What it takes to feel Alive: The True Values of Non-conformists If you knew you were to die tomorrow‚ what would be the chance you wished you had taken? Or the moments you let slip away? Would you be happy? Would you be sad? Or would you die at peace knowing that you lived life to the fullest potential? The biggest regret that people have on their deathbed is that they lived the life expected of them instead of a life true to themselves. We need to fulfill the journey this life grants us without
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interested in pursuing a truth‚ and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite.” People are often living their lives in the big cities seeking for truth and happiness‚ but as Kincaid said‚ you cannot have both. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ a young man named Chris McCandless decides that he’s not interested in what society has to offer him. He ventures out‚ leaving everything behind‚ to enhance his life. Chris McCandless was a selfish and ambitious person who went into the wild in
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Jon Krakauer writes “McCandless didn’t conform particularly well to… A pilgrim‚ perhaps”(85). I agree that Chris McCandless is some sort of a pilgrim. He isn’t arrogant or selfish or anything. He is seeking something in the wilderness and I believe that he is searching for the meaning of his life. Everyone wants to know what your life means and McCandless just has a weird way of doing that. He is exploring everywhere he goes and the farther he goes‚ the more he finds himself. Chris is not crazy nor
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The novel‚ Into The Wild‚ by Jon Krakauer has many themes or lessons regarding the sad story of a young man named Chris McCandless who died an early and unfortunate death‚ while following his ambitions. Among the many themes found in this book‚ some include a father-son relationship‚ free thought‚ materialism‚ and young manhood. Krakauer describes Chris as a person who was very independent and capable of doing many things. He was someone who didn’t bend to any rules other than his own‚ including
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Mount Everest is one of the great wonders of the world and widely used for extreme mountain hiking.Only the most motivated and most fierce people can make it to the summit of Mount Everest.The infamous mountain is known as the tallest‚greatest and a test to humankind‚but is it getting too risky.On April 18‚an avalanche caused a destructive lost of 16 lives.Thirteen bodies were recovered within two days and the next-of-kin were paid $10‚000 insurance and and token sum from the Nepalese government
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Power in the Wrong Hands In Lord of The Flies by William Golding‚ A Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens‚ and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer people in power use their position to corrupt others. This suggests people should be mindful who they put in power. In these novels the authors show that no matter what age‚ race‚ social status‚ or even gender a person is‚ if given some-kind of power and competition they have the potential to become corrupt. Also‚ these three writings demonstrate that fear gives
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Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ is the story of a young man‚ Chris Mccandless who was going in the right direction. He had finished college and had a family who loved him‚ somehow he took a major detour that landed him dead in Alaska. Chris Mccandless shaped his identity through his actions‚ interests‚ values and beliefs. Chris’s actions were very curtial to shaping his identity. Chris was always good at everything he did‚ he was always very confident and a good business. His parents remember a time
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Jon Krakauer’s book‚ Intro the Wild‚ has this controversial character that raised different opinions about his main personage‚ Chris McCandless. While some fiercely defend Chris as this open-minded and selfless person‚ others ferociously argue that he was an ill-prepared and arrogant individual unworthy of the reader’s empathy. According to the first group‚ their vision of Chris McCandless as being this selfless‚ open-minded‚ honest and well-prepared individual justifies seeing Chris as an individual
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Within shipwreck at the bottom of the world Shackleton was quite a resilient captain towards the disasters he and his crew had went through. All had shown how dangerous it is not only going alone on an expedition but with multiple people. Shackleton had fought with Mcneish not always by speech but only on rare occasions physically. He was actually scared during those long painful days but he had not shown it towards his crew so that there was hope for getting back to their homes. Always did he cheer
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“Charlotte‚ we’re going to be late for our graduation. You know today is a going to be a big day for us‚” Dallas said . Charlotte jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs to see her mom at the breakfast table drinking coffee‚ and reading the newspaper. “Hurry‚ we don’t want to be late‚” said Dallas. Mom‚ now finishing her coffee‚ told them to first get dressed and get ready. The two zipped up stairs and got ready bumping into each other along the way. They ran out the door straight to the car while
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