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    Into the wild Sarah 10.b A middleclass young man named Christoffer left all his friends‚ family and money and started a journey throughout America. His goal was to live in the wild in Alaska and get away from the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his goal he met a lot of people‚ who also traveled around the world. Two of the people he met were hippies‚ who traveled by driving around. He became good friends with them‚ and he stayed with them for a while. All the people he met‚ he

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    In her memoir Wild‚ Cheryl Strayed is faced with the mess that has become her life. By her early twenties Strayed finds herself lost and alone after the death of her mother‚ her divorce‚ an affair and abortion‚ and the scattering of her family. After seeing a Guidebook in the checkout line at a store‚ Strayed gets the idea of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexico border to Canada. Encountering many obstacles along the way such as her lack of experience‚ the loss of her hiking boots‚ and

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    Rob Dunn is a biologist‚ writer‚ and a professor at North Carolina State University who enjoys telling medical stories in an effort to reveal the connection between species. Dunn provides information that others often neglect or do not acknowledge. His passion for nature and educating others started at a young age and has continued into adulthood. One of Dunn’s many books‚ The Wild Life of Our Bodies‚ focuses on the evolution of the human body throughout human history. He considers the human body’s

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    world and become a shepherd. Sometimes‚ people have to stand up to their parents and tell them what they want to do with their life. Parents can help guide one’s life‚ but they cannot control his/her life. Likewise‚ in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless decides to ignore his father’s dreams for him and follow his own dreams. (105 words). I thought it was extremely peculiar that Santiago had the same dream exactly one year apart. Not only did he have the same dream‚ but Santiago

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    Chris McCandless: Hero‚ Soul Searcher or Dumb Jerk? Emilee Hopper Chippewa High School Abstract This paper shows how Chris McCandless is a hero‚ a soul searcher‚ and a dumb jerk by using evidence from Judith Kleinfeld editorial “Chris McCandless: Hero or Dumb Jerk” and Sean Penn’s movie Into the Wild. Chris McCandless: Hero‚ Soul Searcher or Dumb Jerk? At 24 years old‚ Chris McCandless died of starvation in the Alaskan wilderness. It’s

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    The Mc Men Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take on an adventure like McCandless or McCunn? These two men had a mind set to explore nature and its beauty and to survive. However these two men had many similarity as well as difference. Throughout the book “Into the Wild” this was displayed. I will begin with comparing the two men. First these two men each had a very friendly character. McCandless show kindness to everyone he encountered. Franz described McCandless (Alex) as a polite

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    Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Since it is 29‚035 feet and has avalanches‚ crevasses‚ strong winds and is very steep‚ it makes it very difficult to climb. Not only is it hard to climb‚ imagine how hard it would be being disabled. The quote‚ “ Some people succeed because they are destined‚ but most people succeed because they are determined” really describes Mark Inglis‚ Erik Weihenmeyer‚ and Arunima Sinha. Mark Inglis summited Everest without any legs. He was only in

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    The narrator should not hold himself accountable for his inadvertent part in K’s death because he acted out of fear and the consequences‚ though tragic‚ were not of malicious intent but was an innocent mistake. Should he forgive himself? Would you‚ if you had seen your friend die and may have had a way to prevent it? In The Seventh Man‚ Haruki Murakami tells the story of a young boy who goes out to explore his ravaged town in the eye of a typhoon. His best friend K‚ is also outside‚ and does not

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    In the novel a walk in the woods by Bill Bryson shows the difference between two separate worlds. the civilize world of home and the wild world of the untamed wilderness. The authors meaning was to express the story of his hike and educate the reader with historical facts and his observations along the Appalachian trail. Bryson’s overall achievement is positive as he challenges himself and embraces nature. As tough as this journey was Bryson couldn’t go alone so along with him accompanied his childhood

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    I agree that Chris McCandless was ignorant and bright at the same time but he liked to do what he did. He didn’t really have common sense but he was brave. Chris McCandless came from a rich family and graduated from Emory University he was a top athlete and a top student in the University. Whenever he graduated from college‚ Instead of embarking on a prestigious career or work he chose to give his savings to charity. i think if he would of kept studying he would of had a good life and lived longer

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