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    Book Assesment

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    `Name: Period: Quarter 2 Book Assessment 1. (1 point) Name of book: Into The Wild Author of book: John Krakauer Year of publication: 1996 Publishing company: First Anchor Books Edition Would you recommend this book to a friend? (Circle one) Yes No 2

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    Christopher Reeve

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    notes What it means to be a Superman Born on September 25‚ 1952‚ native New Yorker Christopher Reeve has lead a life of stardom‚ coupled with a life of tragedy. Leading a very successful film career‚ Reeves was on top of the world‚ until the fifth day of May of nineteen ninety-five. On this day‚ Reeves life would change forever. However‚ no tragedy could stop a true Superman. Attending Princeton day academy Reeves was a success from the beginning. His natural talent and charisma made him a shoe-in

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    Into The Wild Essay Chris McCandless is visualized as an intelligent‚ extremely driven‚ and passionate subject by Jon Krakauer‚ the author of the novel Into The Wild. McCandless’s greatest goal is to successfully travel to Alaska‚ a trip he has longingly been motivated to achieve. He undergoes countless obstacles throughout his adventure with some lack of needed necessities and maturity‚ leaving individuals who possess the knowledge of his travels to perceive McCandless as purely insane. An opinionated

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    Christopher Marlowe Introduction: Drama presents fiction or fact in a form that could be acted before an audience. It is imitation by action and speech. A play has a plot‚ characters‚ atmosphere and conflict. Unlike a novel‚ which in read in private‚ a play is intended to be performed in public. Christopher Marlowe was a greatest of pre Shakespearian dramatists‚ poet and translator. Marlowe’s plays are known for the use of blank verse‚ He was known as the Father of English Tragedy Origin and

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    Every human is influenced by his or her surroundings let it be internal or external‚ these forces is what shape and develop who we are. Similarly in Jon Kraukauer’s novel “Into the wild” Chris McCandless a man who is offended by the corruption he sees within society decides to change his name‚ renounces all his material luxuries and go off on his way hitchhiking to Alaska from Washington‚ DC. He spends approximately 112 days in Alaska‚ he eventually planned on returning back to civilization one day

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    McCandless was brave enough to do things most people would not even think about doing. "He was looking for more adventure and freedom than today’s society gives people‚” comments one of Chris’s friends" (Krakauer 174). What modern society offers did not appeal to Chris McCandless; he wanted a different life that most people had themselves. He saw the influences society puts on our lives and decided he did not want to live that way. “No longer would he answer to Chris McCandless; he was now

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    Into the wild symbols By John Krakauer Mountains symbolize overcoming challenges One challenge McCandless faced was when he accidently entered Mexico on his canoe and got stranded. Another challenge McCandless faced was when he couldn’t cross the Teklanika River in the Alaska Range‚ which eventually led to his death. In the book‚ Krakaur notes‚ "In his journal he wrote‚ ’ Disaster...Rained in. River look impossible. Lonely‚ scared. ’ He concluded‚ correctly‚ that he would probably be

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    Krakauer finds strong ways to convey young people’s attraction to high-risk activities‚ and this is evidenced through Chris McCandless’ actions.
 Throughout “Into the Wild”‚ the author talks about the many adventures that both he and Chris were involved in. These adventures seem to convey a real sense of excitement and spontaneity. When Jon Krakauer was getting ready to climb the

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    the Wild‚ and Chris McCandless‚ the main character‚ share very similar stories and personalities. The best was in which these similarities are depicted is in chapters 14 and 15‚ when Krakauer inserts himself into the story. In these chapters Krakauer highlights a lot of parallels between himself and McCandless and through these highlights we can look at Krakauer as a credible biographer because he has a deeper understand for McCandless’s motivations. Krakauer and McCandless have very similar obstacles

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    the text and analyze Krakauer’s use of words‚ sentences‚ and paragraphs‚ and take note as to how effective a writer he is. Analyzing Chapters 8–10 Paragraphs In the first part of Chapter 8‚ Krakauer quotes Alaskans who had opinions about McCandless and his death. 1. Why does Krakauer cite these letters? How does citing them add to or detract from the text? 2. Choose one of these letters‚ and respond to it‚ explaining the degree to which you agree or disagree. Tone Krakauer inserts

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