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    1. The specific genre of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a factual‚ type of journalism. It could likewise be viewed as a biography since it is composed about McCandless and the reader hears the story from a third-person narrator‚ as shown in the quote "At the time he wrote these words‚ he was holding down a full time job‚ flipping Quarterpounders at a McDonald’s on the main drag‚ commuting to work on a bicycle."(Krakauer 39). With the utilization of the pronoun "he" Krakauer makes it clear that

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    Bailey Price Professor Edward Maietta         English 1101 April 17‚ 2014         Richard Miller’s essay "The Dark Night of the Soul"‚ contains a variety of authors and writing styles. He includes five stories all relating to the subjects of violence‚ racism‚ crime‚ ect‚ of the modern day world. In these five essays Miller gives several shocking examples of how these subjects of violence can have such a large infuence on today’s behavior in society. In an enviroment filled with

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    life. The movie overemphasizes Chris’s parents’ relationship and the effect it has on him‚ creates a love interest for him in “Slab City”‚ and fails to mention Chris’s knowledge of the wild. Sean Penn’s film skews how people will remember Chris McCandless. Chris McCandless’s parents may not have had a perfect relationship‚ nor was their relationship with Chris perfect‚ but their relationship was not Chris’s only reason for adventuring into the wild. The film “Into the Wild”‚ compared to Krakauer’s

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    REWILDING OURSELVES Humans are not alone on the planet. There are many other things that influenced by human. Also we discover new kind of living things with technological improvements. However‚ some kind of organisims become extinct because of damages by human influenced. Instead of human ‚ there are so many organizations to protect the animals which are dying out ‚but we all know that is not sufficent and we also don’t know what to do for the absolute solution exactly. It is my thought

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    Happiness is not ready made‚ instead it is something that comes from your own actions. Like‚ Into the Wild’s main character‚ Chris McCandless was in search of happiness. He wanted to find happiness and comfort in what he does. He tried to defeat his overcomes in search of happiness. Chris wanted to prove that you can be happy doing what you want to do and not something you have to. In Chris’s point of view‚ money‚ luxury ‚ education etc. didn’t define happiness. Instead he thought all that just corrupted

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    The book ‘Into the Wild’ written by Jon Krakauer‚ is the story of Christopher J McCandless‚ a knowledgeable and capable young man from a decent family who pursued his fantasies and aspirations. After graduating from University he embarks on a journey to find clarity in himself‚ in the mountains of Alaska‚ but ends up finding the true meaning of life for a short amount of time before his death. McCandless experiences‚ a childhood well off Virginia rural areas of Washington‚ D.C.‚ and is an exceptionally

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    Into the Wild Essay Christopher McCandless was born in California to Walter and Billie‚ and had one younger sister‚ Carine. Christopher discovered that his father had children from a previous marriage which lead to him holding bitterness towards his father. Christopher began to feel as though his childhood was a lie and this could have played a role in his views of society. Throughout Christopher’s education he has experienced a few adventures. During his adventures he isolates himself from family

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    many‚ even so he is a very intelligent one. Into the Wild is a true story about Chris McCandless who is found dead in the Alaskan Wilderness. The story recaps his life prior to his death. Krakauer writes this story for the notion of how individuals exist in a state of nature might be a component of the work’s essence. Jon also felt a connection to Chris death as he was a huge nature lover as well. Chris McCandless and Jon both had something in common that could have inspired Jon to write the book

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    on wikipedia (where one link can lead to another). I really got very interested in the true story of this young man who ended up dying in Alaska. I went to buy the book at Kinokuniya. In 1992‚ a young man by the name of Christopher McCandless from a well-to-do family in the US abandoned everything he possessed after graduating with honours from University. For the next two years‚ he lived off the streets‚ travelling from place to place‚ living on the bare minimum. Finally‚ he hitchhiked

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    connection with nature. William Wordsworth‚ a romanticist‚ pantheist and transcendentalist believed that the natural world was an emblem of god or the divine and his poetry often celebrates the beauty and spiritual values of the natural world. Chris McCandless believed that nature was the essence of freedom. The module "In the Wild" deals with humanity’s relationship with nature. It shows that nature is the cure for all humanity‚ the cure for all deeds and a guide to them all. Man’s origins lie in nature

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