Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12‚ 1968 – August 1992) was an American hiker who adopted the alias Alexander Supertramp and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with little food and equipment‚ hoping to live simply for a time in solitude. Almost four months later‚ McCandless’s remains were found‚ weighing only 67 pounds (30 kg). It has recently been speculated that Chris had developed lathyrism‚ caused by his consumption of seeds from a flowering plant in the legume family
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Transcendentalist McCandless What is transcendentalism? How is Christopher J. McCandless a transcendentalist? Transcendentalism is a philosophy‚ and a way of life. It consists of being a non-conformist‚ becoming one with nature‚ and rejecting materialism. Throughout Jon Krakauer’s novel‚ Into The Wild‚ McCandless happens to achieve all of the above. “Whoso would be a man‚ must be a non-conformist” (Emerson). He defied society‚ lived in the wild‚ and never cared about “things”. He existed
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others because of his brave decision to veer from the path of life intended. McCandless exemplified the idea that‚ “The core of mans’ spirit comes from new experiences” (57). This meaning that and McCandless advanced on his journey he had experienced many conditions that molded him into the person he became by the end of his journey‚ death. The death of McCandless held a impact and created a different view on if McCandless made the correct choice to go out into the wild by himself ill prepared. “It
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Christopher McCandless was an intelligent young man who was deeply influenced by the material he read. As a scholar‚ he was well-read and developed his morals and beliefs based on what authors he connected with. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the story of McCandless’ early life‚ and then his subsequent death after his journey in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless’ motivation is often questioned‚ as to the outside world he seemed to have an easy life. He was an intelligent student‚ having excelled
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Chris McCandless There comes a time in everyone’s life where they start to make decisions. For some this time comes at an early age‚ some directly after high school‚ for others it comes after college. No matter what time it comes in your life there is always this realization that you have to become “independent and self sufficient”. Chris McCandless was one of those people who realized this‚ but took this experience that most people go through and over exaggerated into something that he
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Chris McCandless (Alex) was a young‚ privileged man who went into the wild because of his idealism and contempt for a materialistic lifestyle‚ his romanticism of Nature‚ and his desire to live a meaningful life. I admire Chris McCandless for choosing to pursue his dream of hiking across Alaska no matter how many people thought he was crazy. He “threw away subtlety and immersed himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important‚” (LaMarche). He believed
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Christopher McCandless was not crazy‚ he wasn’t stupid‚ and he defiantly was not looking for a way to die. Although some may think of them as selfish‚ he had his reasons for packing up his few belongings‚ leaving his family and walking “Into the Wild.” The death of Chris McCandless was an accidental tragedy. Chris and his dad never really got along (Source One.) They were both stubborn making it impossible to agree on anything. They both always had to be right. Chris decided to be “the bigger person”
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Literature 25 August 2013 “Death of an Innocent” I personally think Chris McCandless did die in a senseless way. I do have sympathy for him because he wasn’t expecting to die the way he did and he didn’t die on purpose. I could understand why people in the passage thought differently of McCandless‚ but if they knew how he felt and why he did the things he did‚ I think people would understand him more. I think McCandless died in a senseless way because he didn’t have any idea that he would die
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nothing‚ he felt that he was above nature and it could not affect him. Chris McCandless in Jon Krakauer’s “Into The Wild” went into the wild unprepared for the conditions he was about to face. As a person who read the writings of Jack London‚ his death seems somewhat ironic. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London brings out the irony even more‚ we see how London wrote and how it relates to how Chris died. Chris McCandless is a person who did not believe in rules of society. He believed that he was above
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“To call each thing by its right name…by its right name.” What did Chris McCandless discover once he left the “cave”? Describe how one can draw meaning from Plato’s cave myth in relation to the film. Does Chris McCandless’ life and death bear any resemblance to that of Socrates? When Chris left “the Cave” of his former family life‚ he discovered many things. The first of these‚ and probably the most important or significant is that it was possible for him to survive without the wealth and comforts
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