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    The book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer talks about an adventurous young man that travels into the Alaskan wilderness pursuing the right lifestyle for himself. Chris McCandless was a modern day nomad from the 20th century looking for a way to live a free life. Chris found out that his father never divorced his first wife causing an impact on his life that helps with his decision to live a nomadic life. Chris is very intelligent young man but at the same time an arrogant one too who has taken on

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    there wasn’t in his life at home. I think that he would have stay as long as he did if he didn’t find what he was looking for. I think that he finally found a place where he belonged and place where he finally fit in. I totally agree with what Jon Krakauer statement when he says that Chris wasn’t a nutcase‚ sociopath‚ or an outcast. I think he was a very upbeat and inspirational person. I love how he was and how he thought. I think it was very unique of him to think that live on his own in Alaska

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    In the novel‚ Into The Wild‚ by Jon Krakauer Chris Mccandless was an adolescent man who felt no connection to his parents. Chris was a thinker‚ he wanted to know the deeper things in life and wanted to find who he was. To find who he was and the deeper things in life he went on a trip to Alaska. When he got there he went into the wild with not much so he can live a simple life to focus on himself and what it is to live. Chris’s motives‚ as far as going on this trip‚ was having some family problems

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    The Tragic Hero and Happiness in Into the Wild Jon Krakauer‚ fascinated by a young man in April 1992 who hitchhiked to Alaska and lived alone in the wild for four months before his decomposed body was discovered‚ writes the story of Christopher McCandless‚ in his national bestseller: Into the Wild. McCandless was always a unique and intelligent boy who saw the world differently. Into the Wild explores all aspects of McCandless’s life in order to better understand the reason why a smart‚ social

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    Christopher McCandless was a young college graduate‚ who gave up everything to go live in the wild. Many people believe that McCandless was crazy and ignorant‚ others like Jon Krakauer‚ the author of Into the Wild believe otherwise. I agree with the author that Christopher McCandless wasn’t a crazy‚ a sociopath‚ or an outcast‚ because he got along with many people very well‚ but he did seem somewhat incompetent‚ even though he survived for a long period of time. McCandless was very bright and

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    “Into The Wild” was written by Jon Krakauer in 1996‚ and is based on a true story of a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless who was born in February 12‚ 1968 in El Segundo‚ California. Hunters found his body inside a bus in September 6th‚ 1992 in the Alaskan wilderness. Christopher McCandless came from a wealthy family. He was very smart‚ talented‚ kind hearted and nature loving human. His family was always proud of him when it came up to his education. McCandless was a man of his own‚

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    Top Man and Into Thin Air have several things in common. First‚ both of the stories consisted of big storms and weather issues. The ‘blow fell’ in the story of Top Man‚ Paragraph 1 Attention getting device quote from the story rhetorical question type of saying related to the subject or theme Give an overview State the name of the story and its author Thesis or claim statement Paragraph 2 and 3 Similarities Top Man and Into Thin Air have several things in common. First

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    hills and their late freezing shadows-a high blaze‚ a runner track in the snow would show where I had gone. Let the rest of mankind fine me if it could”(John Haines‚ The stars‚ The snow The Fire In Into The Wild 127). In the novel‚ Into The Wild‚by Jon Krakauer‚ challenges the slander the protagonist faces. In the book‚ the protagonist is Chris Mccandless‚ otherwise known as Alex Supertramp. He was a hero an a noble traveler escaping the fate his parents set out for him; making Mccandless follow his dreams

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    deny that he was happy to get to Alaska and live in the wild. “It is easy‚ when you are young‚ to believe what you desire is no less than what you deserve‚ to assume that if you want something bad enough‚ It is your god given right to have it”(Jon Krakauer). All you think about when you are young is about yourself and only your interest. In conclusion‚ Chris was not an idiot or selfish by leaving everything behind to live in the wild. Chris wanted to be free from the world he lived in‚ in which

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    Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is the story of Christopher McCandless‚ a determined young man who chose to embark on an “Alaskan Odyssey” in order to live in nature on his own terms. Into the Wild conveys the nature of the relationship between self and society by examining McCandless’s reflections on self‚ society‚ and nature. In connection with these themes‚ “Survivor Type” by Stephen King and “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson add relevant analysis of the complex relationship between one’s natural

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