Christopher McCandless or Alexander Supertramp should be admired for his courage and noble idea to drop everything and go into the wild‚ with nothing but a backpack and in it was a book of Tolstoy‚ a book about native plants and berries‚ a .22 rifle with 400 rounds of ammunition‚ a writing implement‚ a journal‚ a camera‚ a 10 pound bag of rice‚ a small cooking utensil‚ matches‚ a knife‚ and some fishing twine and a hook‚ and the few clothes he had on his back. Chris was trying to find himself by
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INTRODUCTION The wild life laws have a long history and is the culminative result of an increasing awareness of the compelling need to restore the catastrophic ecological imbalances introduced by the depridations inflicted on nature by human being. The earliest codified law can be traced to 3rd Centuary B.C. when Ashoka‚ the King of Maghadha‚ enacted a law in the matter of preservation of wild life and environment. But‚ the first codified law in India which heralded the era of laws for the wild life and
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The documentary Return to the Wild debates the two very different argued reasons of why Chris McCandless went into the wild. The writers choose to uncover the dark secrets of the McCandless family and to reveal the truth as to why Chris travelled into the Alaskan wilderness. The documentary adopts an intense tone in the beginning that shifts to a more light hearted attitude throughout the second half of the film using symbolism‚ cinematography‚ audio‚ and various interviews in order to explain to
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Into the Wild Film Response Into the Wild is not only an outstanding novel‚ but it has also been recreated in the form of a movie‚ which is flawless in itself and is accompanied by a soundtrack that is hard to forget. Eddie Vedder’s song‚ Hard Sun‚ is played in the beginning of the movie when Chris is initially starting his journey. He is driving on the highway in his Datsun 210‚ as the background music is playing‚ “Oh there’s a big‚ a big hard sun beating on the people‚ in a big hard world…”(Eddie
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Into The Wild Essay Jon Krakauer wrote the book “Into the Wild”‚ and it is about a young man named Christopher McCandless who literally takes a journey into the wild. As the book started off it was clearly indicated that McCandless would be dead by the end of his journey. This tells us that whatever he was doing out there was probably not a smart thing to be doing. Christopher may come off as a sympathetic young man with a profound moral cause who is seeking a higher truth because of all the
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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: A Problem of Nature in The Call of the Wild by Gary Snyder The poem Call of the Wild by Gary Snyder represents an ecological view on relationship between nature and Western civilization‚ as well as on peace and war. The image of the West in this poem is characterized by repression‚ ignorance‚ and violence. It ruins both wild nature with its forests and animals‚ and civilized human ’nature’. Thus‚ the term nature itself appears to be problematic. I argue that Snyder
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People have been enchanted by the idea that even the wildest animals can befriend the right person. In reality‚ keeping a wild animal as a pet often has disastrous results for the animals and the people‚ yet wild and exotic animals continue to be imported into the US and sold to incompetent owners. While the opposition will argue that exotic pet ownership can provide safe and fulfilling environments for the animals. pet ownership should be banned because home captivity is unhealthy for the animals
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The Call of the Wild: Life lessons that are learned and thought Introduction As a student in Introduction to Literature I have had the opportunity to engage in reading and writing from the books listed: The Call of the Wild‚ Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s‚ and I know why the cage bird sings. These books have taught me that a message could be delivered in many perspectives. I have learned that a book is more than a story being told. It is up to the reader imagination to take then to that magical
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“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic‚ intellectual‚ cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction” (E. O. Wilson). In the novel‚ Into the Wild author Jon Krakauer not only examines Chris McCandless’ life and his actions but also shares his own past actions and how they relate to Chris‚ bringing light to why Chris did what he did. Every person needs to find their own key to satisfaction‚ McCandless’s happened to be the transcendentalist beliefs of nature being the only substance required for happiness
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Gloria Nelson is a seventy six year old woman who is alert and oriented times four and able to verbalize all her needs. She has type 2 diabetes and suffered a stroke less than one year ago her vision and hearing appears to be ok and she is clearly understands when spoken to. Miss Nelson have six children two girls and four boys and‚ they visit her daily. She also receives phone call from friends daily. She is a member of the body of Christ church of god. Miss Nelson has a regular diet and has the
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