Have Faith “I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before‚ in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing‚ or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security‚ conformity‚ and conservatism‚ all of which may appear to give one peace of mind
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Richard Miller has a lot to say in The Dark Night Of The Soul but one thing that really stuck out to me was that there is only so much we can do to try and control the behavior of students. Reading and writing isn’t going to save every one of their problems. It can have just as much of an effect on someone today as technology can. In most of the stories he shows there is this concept along with many others that have to do with reading and writing. “ It’s reassuring to think that either the work
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In a society where people tend to follow the trend‚ money and possession are all valuable‚ but to McCandless‚ a twenty two year old hitchhiker‚ nothing is more important than freedom. Jon Krakauer wrote the novel Into The Wild because McCandless’s life fascinated him. Through Krakauer’s guidance‚ we are able to see McCandless’s characteristics‚ his point of view towards life‚ his reasons for leaving home‚ and similar cases to his. In some people’s eyes‚ Chris McCandless may seem as an impulsive
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to consider him family. We saw this in the film with Ron who wanted to adopt Chris. This was also summed up by the last words Chris wrote which were “Happiness is only real when shared.” He had realised that although he enjoyed the solitude of the wild‚ sharing his joy with someone else was most important. Finally Chris discovered that he could understand the truth of life by living a simple one. Nature was a place of happiness where he could exist to understand himself and the world. One
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I agree that Chris McCandless was ignorant and bright at the same time but he liked to do what he did. He didn’t really have common sense but he was brave. Chris McCandless came from a rich family and graduated from Emory University he was a top athlete and a top student in the University. Whenever he graduated from college‚ Instead of embarking on a prestigious career or work he chose to give his savings to charity. i think if he would of kept studying he would of had a good life and lived longer
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Cited: Krakauer‚ Jon. Into The Wild. New York: First Anchor‚ 1996. Print
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young man named Matt Shepard being murdered‚ and how he became lost in the wake of the movement that followed. Similarly‚ Jon Krakauer retraces the story of a young man named Chris McCandless who died in the Alaskan wilderness in his piece “Into the Wild.” The death of a person can become gradually more complex based on if it was natural‚ accidental or murder‚ if it was sudden‚ or slow‚ or if it was intentional. These are things that are easy to tell people‚ but make a big difference in the story.
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Study Questions for Into the Wild Chapter 1 1. What date does Jim Gallien pick up the hitchhiker? 2. By the time he drops off the hitchhiker what does Jim Gallien think of him? 3. By the end of the chapter what do you know about the hitchhiker? Chapter Chapter 2 1. Describe the land where Alex disappears. 2. Who visits the bus and what do they find? What date is it? 3. Write down what you have found out about Alex. Chapter 3 1. What was Alex’ adopted home like? When did he first arrive there?
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Chris McCandless or better known as Alex Supertramp are similar people in many ways when it comes to being different than other people‚ but they are also very different in their own unique and special ways. Both of them stepped out of the traditional bounds of society by not being like other people. Not many people would protest for their rights such as Martin Luther King did and many people wouldn’t want to live off the land in Alaska such as Chris McCandless did. Even
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purpose. In Chapters eight and nine when are introduced to the stories of Gene Rosellini‚ John Waterman‚ Carl McCunn‚ and Everett Ruess. Each man had a different story however obviously the same skeletal structure. Gene had began his journey into the wild as an experiment “in knowing if it was possible to be independent of modern technology” and revert to primitive lifestyles (Krakauer 74). Previously being a 4.0 GPA student and a star athlete‚ Gene eventually became overcome by his soon-to-be failed
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