“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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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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living on his own with not many things for a couple of years‚ Chris died alone in a bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska. Author Jon Krakauer wrote a 9‚000 word article titled “Death of an Innocent” for the 1993 issue of the magazine Outside. Into the Wild is simply an extension of that article which explains what provoked Chris into living such a life‚ who he was‚ and how he died. The author proves to the reader that Chris was an intelligent man by explaining his research about edible plants and his
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The call of the wild Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Jack London «The call of the wild» 1 To the north Buck did not read the newspapers. He did not know that trouble was coming for every big dog in California. Men had found gold in the Yukon‚ and these men wanted big‚ strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north. Buck lived in Mr Miller’s big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley. There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house‚ and a river nearby. In a big place
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Do you know why it is important to have a government? Well‚ in order to avoid chaos‚ some rules have to be in play to protect the rights of the people. In the US‚ the basic rules for the people the country represents are found in the preamble of the constitution. The preamble is found at the beginning of the constitution and is there to serve as a guideline that tells people how to live their lives to keep order. In order to do this‚ our founding fathers wrote out the purpose of our government.
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Student name Professer’s name Intermediate English Hamlet’s Criminal Culpability William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ written in 1599‚ poses many questions of Hamlet’s criminal culpability in the deaths of several characters in the play‚ specifically the death of Polonius‚ the King’s advisor. In a court of law Hamlet was found guilty for the murder of Polonius‚ however‚ if judged justly by the facts the verdict would have come back differently. The death of Polonius cannot be classified under
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Minot Pettinato. Interview three people about the media. It’s time for some good news‚ says Justin Lamontagne‚ 19‚ of Fort Erie. Lamontagne says he gets most of his news from the newspaper. “I’m not one of those people who hate reporters‚ not at all. I think reporters are useful‚ I mean they grant access to the whole world through the news. Without them I would never have known about mad cow disease and then where would I be?” “Speaking of which‚ the only thing that kind
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was bringing him back to any contact with humans. But now that John is gone Buck won’t have any reason to come back with humanity. “Man and the claims of man no longer bound him.” Pg. 76 When Buck was in the wild he felt very at home and like he was one of the leaders. “He followed‚ with wild leapings‚ in a frenzy to overtake.”Pg. 70 It talks about him overtaking the wolf when he first meets it. When he first meets up with the wolf the wolf runs but Buck follows wanting to overtake. With Buck wanting
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The Young & The Reckless When you think of children‚ what was the first thing that comes to mind? Reckless? Young? Naïve? Gullible? Into the Wild‚ by Jon Krakauer‚ is a book written about an extraordinary but childlike man who set out on a quest‚ looking for an adventure of being surrounded by nature. Chris McCandless‚ who the book is based off of‚ was a man of wonder. No one was ever certain about what he thought‚ how he felt‚ or why he went on this suicide journey. Was it because of his childlike
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