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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Into the wild Summary: Into the Wild tells the story of a Emory University graduate‚ Christopher McCandless‚ who leaves his middle class life in "pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation" (Anderson-Urriola). On this journey‚ he gives up his home‚ family‚ all possessions but the few he carries on his back. He donates‚ what would’ve been his Harvard Law School tuition ($24‚000) to charity and embarks on the search to find himself. McCandless embodies a true transcendentalist throughout
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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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In the documentary Black fish‚ Gabriella Cowperthwaite (2013) illustrated the truth behind SeaWorld. The director uses Logos‚ Ethos‚ and Pathos to persuade the viewer to think twice before attending SeaWorld and viewing it as a haven for orcas. SeaWorld may have changed and updated some of their safety precautions now‚ but it used to be a concrete prison that confined several orcas in and inhumane and misunderstood environment. Gabriella Cowperthwaite (2013) the director of Black fish uses logos
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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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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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The use of emotion to persuade readers is known as pathos (Ethos‚ Pathos‚ Logos). For instance‚ Ratner states “If we mess up that legacy by building hotels‚ drilling‚ and mining we potentially mess up one of the most important resources to sustain human life there is” (Ratner). This quote is an example of pathos
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Into the wild by John Krakauer Krakauer uses the structure‚ genres‚ the stories of other adventures‚ and the interviews to develop the theme of the pursuit of happiness. The author demonstrates this by explaining that even though Chris had everything he could need in the structured world that he lived in‚ he goes off into the wild to find happiness within himself. Krakauer organizes the story in an unusual fashion. The book begins to describe Chris’s death and where he was found. The fact
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