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    Thesis For Into The Wild

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    Jon Krakauer began pursuing his writing passion about Chris McCandless by first publishing an article on the boy’s death in Outside Magazine in January of 1993. But this is not where he wanted to stop. Krakauer was fascinated by McCandless’s life and experiences‚ mostly because he could relate to him on a personal level. Krakauer began to further investigate the “convoluted path that led to his death‚” wrapping it all together into the novel about the boy‚ Into The Wild. This book was written to

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    adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.” ( McCandless). Christopher McCandless a young man wanting to experience life to the fullest in the Alaskan wilderness without a plan. I support Cellarman’s argument about McCandless is ignorant due to his lack of planning for his trip into the wilderness‚ but I disagree with him because I think McCandless courage nor his ideas are very inspirational. As a matter of fact‚ McCandless was ignorant due to lack of his preparation for

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    Into the Wild Reader Response Into the Wild‚ written by Jon Krakauer‚ is a memoir about how living in the wilderness and how Chris McCandless lived nearly two years in the wild. Throughout the novel‚ Krakauer relates Chris’ adventures to his own experience in mountain climbing and living on his own. This is not your typical memoir where the author tells a story about their lives. Jon Krakauer is not the main character; however he tells a story of this boy who leaves his well-developed family for

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    Youth is a time that every person cherishes and missed once it is gone‚ and Krakauer uses the “youthful derring-do” as the cause behind McCandless’s “Alaskan odyssey.” Krakauer argues that the reason why Chris went to such extreme measures was for soul searching and many other reasons‚ but more importantly‚ this would have never happened if it weren’t for Chris’s youth. Krakauer utilizes his own experiences from his youth to prove a point. He says “I knew that people sometimes climbed mountains.

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    The book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer talks about an adventurous young man that travels into the Alaskan wilderness pursuing the right lifestyle for himself. Chris McCandless was a modern day nomad from the 20th century looking for a way to live a free life. Chris found out that his father never divorced his first wife causing an impact on his life that helps with his decision to live a nomadic life. Chris is very intelligent young man but at the same time an arrogant one too who has taken on

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    the reasons for their prolonged escapes to their mental realities. In his Selection From Into the Wild‚ Jon Krakauer investigates the travels of a man named Chris McCandless‚ attempting to explain McCandless’s decision to escape into the Alaskan wilderness in an attempt to go as far away from modern civilization as possible. Juhani Pallasmaa argues that one’s senses have great effects on their interpretation of the reality they are in; his argument brings up the question of whether both author’s escapees

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    that talks about the journey Chris decided to take‚ leaving behind his parents and his dreams. He graduated from Emory University as a top student/athlete only to decide he was tired of everything and decided to embark in a journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Shaun Callarman states‚”I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense‚ and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness”. I think that Chris McCandless was not an idiot and ignorant

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    Franklin had led a group of people to the wilderness of Northwestern Canada. After experiencing harsh weather‚ the group starved and eventually ten other men traveling with Franklin had died. Franklin and a few other survivors where later rescued by a group of metis. He returned to England as a hero

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    The Book I chose was Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. It takes place in the forest of Canada. The book doesn’t mention the time that the story takes place. Although‚ it does say the his mother dropped him off in Hampton‚ New York in the beginning. This book is about a boy named Brian Robeson who is riding in a private airplane to Canada. At the beginning of the ride‚ the pilot invited him to help in the cockpit and then the pilot had an unfortunate heart attack

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    Badluck Way Analysis

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    The book Badluck Way by Bryce Andrews is a story about a young man searching for his place in life and finds not only himself but a love for wildlife and wilderness on a ranch in Montana. On this ranch he experiences nature‚ first hand. All throughout the book his attitude toward the ranch and its work changes‚ along with his attitude toward wolves. He also explains how he has found happiness at the ranch and he also include short stories preceding the chapters. I interpret Andrews quote: “I was

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