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    “Selection From Into the Wild” this longing to hold on to his youth and yet gain freedom from and society 's restrictions, and his traumatic childhood came with a willingness to take a two year transcontinental journey where he would eventually wind up in Alaska. Unknowing, that this obsession to find his true self…

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    Christopher Mccandless

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    his journeys, he met new people yet never introduced himself by his real name because he did not want people to know his true identity. In April of 1992, Supertramp makes it to Alaska where he is forced to read up on plants and berries in efforts to take advantage of his surroundings. Some of Supertramps adventures in Alaska led him to places such as Mt. Mckinley and the Stampede…

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    living mostly by himself in the wild and trying to reach his goal of getting to Alaska. Chris decides to make this journey after learning about a secret his parents hid from him since he was born. This revelation led him to have a warped sense of his childhood and the relationship he has with his parents. While on his travel, he meets many people and forms unique connections with each of them. Ultimately, Chris reaches Alaska but dies after living there for over one hundred days. With all the…

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    Gambling In Alaska

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    no land based casinos in Alaska that can offer table games such as Roulette. Even the tribal casinos which are available in other states that don’t allow commercial gambling are not present in Alaska. In fact, Alaska is considered to be one of the stricter states in US and excited gamers who like table games and spinning slots have to opt for the online casinos. The closest live gambling casino site in Alaska is an Alaskan cruise ship at sea. There are no online based Alaska casinos as well.…

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    Everyone in his family admired his personality and his way of being unique. On the other hand people that only know his story think of him differently. Many people say that Chris was an arrogant rich kid and that he had no business being out in the Alaska wild. People also say that Chris was insane or crazy. None of that truly describes Chris McCandless. Shaun Callarman states that Chris died because he was “just plain crazy”. Chris was just like any other 24 year old man. All he wanted to do…

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    Into the Wild Argumentative Essay Christopher McCandless stated “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure, the joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.” Chris McCandless had been a very spontaneous person in his time of living. McCandless always did things the way he wanted to do them. He was an independent person who did courageous things. McCandless never let people get him down, because he knew the things he did were gonna be fascinating…

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    McCandless’ motives for leaving his home in Annandale, Virginia and hitchhiking eventually to the Alaskan bush. Into the Wild tells McCandless’ travels throughout the US and eventually to his last days before he perishes in a bus in the Denali Borough in Alaska. In the beginning of the novel, Krakauer states that he has a bias that McCandless was a noble and honorable. Krakauer’s identification of Chris being inspirational and brave is correct. Throughout the novel McCandless goes through a…

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    school friend of McCandless, explained, “[Chris] was born into the wrong century. He was looking for more adventure and freedom than today’s society gives people.” (119) Another aspect that was unpractical of Chris, that led to his unfortunate death in Alaska, was his seclusion and his desire to be alone. According to Billie McCandless, “He seemed mad at us more often, and he became more withdrawn—no, that’s not the…

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    Chris In Into The Wild

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    In Krakauer’s widely known novel, Into The Wild, Krakauer explains a story about how a man named Chris went to Alaska and died of starvation. Chris was born into a rich family and graduated from a prodigious university. However, he was not complacent with his life and wanted to avoid family trauma. He then ran away from his problems and decided to leave for Alaska. Since he was an ascetic and fervently believed that he belonged in the wild, he immediately left his home and abandoned his…

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    All the different observations about the points of view that explain how Chris lived his life and how the wild helped him realize and come through all the obstacles in his life and how hard he had to work out there in Alaska in the wild, Although the author wants to live a happy life when he steps into those woods but sometimes you can't compare mother nature to an ordinary life in the city with regular people and to be honest that was the cause of this man's death. Chris…

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