Christopher McCandless, Wayne Westerberg, Gene Rossellini, John Waterman, Carl McCunn, and Everett Ruess. They are all a list of men who broke society’s norm. But what makes them alike and different? Christopher is similar to these men in the sense that some of them were the athletic yet the intelligent type, a few of them desired the nomadic, vagabond lifestyle, and he shares the same inspiration as Ruess by authors such as Jules Verne and Jack London. But are also different in the way that Chris didn’t share the same upbringing as most of the other men. He didn’t take his own life and he wasn’t prepared for what he was about to face. Christopher McCandless shares some similarities with the men on the list. First he had the athletic and intelligent
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The similarities that they share are, that like Chris some of them were athletic and succeeded in school. Another similarity that they share is that Chris and Ruess were both inspired by authors. Not only were they inspired by authors, but authors who wrote about living in the Last Frontier or in the wild. The last similarity I observed was that all the men shared the same desire and longing to live outside of society's standards. They didn’t want to live a perpetual lifestyle in civilization, they wanted to experience what it was like to live off the land. Yet all these men are different than Chris in their own unique way. For example, unlike Rosselini, Chris never wished to cause harm to himself. He didn’t perpetuate any self harm like Rossellini did. In addition to not committing suicide, Chris sets himself apart in the sense that his background was nothing like Wayne’s or most of the men for that matter. Lastly, Chris never would of thought that his life would have ended how it did. He went into the bush thinking it should pretty much be a cakewalk, as shown in many movies. He was never prepared like McCunn. He never saw any of the hardships living in the wild brought, coming. This list of men have many things in common, but with each case comes features that diversifies them and sets them apart as
The similarities that they share are, that like Chris some of them were athletic and succeeded in school. Another similarity that they share is that Chris and Ruess were both inspired by authors. Not only were they inspired by authors, but authors who wrote about living in the Last Frontier or in the wild. The last similarity I observed was that all the men shared the same desire and longing to live outside of society's standards. They didn’t want to live a perpetual lifestyle in civilization, they wanted to experience what it was like to live off the land. Yet all these men are different than Chris in their own unique way. For example, unlike Rosselini, Chris never wished to cause harm to himself. He didn’t perpetuate any self harm like Rossellini did. In addition to not committing suicide, Chris sets himself apart in the sense that his background was nothing like Wayne’s or most of the men for that matter. Lastly, Chris never would of thought that his life would have ended how it did. He went into the bush thinking it should pretty much be a cakewalk, as shown in many movies. He was never prepared like McCunn. He never saw any of the hardships living in the wild brought, coming. This list of men have many things in common, but with each case comes features that diversifies them and sets them apart as