1 November 2012 Many people have come to the conclusion that Chris McCandless’ untimely death was a result of his arrogant nature or a possible psychological disorder. However‚ his death was caused by a simple mistake‚ his lack of geographical knowledge‚ and his desire to find himself. When Krakauer’s moving article in Outside magazine was published‚ copious amounts of hate mail was received regarding McCandless’ cause of death. Initially it was believed that he mistook two similar
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Chris McCandless Character Analysis One may say that Chris McCandless was an arrogant fool considering the decisions he made throughout his short life. Others may say he was an incredible inspiration and should be honored beyond his death for his choices. McCandless may have made some questionable choices within his journey‚ yet he was nothing less of an inspiration to those who feel that they have not ‘found themselves’ and deserves respect for the impact he has made. Although he is respectable
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Chris McCandless in Into The Wild is quite the adventurer‚ he travels all across the pacific region only to find himself a death of starvation. He felt no remorse for leaving his parents family and friends all for a life of adventure. Similar to chris in his rebel spirit was the early astronomer Galileo Galilei. He proposed theories in his era of science that seemed impossible and absurd to his peers(Marks 2). That took courage and guts to stand up against the odds and do what you love. These two
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Chris McCandless was a man of ideals and experience. Many people may disagree but because Chris followed and read transcendentalist authors and books‚ he learned his own truth. I agree with the author in how Chris is not wrong‚ but was reckless enough to not realize it sooner Firstly‚ Chris disliked assistance and wanted to do things himself. Tramping is too easy with all this money. “My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal...” and “No thanks anyway
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another man’s senselessness. One man’s routine is another man’s torture. Chris McCandless is not far from this analogy. In the novel‚ Into the Wild by John Krakauer‚ the eccentric story of a man who was living the American dream abandons society and takes off on a wild adventure‚ traveling America with nothing more than cheap hiking boots‚ a small riffle‚ and a ten pound bag of rice. But if McCandless had such an ideal life‚ why would he desert it? Perhaps there was an underlining issue that ate at his
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Both Cheryl Strayed and Chris McCandless embarked on a journey during their lifetime. Journeys that split anyone who heard about it into two groups. One side describes the adventurers as reckless and stupid‚ while the other side venerate their stories. Either way the stories made enough of an impact to become successful published books retelling the tales. Chris McCandless’ story was pieced together by author Jon Krakauer in the book Into the Wild. Likewise‚ Wild is the name of Cheryl Strayed’s memoir
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Transcendentalism The philosophy of transcendentalism encompasses several core values‚ such as simplicity‚ people being inherently good‚ and everyone being able to understand a higher truth through intuition. Transcendental thinkers such as Thoreau and Emerson produced several works each‚ much of which encompasses these values. Together‚ the values of transcendentalism and the writing by the supporters of these values act as pillars to hold up transcendentalism‚ like supports for a large building
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what young Chris McCandless did. Chris was different from most people; he wanted to live his life free from society and rules. I take my own stance and believe Chris McCandless wasn’t crazy or incompetent; he just wanted to escape the chaos of the world. Chris definitely left a lasting impression on everyone he met along his journey. Everyone couldn’t get enough of him. “So I asked Alex if I could adopt him‚ if he would be my grandson” (Franz 55). Ron had taken such a liking to Chris that he wanted
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Femi Olukanni Ms. Casey English 125 28 October 2014 Chris McCandless: The Naïve Adventurer Chris McCandless was a very educated man. He was a law school graduate and was also very adventurous. He thought he was invincible and that nothing could touch him and that was one of the main reasons why he had went off into the wilderness. He had a rebellious spirit because of the events that had occurred in his child hood and that had an influence of
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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 a path to travel to the Alaska and live
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