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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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    The book/novel Call of the wild has a few pieces of text that I favor such as when Buck would lay by the campfire and dream about his past ancestors and of the human ancestors. The book also the text states‚”.....his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world‚ which is the song of the pack.” This i also like because it ends the book with a forever as one type of feeling.The main few parts that I dislike is in the beginning when he was learning the law of club and fang. Yet‚ of

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    Throughout the tragic novel Into the Wild‚ author Jon Krakauer provides an in depth analysis of the life and lonely death of Christopher McCandless. McCandless was a young man straight out of college‚ looking to find himself while hitchhiking alone in the bush of Alaska. Unfortunately for Chris his well anticipated venture turned fatal after a hundred some days alone in the wilderness. Jon Krakauer uses rhetorical methods for the duration of the book‚ which allows him to speak of Chris’s life with

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    Conflict is inevitable in humans’ daily lives; and even in every storyline‚ there are always characters with conflicts. In Jack London’s The Call of the Wild‚ the main character Buck‚ a half St. Bernard and half sheepdog‚ confronts numerous conflicts against his mates‚ masters‚ and himself. Above all‚ his struggle against the Yeehats in the closing chapter appears to be one of its major conflicts. Buck has an external conflict between the Yeehats‚ the tribe of Indians massacring his final master

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    Wild Animals Protection

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    to protect wild animals attracts much attention‚ which has never happened before. Some argues that the protection is a waste of money‚ for there is no enough place for people‚ not mention wild animal. As me‚ protecting animals is such a serious problem that we can’t shrug off lightly‚ instead‚ we should solve it as soon as possible. The animals have the equal right of living with human beings. Although Darwin said that “survival is fittest”‚ the real reason why the number of wild animal is sharply

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    Into The Wild – directed by Sean Penn (2007) In the film‚ Into the Wild‚ college graduate‚ Chris McCandless‚ abandoned his material possessions and his entire savings to seek nature‚ a sense of connection and true meaning. The director‚ Sean Penn‚ establishes the perception that a sense of belonging can emerge from connections with people and place after one experiences alienation. During his journey‚ Chris encounters a series of characters who shape his life but due to his fear of relationships

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    would strengthen his relationship with nature. Most importantly‚ he realizes that human relationships are valuable than being isolated. When Christopher first embarked on his journey‚ he believed that he needed to get rid of all his material possessions to get the most out of life. For example‚ in one of his first journal entries‚ he wrote that he was better off experiencing the wild without a camera because memories and experiences give life

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    preserve wild animals from extinction. It involves both protection and scientific management of wild species and their environment. Some species have become extinct due to natural causes‚ but the greatest danger to wildlife results from the activities of man. So we ourselves have created the need for conservation of wildlife. It can be viewed from several angles such as‚ beauty‚‚ economic value‚ scientific values for research and values for snivel. The main causes of extinction of wild lives are

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    English Novel Essay "" "Wild Cat Falling" Question or Hint: A Memorable Text Will Contain Charachters that both entertain an educate the reader. In the novel "Wild Cat Falling" there are many characters that both entertain and educate the reader. There are many characters that play important roles in the story and contribute to the main characters (Duggan - Referred to as Duggan which is his last name because no first name is stated in the story) experiences that he endures in his life during the

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    “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” This idea is illuminated throughout Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. The novella The Call of the Wild shows the development of Buck from a domesticated household dog to an alpha leader of a pack who survives in the savage wild without the help of a human. Buck adapted from a domestic dog to a wolf like beast living in Alaska where the winters are brutal and the summers leave a wolf like beast

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