Brendan Ortiz Ms. Woelke ERWC 414 13 December 2012 Into The Wild “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us‚” (Henry Thoreau). Throughout history there has been an allure for high-risk activities for young men of a certain mind. As you will find out many of these young men had there similarities and difference’s two McCandless but one thing each one of them had in common with one another is that these high risk activities pulled them
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He had outstanding grades in college and excelled his father’s business to limits it may have never gotten to without his help. He also was very eager to learn. He memorized many books about the wilderness‚ trusting his memory on his life out in the wild. McCandless furthermore graduated a very nice private school at the top of his class. McCandless was also very ignorant in his decisions. He would always decline any type of money‚ food‚ or clothing from people when they offered it to him. It was a
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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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The Drive of Chris McCandless “Am I better off dead‚ Am I better off a quitter” (The Script). The meanings behind these lyrics are very powerful and explain Chris’s journey almost perfectly. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris’s takes on a challenge that is potentially fatal and he has the courage to continue on with it. Chris’s journey is a series of risks he is willing to take to achieve his goal. He has to make life threatening decisions that he could have backed out on at any given time
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found with his life in Alaska. The reason why he went there was because he was motivated by his books. One of them is “Call of the Wild”‚ by Jack London. The story of this book is about a dog from California‚ going back to Alaska undergoing lots of sufferings. It seems that the dog got absolute freedom‚ but the author himself never went to Alaska‚ not even into the wilds. Chris also thought that Alaska was a pure nature. He thought that this purity and isolation would enable him to find out who he
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A big theme in Jack London’s book “The Call of the Wild” is that Buck needs to find his true self and finish his quest. At the beginning‚ Buck learns that he has to fight for his survival to find his true self and to start his quest. First‚ Buck learns the “Law of Club” by surviving the beating being given him by the man in the red sweater. For example‚ the man in the red sweater won’t stop beating Buck until Buck gives up attacking him. Buck bleeds and becomes unconscious. Since Buck gives up fighting
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English 221 Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Study Guide Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper. Be complete in your answers‚ including page numbers where you found the information. 1. Briefly describe McCandless. 2. How do the quotes at the beginning of each chapter contribute to the narrative? 3. How do the maps help the reader? 4. Who is Jim Gallien and how is he important to McCandless’ journey? 5. When Gallien drops McCandless off at the head
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Humans are on the very top of the food chain‚ they have the supremecy over everything and anything‚ including wild animals. Wildlife that will never be in their natural habitat‚ and live their entire life in an artificial enclosure. Where they live out their lives in fear‚ and with all eyes on them (Carnivores in Captivity.) Many activists try to shut down zoos‚ and find any evidence of cruelty they possibly can to do so. Although the activists are unsuccessful‚ the attention needs to be diverted
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in Into The Wild‚ and also shows us that nature is a beautiful but deadly opponent in both Into The Wild and Into Thin Air. In Into The Wild‚ Jon Krakauer is following the Chris McCandless’s footsteps in his search for happiness and his interactions with nature. In Into Thin Air‚ Jon Krakauer wrote about his journey to Mt. Everest and the tragedy that took place in 1996. Both of these works are true stories that Jon Krakauer went through or researched an enormous amount on. Into The Wild shows the
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3/28/2012 Period 8 Theme of The Call of the Wild In The Call of the Wild by Jack London‚ Buck‚ the main character‚ transformed from a domesticated‚ pampered pet into a dominant primordial beast. Buck goes throroundings‚ and finally when he answers the call. London also shows that when Buck becomes more primitive he’s inner wildness comes out. In the beginning‚ when Buck was thrown into the harsh hostile Yukon Buck needed to learn to survive in a more primitive environment. He needed to
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