‚ privileged man who went into the wild because of his idealism and contempt for a materialistic lifestyle‚ his romanticism of Nature‚ and his desire to live a meaningful life. I admire Chris McCandless for choosing to pursue his dream of hiking across Alaska no matter how many people thought he was crazy. He “threw away subtlety and immersed himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important‚” (LaMarche). He believed
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Christopher McCandless was not crazy‚ he wasn’t stupid‚ and he defiantly was not looking for a way to die. Although some may think of them as selfish‚ he had his reasons for packing up his few belongings‚ leaving his family and walking “Into the Wild.” The death of Chris McCandless was an accidental tragedy. Chris and his dad never really got along (Source One.) They were both stubborn making it impossible to agree on anything. They both always had to be right. Chris decided to be “the bigger person”
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for nothing‚ he felt that he was above nature and it could not affect him. Chris McCandless in Jon Krakauer’s “Into The Wild” went into the wild unprepared for the conditions he was about to face. As a person who read the writings of Jack London‚ his death seems somewhat ironic. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London brings out the irony even more‚ we see how London wrote and how it relates to how Chris died. Chris McCandless is a person who did not believe in rules of society. He believed that he was
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“To call each thing by its right name…by its right name.” What did Chris McCandless discover once he left the “cave”? Describe how one can draw meaning from Plato’s cave myth in relation to the film. Does Chris McCandless’ life and death bear any resemblance to that of Socrates? When Chris left “the Cave” of his former family life‚ he discovered many things. The first of these‚ and probably the most important or significant is that it was possible for him to survive without the wealth and comforts
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Literature 25 August 2013 “Death of an Innocent” I personally think Chris McCandless did die in a senseless way. I do have sympathy for him because he wasn’t expecting to die the way he did and he didn’t die on purpose. I could understand why people in the passage thought differently of McCandless‚ but if they knew how he felt and why he did the things he did‚ I think people would understand him more. I think McCandless died in a senseless way because he didn’t have any idea that he would die
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Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless is a fool because he spent all his time trying to figure out who he was‚ but was too naive to see that it was right in front of him. Chris McCandless goal was to go to Alaska and didn’t realize that he was becoming a fool because he was to focused on his goal and not what was in front of him. Along the way‚ the people that he met showed him what he truly was. When McCandless finally realized what he was looking for‚ it was too late. McCandless realized that happiness
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Mcnally1 Lauren McNally Mr. Humes English 11 (2) 26 May 2014 The Legend Who was Chris McCandless? Some say that he is a legend and others say that he was nothing more than a boy who threw away his future. Is the only one to blame for his own death? McCandless was the type of kid who always questioned things; he desired to know more but refused to work for the answers. In elementary school‚ McCandless was placed in accelerated classes but because he was so stubborn he refused to listen to the
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