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    found with his life in Alaska. The reason why he went there was because he was motivated by his books. One of them is “Call of the Wild”‚ by Jack London. The story of this book is about a dog from California‚ going back to Alaska undergoing lots of sufferings. It seems that the dog got absolute freedom‚ but the author himself never went to Alaska‚ not even into the wilds. Chris also thought that Alaska was a pure nature. He thought that this purity and isolation would enable him to find out who he

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    The book “Into the Wild” uses text and design features to make it appeal to the reader. The maps help the readers in tracing the young man’s odyssey. The photo on the first page instantly catches the reader’s attention and imagination. While the emotional story about the McCandless parent’s visit to the site on the book’s epilogue gives a satisfying ending to the readers. The maps are useful. The two page map that is also the first map shown in the book has the illustration of the route that Chris

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    solidified. He explain how he start to think about going primitive away from society and its pressures after his marriage is over. During his experience in the wild he explain how living in the wood is not that flowery account that most people who never been in the wild think‚ ladd says that there is many suffering and hardship living in the wild like learn how top survive‚ hunting and take keep going with living with most primitive tools and that you can get. Ladd emphasis the detailof his experience

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    Jon Krakauer‚ the author of Into the Wild‚ and Chris McCandless‚ the main character‚ share very similar stories and personalities. The best was in which these similarities are depicted is in chapters 14 and 15‚ when Krakauer inserts himself into the story. In these chapters Krakauer highlights a lot of parallels between himself and McCandless and through these highlights we can look at Krakauer as a credible biographer because he has a deeper understand for McCandless’s motivations. Krakauer

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    Into The Wild Essay Chris McCandless is visualized as an intelligent‚ extremely driven‚ and passionate subject by Jon Krakauer‚ the author of the novel Into The Wild. McCandless’s greatest goal is to successfully travel to Alaska‚ a trip he has longingly been motivated to achieve. He undergoes countless obstacles throughout his adventure with some lack of needed necessities and maturity‚ leaving individuals who possess the knowledge of his travels to perceive McCandless as purely insane. An opinionated

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    Into the Wild Journal #3 In chapter five Jack London states‚ “The dominant beast was strong in buck‚ and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control”‚ this relates to Chris and his journey by he was a strong young guy to go out into the wild alone. Chris was a beast because he survived off edible plants and he was proud of living off edible plants. It shows that Chris would do anything to survive;

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    He had outstanding grades in college and excelled his father’s business to limits it may have never gotten to without his help. He also was very eager to learn. He memorized many books about the wilderness‚ trusting his memory on his life out in the wild. McCandless furthermore graduated a very nice private school at the top of his class. McCandless was also very ignorant in his decisions. He would always decline any type of money‚ food‚ or clothing from people when they offered it to him. It was a

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    Yehoshua Lerer English Essay Fool or Hero? Into the Wild is a book about a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless‚ who had a very bright future but threw it all away by hiking into Alaska unprepared and alone. Chris McCandless can be labeled a hero‚ somebody to be admired or a fool. He can be called a hero because he showed people through his own actions how to live free and not be controlled. He can be called a fool because

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    Into the Wild Essay “I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.” (Krakauer‚ 1996‚ p.7) Christopher McCandless states to Jim Gallien‚ the driver‚ who takes McCandless to the edge of Denali National park as he is departing to walk deep into the Alaskan terrain‚ “to live off the land for a few months.” (Krakauer‚ 1996‚ p.4) The questions are‚ what was he looking for and did he find it. Chris was the type of person who hated the idea

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    Journal 1: Bibliographic Entry Krakauer‚ Jon. Into the Wild. New York: Anchor‚ 1997. Print. Journal 2: Visual Symbol In this book‚ the author chose deserts to symbolize the loneliness of Chris McCandless. He always traveled through the deserts alone‚ having no contact with anyone else. “He spent nearly four months in the bush all told‚ and during that period he didn’t encounter another living soul.” (165) McCandless was cut off from the rest of the world. He wanted freedom‚ and traveling

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