`Name: Period: Quarter 2 Book Assessment 1. (1 point) Name of book: Into The Wild Author of book: John Krakauer Year of publication: 1996 Publishing company: First Anchor Books Edition Would you recommend this book to a friend? (Circle one) Yes No 2
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beginning of time‚ life has always revolved around conflict.The same can be said about literature‚ where conflict is a necessity for a great story. Buck‚ a Scotch shepherd/Saint Bernard mix‚ the main character in Jack London’s book‚ The Call of the Wild‚ faces many conflicts in the forms of man versus man or other dogs‚ man versus nature‚ and man versus himself. Throughout the book‚ Buck finds himself in conflict with man and other dogs. An example of this happens while Buck is in San Francisco waiting
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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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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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Through a variety of literary and cinematic techniques respectively‚ John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men and Sean Penn’s Into The Wild illustrate how the fulfilment of one’s life‚ and their pursuit of happiness‚ hinge upon friendship‚ dreams‚ and one’s attitude towards life and happiness in general. Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice And Men illustrates the importance of friendship and dreams in a context of hardship and economic downturn. This is done by using George and Lennie and their dream of landownership
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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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reversal was brought by the hero’s own actions‚ and the flaw is recognized to late to save the hero from his fall. A similar hero is a sacrificial hero. A sacrificial hero is a person who gives everything up for the greater good. The novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ is about a young man‚ Christopher Johnson McCandless who leave society to live in the wilderness. Chris is the perfect example of what a tragic hero should be because he had everything in the world but gives it up to live in the wilderness
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Leaving everything and everyone that ever loved you and disappearing into the wilderness with little asks for a lot of courage. Throughout Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild novel‚ the main figure Christopher McCandless takes a wild expedition into the heart of Alaska. In McCandless’s case surviving in the woods did not go into his favor‚ but becoming a hero did. Writing a 200 page novel is not something that an author would do for an ordinary person‚ It is done to acknowledge somebody that has been outstanding
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Dream which was owning is own business and being in charge of his own store. This matters because it shows that Walter had his own American Dream and it would’ve made his life easier. Another example of an American Dream is shown in the essay Into The Wild‚ by Jon Krakauer. Chris McCandless’ journey of finding isolation into Alaska was his American Dream. He wanted an easier‚ simpler life. This matters because Chris’s dream became his reality‚ and unfortunately also his death‚ all in one journey.
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Dani DiPentino WR 101 10/20/10 There’s No Place Like Home As a little girl growing up in a tiny Illinois farm town‚ I would often dream of moving to Chicago and becoming somebody completely different. When I finally arrived there after graduating from high school‚ I was absolutely overwhelmed. After a while‚ I discovered that while my location had changed‚ I was still that small town girl. Since that time I have asked myself: is home merely a state of mind? Is geography nothing more than
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