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    Bagas Yudhiswa Putera 120222415482 The Causes of Christopher McCandless’ Journey to Alaska In Into the Wild Movie Introduction Into the wild is a movie which is based on a true story of Christopher McCandless‚ a good-fortune man who suddenly decided to live into the wild. This movie is directed by Sean Penn and released in 2007. The main character‚ Christopher McCandless‚ is played by Emile Hirsch.Before the movie was made‚ Jon Kraukauer has published Cristopher McCandless’ life in a novel with

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    [http://www.studymode.com/essays/Hatchet-Essay-1451517.html# save] Brian‚ the animals that attacked him and the food he ate while he was in the Canadian wilderness. When I read the book and saw the movie I found many differences between the events in the book Hatchet and the events in the movie A Cry in the Wild. In the book when the plane crashed in the wilderness the rescue plane came after he founded food‚ made fire‚ and a shelter to[http://www.studymode.com/essays/Hatchet-Essay-1451517.html# live]. When

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    how to live free and not be controlled. He can be called a fool because he had a good education and a bright future but he chose to go unprepared into the wilderness and risk his life and eventually die. In April of 1992 Chris who grew up in a well to do family‚ decided that he wanted to hitchhike to Alaska and walk alone in the wilderness of Mt. Mckinley. Before Chris decided to do this he had a nice future ahead him. He graduated with honors from Emory University in the summer of 1990. Chris

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    The Arctic Wildlife Refuge‚ in Jimmy Carter’s opion " is one of America’s last truly great wilderness". The former President uses his personal experiances to show why the Arctic Wildlife Refuge should be left be. Also he enacted legislation to help protect the wilderness from further development‚ with bipartisen support. Jimmy Carter want this area to be protected from industry destroying the natural beuaty‚ along with keeping around for future gernations to enjoy. While the president was

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    How to survive in the wilderness 101 Everyone at one point in their lives has a situation where they have to decide or do something on their own. The more experience they have the better the outcome usually is. What if you had to survive in the wilderness by yourself? Could you find food‚ make a fire‚ make shelter‚ etc. In the short writing Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales‚ she explains many reasons or ways people survive in these situations. Personally‚ I think the biggest way to survive is

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    Into the Wild Essay Growing up we are told by our parents to reach the ultimate level of education and become doctors‚ lawyers‚ scientist‚ and other high paying jobs. However‚ a man by the name of Christopher Johnson Mccandless was different than the average person‚ he decided to go on an adventure‚ which ultimately led to his death. Chris Mccandless was an outgoing‚ antisocial individual who traveled to the wild in search of the meaning of life. Chris was trying to find the meaning of life by

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    story In my analysis of “Tell the women we’re going”‚ I have chosen to write a brief resume of the short story. Afterwards I will analyze the relationship between men and women and discuss how the story relates to the frontier theme‚ and how the wilderness is depicted. Furthermore I have used the Hollywood model to analyze the short story. I believe that the short story is very suitable to this type of analysis‚ because his style of writing is minimalistic and quite cinematic. The short story deals

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    consequences. Christopher McCandless decided early in the book that his ambition was to live completely off the land for a while‚ with only the help of ten pounds of rice for food. His adventure was not fated to end well though‚ for the Alaskan wilderness is perilous and he was not well prepared. Although many of the people who offered him rides had offered advice and told him how to be better prepared‚ Chris still “came into the country with insufficient provisions‚ and he lacked certain pieces

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    Refuge of Peace‚ Antithesis of Industry There’s something about the way trees form a thick canopy over a quiet forest that whispers of barely contained power. The wilderness seems to hold its breath and hide its secrets amidst the incursions of curious humans. However‚ the lucky few‚ such as former president Jimmy Carter‚ are made privy to the innermost workings of Mother Earth’s mysteries through their time in nature. Ink becomes paint‚ pages become canvases and Carter becomes an artist in his

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    beginning with the same letter following one another. 11.I choose the 2nd and 3rd lines from the last verse‚ these lines suggest to me that the jaguar feels like he is still in the wild and still in control. The poet mentions the ’wilderness of freedom’ to remind us of the wilderness from where the jaguar came. 12.Ted Hughes gives me the impression that he likes the jaguar because the

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