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    Being stuck in the wildern for the entire summer is one traumatic event. What if you had to survive the winter in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on your back. The story Brian’s winter by gary paulsen takes place after the book Hatchet if he wouldn’t have gotten recused. Now he has to brave a canadian winter. The theme of this book is to pay attention to what is going on around you. I know this because brian hasn’t been paying attention to what is going on around him like winter changing

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    Yosemite is a wonderful place to visit. If you have leisure time on your hands you should visit Yosemite. When I traveled there it took about 6-7 hours because I live in Orange County and Yosemite is located in east-central California. When I was there I saw the beautiful granite mountains called Half Dome‚ and El Capitan. Half Dome looks like a rock with giant piece chipped out of it. El Capitan looks to me like a huge arrowhead. My family and I walked on a bridge made of rock and took in the amazing

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    Hook: “We had seen God in His splendors‚ heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man”.Ernest shackleton was famous for going to the south pole 3 times. Ernest shackleton died in the south pole because he froze to death from the cold and his wife and his kids never get to see him. Thesis: Ernest shackleton was significant because of his trips to the south pole. Introduction “We had seen God in His splendors‚ heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached

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    A polar explorer‚ Sir Ernest Shackleton led the Imperial trans-Atlantic Expedition‚ in the first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic continent. On December 5‚ 1914 the Endurance departs from South Georgia carrying 28 men. The goal was to drop off six men as close to the south pole as possible. Six days later‚ Shackleton gave the order to enter a gap in loosely packed ice in the Weddell sea‚ he did not know it at the time but this decision would lead to one of the greatest survival stories of all

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    It is said that Chris McCandless was a bright and ignorant person according to Cellarmans argument and maybe others point of views. In my perspective I agree but disagree as well although I agree with the argument that was said by Callarmans. As I state a quote that was said by Shaun Callarman “ had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness”. As it says “Romantic silliness” he was meaning that he wanted to die in a poetic but as well as a beautiful surrounding of love and happiness

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    You are putting yourself in high risk when you are participating in extreme sports. There are several reasons for why an athlete put themselves through those risk just for a sport. In Touching the Void‚ Joe Simpson and Simon are climbing a 21‚000-foot mountain that no one has accomplished. “Looming over‚ with my stomach clenched‚ and a sharp sense of danger‚ I enjoyed the feeling” (Simpson 31). When Joe was almost at the top of the mountain he expresses his emotions that he feels being up there and

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    The wilderness has a certain allure as a pristine place for free of the evils of a modern society. Chris McCandless also learns it’s a place where one can be free and get in touch with one’s soul. However‚ the reality of living in the wilderness can be quite different from the romantic notions harbored by those who set it as an escape. Chris McCandless simply is fascinated with the wilderness‚ but will learn that it’s beauty carries many hardships you must endure to survive in it. While Chris is

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    In the book Into The Wild‚ Chris Mccandless a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He gave up his savings to a charity‚ abandoned his car and most of his possessions‚ burned all his cash‚ and went to live off the environment. Four months later his decomposed body was found in an abandoned bus by a moose hunter. People from all over heard of his story and put theories as to why he went into the wild in the first place‚

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    The journey of Chris McCandless is one you can draw many conclusions from. Some might say he was extraordinarily stupid while others might say he was a man who lived an honest life. Chris was neither of those things. Chris McCandless was simultaneously searching for life’s meaning. While running from his past‚ the thirst for a completely different lifestyle coupled with the lure of books that spoke of the freedom that comes from being detached from society enticed him desperately for a change

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    Chris McCandless was a man of ideals and experience. Many people may disagree but because Chris followed and read transcendentalist authors and books‚ he learned his own truth. I agree with the author in how Chris is not wrong‚ but was reckless enough to not realize it sooner Firstly‚ Chris disliked assistance and wanted to do things himself. Tramping is too easy with all this money. “My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal...” and “No thanks anyway

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