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    The Call Of The Wild

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    The Call of the Wild‚ written by Jack London‚ is an in-depth work of historical fiction‚ taking readers in to the life of a dog called Buck. This is not a book I would recommend. At times‚ the story becomes so in-depth it is tedious‚ causing readers to lose concentration and possibly even interest in the story as a whole. At other times‚ it jumps from one scene to the next so quickly readers might wonder if they had skipped a page. These faults‚ along with others‚ disqualify this book from being

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    to believe. In the novel “Into the Wild”‚ Jon Krakauer introduces the readers to what people have to say about Christopher McCandless. Shaun Callarman‚ an opinionist‚ states McCandless as bright‚ ignorant‚ crazy‚ and also says he has no common sense. However‚ not everybody views McCandless the same. Some say that McCandless was bright because of his intelligence‚ but he wasn’t bright when it came to the wilderness. McCandless had no type of experience in the wild whatsoever. According to what the

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    As a society we will dictate what’s right from wrong for the past centuries‚ today we are more divided than ever in history. In the movie directed by Sean Penn‚ Into The Wild is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s original book Into The Wild where Chris Mccandless‚ the protagonist had his future secured after graduating Emory University but decided to donate all his money to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska. I cannot agree with People like Chris‚ they make me believe that the human being can be selfish

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    “Nature holds the key to our aesthetic‚ intellectual‚ cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction” (E. O. Wilson). In the novel‚ Into the Wild author Jon Krakauer not only examines Chris McCandless’ life and his actions but also shares his own past actions and how they relate to Chris‚ bringing light to why Chris did what he did. Every person needs to find their own key to satisfaction‚ McCandless’s happened to be the transcendentalist beliefs of nature being the only substance required for happiness

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    THE FEASIBILITY OF TUBA-TUBA (Jatropha Curcas) and CROWN-OF-THORNS (Euphorbia milii) AS ALTERNATIVE COCKROACH REPELLANT In partial fulfillment of the requirement Research I Submitted to Mrs. Linda C. Mahomoc Submitted by Roselle Babe B. Zambo September 2013 Table of Contents Introduction Background of the study People hate seeing pests especially in their homes‚ and in order to deal with this problem‚ they use chemical pesticides

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    Into the Wild Film Response Into the Wild is not only an outstanding novel‚ but it has also been recreated in the form of a movie‚ which is flawless in itself and is accompanied by a soundtrack that is hard to forget. Eddie Vedder’s song‚ Hard Sun‚ is played in the beginning of the movie when Chris is initially starting his journey. He is driving on the highway in his Datsun 210‚ as the background music is playing‚ “Oh there’s a big‚ a big hard sun beating on the people‚ in a big hard world…”(Eddie

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    Into the Wild Analysis

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    living on his own with not many things for a couple of years‚ Chris died alone in a bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska. Author Jon Krakauer wrote a 9‚000 word article titled “Death of an Innocent” for the 1993 issue of the magazine Outside. Into the Wild is simply an extension of that article which explains what provoked Chris into living such a life‚ who he was‚ and how he died. The author proves to the reader that Chris was an intelligent man by explaining his research about edible plants and his

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    The Call Of The Wild

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    The call of the wild Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Jack London «The call of the wild» 1 To the north Buck did not read the newspapers. He did not know that trouble was coming for every big dog in California. Men had found gold in the Yukon‚ and these men wanted big‚ strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north. Buck lived in Mr Miller’s big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley. There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house‚ and a river nearby. In a big place

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    was bringing him back to any contact with humans. But now that John is gone Buck won’t have any reason to come back with humanity. “Man and the claims of man no longer bound him.” Pg. 76 When Buck was in the wild he felt very at home and like he was one of the leaders. “He followed‚ with wild leapings‚ in a frenzy to overtake.”Pg. 70 It talks about him overtaking the wolf when he first meets it. When he first meets up with the wolf the wolf runs but Buck follows wanting to overtake. With Buck wanting

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    In the book‚ “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer‚ I believe the main character‚ Christopher Johnson McCandless was struggling with internal conflict. McCandless unfortunately died from the environment he was in‚ however I believe the cause was internal because he felt the need to escape from reality. Although McCandless strived academically‚ after graduating from Emory University‚ he wanted to travel on foot to achieve his dream of making it to Alaska. I believe the author‚ Jon Krakauer included many

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