Making Connections 1. In “Werner”‚ Hoeflich is sharing very intimate and specific details about his experience. Beard Probably met Hoeflich on several occasions in order to gain his trust before he was able to collect some of the details that he included in his work. It most likely took Beard days of asking just the right questions to write “Werner.” In this piece‚ Werner is presented as both weak and strong. In the beginning of the story‚ he is completely caught off guard by the fire in
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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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Chris McCandless from Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer experienced a new idea of life from venturing off into the Stampede Trail. Growing up‚ Chris’ personality drove him to make decisions through his childhood and his young adult years. He knew at a young age that he had different goals than what his parents had hoped. "You had to learn to walk by yourself. There was no one around‚ neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something
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Mathematical Connection Mathematics has had an incredible impact on technology as we know it today. Understanding this impact aids in understanding the history of how technology has developed so thoroughly and what significant events happened to facilitate such an advanced society. A better understanding can be derived by analyzing the historical background on the mathematicians‚ the time periods‚ and the contributions that affected their society and modern society as well as specific examples
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would you bring? Chris McCandless went out on a journey thinking he could survive the great Alaska‚ he let his ignorance control his life.Therefore claimed his life. McCandless the main character “Into The Wild” is a reckless and selfish human being. In the novel it states that “his family had no idea where he was or what had become of him until his remains turned up in Alaska.” He made his parents suffer not knowing where their son was at. Chris McCandless actions was clearly a sign
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Although‚ Chris’s father Walt McCandless and Ronald Franz spent a lot of time with him‚ both offered him different level of support. Walt McCandless was stubborn and controlling parent. The relationship between him and Chris was complicated. Walt was a hard worker and self-made man. Chris was raised in the comfortable middle class family. So‚ he could get anything he wanted‚ but not happiness. Chris wasn’t happy with the fact that Walt was living double-life (121). Discovering that‚ Chris did not
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Meert 1 Putting the Right Seed in the Right Ground Each and every year‚ farmers throughout the country have to go through the decision of what he or she is going to plant in their field so that he or she can grow the most successful crop possible. In that decision is what crop her or she is going to plant as well as what hybrid seed variety is going to grow the best in that field. The seed is the most important part of farming. Without the seed a farmer has nothing at all which leads to zero yield and zero profit
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In September of 1992‚ a young man named Chris McCandless was found dead in Fairbanks Alaska by six hunters and hikers. He began his journey the summer after he graduated from college; he had changed his name to Alexander Supertramp. Krakauer had written this story out of chronological order. Chris had planned to go to Alaska while still in college. His journey began when he graduated from Emory University in May of 1990 in Atlanta Georgia. In July of 1990‚ he abandoned his beloved car for several
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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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we make our own choices; we are in charge of our lives and have the ability to change our lives if we want to. And that’s exactly what Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell did. They weren’t happy with the life they had so they lied‚ changed their names‚ and abandoned the lives they had for something they wanted. One of the big things that Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell had in common was that they had troubled pasts‚ lied to the people they met‚ and changed their name. Although on a larger
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