Team Mccandless “If you want something in this life ‚reach out and grab it “ (Krakauer) . Due to Chris McCandless he was trying to find a true meaning to life. In order for him to understand himself and find himself in the world he choice to leave society. In the book “Into The Wild “ I believe that Chris McCandless was a fearless young man . Chris followed his dreams by going into the wild to get out of society .The majority of the human population will disagree with Chris choices and think
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Yashoswini Chakraborty Unforeseen Wild Berries Over the summer‚ my parents and I took a rousing vacation to Northern Alaska. As a young girl‚ I always yearned to visit Alaska and viewing its vast mountain range and nonpareil wildlife. As there wasn’t much opportunity to see that in the monotonous New Jersey. I have always considered hiking and viewing natural pulchritude as a form of merriment. Case in point‚ my father and I hiked in the Grand Canyon‚ approximately three years ago ‚ feeling
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and take on a new name‚ Alexander Supertramp. Alexander(Chris) donated all of his money to Oxfam International and set a goal for himself: to travel to Alaska and to love off of the wilderness. Once people read the article about Alexander’s adventure and death many people said choice things regarding him. Many of those people were from Alaska. They said he was unprepared‚ idiotic‚ suicidal‚ and even crazy. But Alexander Supertramp was not suicidal‚ nor was he crazy. Jon Krakauer stated many
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The last true frontier In the 1890s gold was found in tributaries along the Klondike River‚ once found tens of thousands of people flocked to Alaska to try a strike it rich. The primary mode of transportation in Alaska were sled dogs‚ these dogs were able to run up to 40 miles a day on just a few hours of sleep. The novel “Call of the Wild” is the harrowing tale of a dog plucked from his home and thrust into the deadly Alaskan Yukon‚ forced to either become a sled dog and carve out his own niche
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interested in the true story of this young man who ended up dying in Alaska. I went to buy the book at Kinokuniya. In 1992‚ a young man by the name of Christopher McCandless from a well-to-do family in the US abandoned everything he possessed after graduating with honours from University. For the next two years‚ he lived off the streets‚ travelling from place to place‚ living on the bare minimum. Finally‚ he hitchhiked to Alaska with little food (only 5 pounds of rice) and equipment as he wanted
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gave him. “Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits‚ people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives” (Krakauer‚ 6). This is exactly what Chris was trying to do when he went into the Alaskan wilderness. He wanted to escape the rules and suffering he faced in society. He “ESCAPED FROM ATLANTA.” (Krakauer‚ 112)‚ he did not want to stay there because he wanted to escape his parents and his false life. His goal was to go to Alaska and live
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to Cellarmans argument and maybe others point of views. In my perspective I agree but disagree as well although I agree with the argument that was said by Callarmans. As I state a quote that was said by Shaun Callarman “ had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness”. As it says “Romantic silliness” he was meaning that he wanted to die in a poetic but as well as a beautiful surrounding of love and happiness. He traveled to find himself into the wilderness to figure out who he is.
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and many other places. Pictures of volcanoes‚ oceans‚ islands were taken. Each of them represents an amazing vacation that I had. However‚ none of them can be compared to the “Winter” vacation‚ the one to Alaska by cruise. This trip left me a fantastic memory. I favor the vacation to Alaska. We had a chance to watch the whales in the ocean. I had desired to watch the whales in Juneau. I was so excited that I almost dropped my telescope into the deep‚ blue water. I could see a whale flipping in
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recession that is present within our country. There have been thoughts and ideas about how to correct this downfall to make a turn for the better. One of the strong ideas of drilling for oil within our country has been a topic of discussion. Up in Alaska in a deserted area called ANWR we know there is large amount of oil that has been resting underground untouched. Financially the United States could drilling for oil developing a huge investment and turn our economy around for the better; within this
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some believe that Chris was a man that was not mental stable. When to people are alike they also can be different. Alaska they were both were destined for‚ and they both there remain were frozen hard as stone. I would like to discuss the difference I see between the two men. I believe that McCandless was a more prepared man then McCunn. Chris believe that he would make it out of Alaska that he could live in and with nature because he wrote to his many friends that he would like to see them soon. However
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