Wilderness

and similar life goals. The stories are written by Pete Fromm, and Chris McCandless. In the book, Indian Creek Chronicles, Pete Fromm portrays his life changing risky seven month long winter journey as a new found love as mountain man. Living the wilderness on his own in a self-written biography about his journeys. The movie, Into the wild, is Christopher’s story of his sudden feel of the need to escape from his every day life and unhappiness, and his parents for the ease of pain suffering what…

Jon Krakauer’s, Into the Wild, reveals a true pitiful story behind a man named Christopher McCandless, who suffered and struggled lonesome for over one hundred days in Alaska. Because Chris had appreciated wilderness so much, he abandoned his well-to-do family and traveled alone. Chris’ will to leave home affected the people around him only because of his odd dream he desired to fulfill. Untroubled, Chris created his dream within a year by relocating himself to Fairbanks, Alaska. Due to his…

Throughout my high school career the three most significant novels that I have read would be the Heart of Darkness, Into the Wild, and Harry Potter. Out of the dozens of books I have read over the last four years, these are the most significant, because they have had the most impact. I have either explored a philosophical outlook, made a connection with the story, or found a new passion. All three of which shape who I am today. The Heart of Darkness, is an exploration of hypocrisy, ambiguity,…

that Chris McCandless was not just some dumb kid who got himself killed in the Alaskan wilderness. Krakauer supports this assertion by giving the reader insight into Chris’ motives for taking the trip, hoping to influence the reader into believing that Chris was actually somewhat intelligent with his reasoning. Krakauer also included into the novel his own first-hand account of an adventure into the Alaskan wilderness very similar to that of Chris. He uses his own experience to try to…

beautiful things in life. McCandless was a man who actually went out and pursued his dream of getting to Alaska, and lived his life the way he wanted to. He was a determined, stubborn, and intelligent man who left his life back at home to go into the wilderness and seek his ambition. McCandless was very determined to follow his dreams and start a new life. Krakauer states that “[Chris] adopted a new name. No longer would he answer to…

brave person who traveled into the wild with no money and not a lot of supplies. Some people think he was stupid but I think he is a brave person. Life chose that path for him and he enjoyed traveling the country and continent of North America. The wilderness eventually caught up with him though. People wonder how he could have survived or had better chances to survive. I think he could have survived with a person by his side the whole time. He touched a lot of people’s hearts and it’s a…

imperiled species (bull trout, gray wolf, woodland caribou, grizzly bear, wolverine, lynx, fisher, harlequin duck, golden eagle, bald eagle, grate gray owl, peregrine falcon, bog birch, crested shield-fern, water howellia…etc.) none of the biodiverse wilderness of the Yaak valley is protected. “The Book of Yaak” is, at its heart one long plea from Bass to help save his home. He puts himself in between the timber companies and the Yaak despite himself. “I am so much like the creatures in this…

reader in to think about their own surroundings and if they can draw any correlation to the jar and themselves. Stevens presents the idea of assimilation, forcing the reader to think about how well they would adapt if they too, were a gray jar in the wilderness. Does this experience create a more intensified jar/person or rather just another dot on the landscape? The reader can…

constructions of the imagination that had more to do with London’s romantic sensibilities than the actuality of life in the subarctic wilderness.” (44). Once again McCandless shows he conveniently forgot that London wasn’t what McCandless was trying to be. If McCandless knew that London, who was his favorite author didn’t live like he is trying to do in the wilderness, McCandless may have come to realize that he was narcissistic and needs to head home. 
 Nonetheless, the reader viewing the tale…

learn from his experiences. Chris McCandless was able to live a new life of adventure along with gaining a more refined perspective of the world by finding his personality. Some people would think that Chris’ decision to live independently in the wilderness was outraegous, but I think that his choice was beneficial to his life. McCandless’s cutting of all physical ties really shows how a person can renew themselves in a way…