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    article “Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder‚” Beth Loffreda talks about the outcome of a gay young man named Matt Shepard being murdered‚ and how he became lost in the wake of the movement that followed. Similarly‚ Jon Krakauer retraces the story of a young man named Chris McCandless who died in the Alaskan wilderness in his piece “Into the Wild.” The death of a person can become gradually more complex based on if it was natural‚ accidental or murder‚ if it was sudden

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    Journey to the Unkown

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    McCandless’s journey was for him to find himself through the simplicity of nature. Growing up‚ his parents were controlling and when he graduated from college he set out on his journey. Chris took his car and went north. In the book Into the Wild‚ Jon Krakauer explains his thoughts and reasons behind Chris’s choice to go into the wild. “McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but‚ rather‚ to explore the inner country of his soul” (183). He was in search

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    Could a driven ambition lead to your death? or at least that is what lead to Christopher McCandless’s doom. Into the wild By Jon Krakauer. Christopher Johnson Mccandless was courageous and extremely heroic‚ it takes a special breed of man to do what he did. he risked his life to experience the chance and journey of a lifetime. To say this is really brilliant. He effects many lives all positively. Chris McCandless and Everett Ruess have many similarities which prove that they are not crazy.

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    Chris Mccandless

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    In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless is a fool because he spent all his time trying to figure out who he was‚ but was too naive to see that it was right in front of him. Chris McCandless goal was to go to Alaska and didn’t realize that he was becoming a fool because he was to focused on his goal and not what was in front of him. Along the way‚ the people that he met showed him what he truly was. When McCandless finally realized what he was looking for‚ it was too late. McCandless realized

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    Synthesis Paper Chris McCandless was not happy with his life and didn’t know the truth about his own being. He decided to abandon his family and society to find his genuine self. Chris thought that he was not the person that he was supposed to be so he went on a long journey that ended in Alaska. After living alone for 112 days‚ he died due to starvation. Life is a precious gift. In life‚ we all have some responsibilities to fulfill. There’s no question that Chris abandoned those responsibilities

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    Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’ Review Hilarious‚ witty and down-to-earth are just some of the words to describe the great film directed by the developing Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Both have partnered up and have created 2 films one of which is a sequel to the other. Both are yet to scoop any major awards or honours‚ but have shown a good potential with there 2 films getting a 4 star rating. They are yet to go solo and have been partners in directing since 2001. ‘Harold & Kumar

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    Thesis For Into The Wild

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    Jon Krakauer began pursuing his writing passion about Chris McCandless by first publishing an article on the boy’s death in Outside Magazine in January of 1993. But this is not where he wanted to stop. Krakauer was fascinated by McCandless’s life and experiences‚ mostly because he could relate to him on a personal level. Krakauer began to further investigate the “convoluted path that led to his death‚” wrapping it all together into the novel about the boy‚ Into The Wild. This book was written to

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    necessary to you or me‚” (This Side of Paradise). This quote describes how some people can become consumed with a feeling called wanderlust‚ or the overwhelming feeling of needing to travel to new places. In his nonfiction book “Into The Wild” (1996)‚ Jon Krakauer constructs Chris McCandless’ character into that of an wanderlusting alter ego. Krakauer completes this idea by implying throughout chapter three that Chris McCandless was idealistic with his nonconformist philosophy‚ unprepared for hardships

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    her ways and had written the book “Wild”‚ giving her a better understanding of what life really means and what is needed to live it. Unfortunately‚ for Chris‚ he wasn’t given the chance to rejoin if he had decided to after his long journey. But from Jon Krakauer understanding‚ Christopher had no intent to rejoin it‚ he had finally found peace through his long hikes throughout the Continental U.S‚ finding joy in meeting people who the average person would not associate with over the fear of being out

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    Chris McCandless longed for independence and freedom from the life he was living and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. Jon Krakauer‚ the author of Into the Wild‚ begins the book by giving the reader a narration of his journey ‚then shortly after changes into a mystery by telling the reader of a dead body found in the bus. The readers can infer that the body found is Chris‚ giving the reader a feeling that he was crazy for making this venture into the wild and doubt his mental state. Krakauer

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