Alaska Essay

“Let’s go on an adventure!” I said. “Where?” said Primo. “The forest behind Tias ranch of course, duh! Go get your sister and meet us outside, and come on Rayne.” As we headed outside I thought of the adventure that awaits us. I thought about what I’d do in different situations. For example, if we got lost, or attacked by a cougar or something. Finally Prima and Primo came outside. “Finally, you guys took forever!” said Rayne. “Yeah but I had to take a shower and get ready” said Prima.…

A man whose goal is to become lost in the wild has recently become the ideal picture of what people aspire to be. Chris McCandless and his journey, depicted in Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, is the face behind the story that everyone wanted to live. Turning down the conformity of society and living a minimalistic life has helped Chris find who he was while in the wild. Minimalism throughout Chris McCandless's journey in Into The Wild helps him work through his thoughts; and over time leads him…

Throughout salva’s personal journey he learned many lessons that impacted him in A Long Walk to Water making him more independent, braver and more of a leader. Salva became more independent as a person because in the book A Long Walk to Water slava was left in a barn all by himself and he had to find a way to get to the refugee camp, I can support this because in the text it states “Finally he sat up and opened his eyes no one else was in the barn. Nobody.Nothing. They had left him. He was…

In his essay, “Walking,” Henry David Thoreau discusses a number of ideas on wilderness and society, and makes several bold claims about society’s detrimental effect on the “wild.” He begins by expressing his affinity for taking long walks on which he “saunters” outdoors. Thoreau explains that not everyone is equipped with the necessary disposition for these types of journeys and says, “no wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession.”…

The Electoral College is in place to decide the president of the United States. There are people that agree on it and people that do not. The Electoral College System is an inadequate form of electing the president of the United States, there are better ways to go about choosing a president in a more Democratic way. Having a popular vote, or by deciding by congressional districts would be other options that Congress has thought about, and even states have signed in on being for a National…

I have travelled to many places in my life but my fondest memory is when I lived in Manhattan, Kansas, my fifth grade year. I was President of our school's “Environmental Club”. We went around the community to clean our public parks, the sides of the roads, and other public places. In addition, we had the opportunity to plant flowers in front of our public library. Including all of this, we each had our own special garden on school grounds that we were responsible for keeping alive and healthy.…

I agree with Callarman’s argument. Chris McCandless was a top student and athlete at Emory University. He graduated and already had a great career set for him. He had no business going into the Alaskan Wilderness. Why he went into the Alaskan Wilderness? I don’t know. He just made his decisions based on his arrogance. I don’t think he made the best decisions when he was on his own, but they were the decisions he wanted to make. He…

Some say McCandless was stupid for going out into the wilderness without knowing what he was doing. But he wasn't, yes he had errors that cost him his life but he enjoyed the journey. There are many critics and non believers who doubt that he did not find what he was looking for but we can not be sure if he did or not. He wasn’t mentally ill but he did have things in his mind he needed to sort out. Like Krakauer says, McCandless was something else, though no one exactly knows what he was. We all…

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The first words of the case study are, “For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton” (Koehn, 2010, p.1). While Shackleton was known for being great during disasters, his leadership skills were the core problem of the case study. The case study explains that ever since Shackleton was young, he wanted to excel at being an explorer. Shackleton’s father…