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    will be there when friends or acquaintances will not. This idea that family is the only real and reliable source in one’s life also ties into the fact these people should be held close and respected. Even so‚ in the book‚ Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ the main character‚ Chris McCandless and his father Walt have a seriously strained relationship. Neither is their relationship one of simple issues‚ it is a relationship based off of complications‚ misunderstandings and secrecy to some degree. Another

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    Jon Krakauer‚ the author of Into 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

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    had many similarity as well as difference. Throughout the book “Into the Wild” this was displayed. I will begin with comparing the two men. First these two men each had a very friendly character. McCandless show kindness to everyone he encountered. Franz described McCandless (Alex) as a polite‚ friendly‚ and well-groomed. He touch Franz in an exceptional way because he reminded him of his son. McCunn was the same character friendly. One of his friends states that “Carl was a friendly‚ extremely

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    Batman and Robin are the original dynamic duo --- the epitome of a friendship. Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Robin (Dick Grayson)‚ capitalize on each other’s strengths and neutralize each other’s weaknesses to become what appears to be an inseparable and invincible team that fights against evil and protects the city of Gotham. Their relationship begins when Bruce Wayne adopts Dick Grayson as his legal ward to help him and provide guidance after the death of Grayson’s parents. Eventually‚ Grayson passes

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    Chris Maccandless decided to leave his ordinary life and explore the wild .He just graduated with a bachelor and was planning to go to law school. He had a saving of 24000 dollars but gave it to charity .At the beginning of the movie we can see that he had problems with his parents. As the story evolved we understand what the issues were . In his book “Walden” Henry David Thoreau said that he wanted to live in the wild to “learn what it had to teach”‚ “to live deliberately” and “to

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    In Jon Krakuer’s novel Into the Wild‚ the main character‚ Chris McCandless‚ seeks nature so that he can find a sense of belonging and the true meaning of who he is. However‚ it is the essence of nature that eventually takes his life away from him. At the end of his life‚ he is discovers his purpose and need of other people. After Chris McCandless death in Alaska‚ Krakuer wrote Into the Wild to reflect on the journey that McCandless makes. Krakuer protrays McCandless as a young man who is reckless

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    Into the Wild begins not with the birth of its main character‚ or even with the beginning of the journey that the book will trace‚ but with an important turning point late in Christopher McCandless’s trip through the American West: his final encounter with another human before he enters the Alaskan wilderness. The epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey both start similarly‚ employing a technique the ancients called beginning in medias res — "in the middle of things." Though Into the Wild is a nonfiction

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    Holden Caulfield is a dynamic character. In the beginning of the story‚ Holden has the heroic archetype of the seeker. The seeker is unsatisfied with life and has a desperate wish to feel fulfilled‚ yet this search causes them to overlook the things they already have. This definitely embodies Holden in the start of the book‚ “…then I yelled at the top of my goddam voice‚ ‘sleep tight‚ ya morons!’... then I got the hell out”. This shows how he simply despises life in his current situation. He dislikes

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    In the novel "Into the Wild‚" written by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless‚ the main protagonist‚ part of a an upper-middle class family embarks on a spiritual journey into the wild‚literally‚ without the basic so-called luxuries and problems he faces in his old life. Although some may view this journey as a naive teenager rebelling against norms‚ it is so much more than that if you look deeper into Chris’ morals and personality. Chris meets people‚ animals‚ and scenery that reinvent his mind and

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    Into the Wild Journal #3 In chapter five Jack London states‚ “The dominant beast was strong in buck‚ and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control”‚ this relates to Chris and his journey by he was a strong young guy to go out into the wild alone. Chris was a beast because he survived off edible plants and he was proud of living off edible plants. It shows that Chris would do anything to survive;

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