sleeping bag. Ken Thompson an auto body owner in Healy‚ his employee Gordon Samuel‚ and a long-time friend Freddie Swanson‚ were not expecting the day to turn out the way it did. Traveling along the rugged terrine of the Stampede trails‚ battling natures elements as they hunt for game‚ something the local men are accustom to. But what they were about to encounter would be something the hunters and peaceful towns people of Anchorage would never forget. On September 6th when the men reached the 1940s
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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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thinking of the people we might hurt‚ or the consequences that our decisions might lead to. After reading Into the Wild‚ I think that Christopher McCandless was Inconsiderate. In my opinion I think that McCandless was Inconsiderate of the people who really cared about him. Whether it was his family or the people he met along his idiotic journey McCandless did not take their feelings into consideration. This is seen in the book on chapter 13 of into the
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Chris McCandless was an exceptional young man who lived life by the beat of his own drum but all that changed when his young life was cut short. Though his life ended‚ his story lives on forever. Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is Chris McCandless’ living legacy; the book examines McCandless’ life as well as revealing his struggles with his parents‚ his adventures with the people he meets‚ and the hardships he faces in Alaska. Chris McCandless lived life as a modern day nomad; he
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in a clearing in the Alaskan wilderness‚ surrounded by tall trees‚ undisturbed by the advances of modern life. While the painting is based on an actual image of bus 142‚ the vast emptiness of the clearing around the bus symbolizes how alienated McCandless felt by his community for his atypical beliefs. The brush growing around the bus and in the corner of the clearing represents modern views trying to invade his personal set of values. In the background‚ the fir trees represent all the different
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The Real Wild First off‚ Chris McCandless is a celebrity in the transcendentalist community because of his search for the meaning of life independently. Jon Krakauer respects McCandless because no one prompted him to go out into the Alaskan wilderness‚ since most people need a push to do something. However some people believe McCandless is a fool and should be forgotten about and that he was spoiled rotten and was just wanting attention. The truth that most people do not know is‚ McCandless’s parents
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others? Seeing as we all have them‚ and being that most have different ideals than others‚ what makes certain ideals considered better than others. In this essay i will be discussing my ideals and how they compare to the man by the name of Chris McCandless. I will be comparing to see if i share any of the same ideals with the young man. By the end of this i will hope to have found out some new things about myself. And maybe whoever is reading this may find out new things about them. As far as ideals
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Chris McCandless was an extraordinary person with an adventurous life. He had lived his life with taking risks and living a little bit over the edge at times. The way he had presented himself to others had those thinking what it was about this guy that made him stand out in front of the crowd. Almost everyone he met knew there was something special about him. In the beginning‚ McCandless knew he was ready to just get up and start a new journey. He kept to himself about his adventure to Alaska
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In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless starts a new life for himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important. McCandless distanced himself from his family‚ invented a new name‚ and created a new life as Alexander Supertramp. His irrational actions brought Chris McCandless many criticisims‚ however it is these actions of self reliance that helped to test his independence. We are always in the same routine everyday and look
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Chris McCandless: The Transcendentalist People too often isolate themselves from the world around them‚ following a robotic pattern throughout life. Few have learned how to break away from this and show true independence. The opposite of this typical daily practice is called transcendentalism. It calls on people to view the objects in the world as small versions of the whole universe and to trust their individual intuitions. The two most noted American transcendentalists were Ralph Waldo Emerson
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