Chris McCandless Essay

One of the many reason people move to Alaska is because of how much adventure is out there. Most of them seeking a rebellion of some kind and others just looking for an adventure. Many people find many reason Chris went into the wild, transcendentalism, his defiance of society and the domestic violence he experienced as a child. All of those reason are a what impacted to go into the wild. The transcendentalist way of life may be hard but some people feel it is the only way a person should…

man, but a man with outstanding quality and greatness about him. His own destruction is for a greater cause or principle. The novel, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, is about a young man, Christopher Johnson McCandless, who leaves his whole life behind to go live in the Alaskan wilderness. Chris is a great example of a tragic hero because he did not agree with society and abandoned all his worldly possessions to find himself and discover his true identity. In order to be classified as a tragic…

Christopher Johnson McCandless was a bright, young man from a well-to-do family; whom after graduating college, donated all of his money to charity, gave himself the alias, ‘Alexander Supertramp’, and briskly set off to venture into the wilderness of Alaska. With these events of his life left behind, McCandless embarked on symbolic journey, not just to live off the wild, but use his journey as an emblem of a modern day transcendentalist that he set out to be. McCandless used this expedition as a…

The story takes an exceedingly quick twist when on the next chapter, a group of hunters find out a dead body, under the name of Chris McCandless. “It wasn’t until I walked around to the other side and saw a head sticking out that I knew for certain what it was. Chris McCandless had been dead for two and a half weeks” (Krakauer 11). Once the reader is able to find out about the main character being dead, in a disordered chronological way of showing the…

Chris McCandless has always been fond of literature and uses an excerpt from a book as a last ditch effort to save himself. Unfortunately, this message did not alert anyone to Chris’s whereabouts regretfully he died. His body was found nineteen days after his death decomposing and succumbing to the harsh weather. Chris (Alex) is a free soul that wanders through the world looking for life’s purpose. He decided to take up camp with Westerberg. He offered Chris a job, which Chris accepted and…

The movie Into the Wild as well as the story Death of an Innocent tells the exciting, yet questionable adventure of Chris Mccandless, who left his family, home, and money to separate himself from society and to live the life he wanted. His parents, Walt and Billie McCandless set him up for an impressive, promising life, but Chris took this promising, successful future and spun it into an unnecessary, dangerous journey which led him to his desperate death. Chris’s decision to go on this journey…

experiences Chris Mccandless endured both on his trek to Alaska and the time in the wild. Chris Mccandless, on paper, had the perfect life, he was raised by a well-to-do family outside Washington D.C., graduated Emory University with no student debt, and a trust fund with $25,000. However, this ‘perfect life’ was a facade, Chris was disgusted by the consumerist society. Through exploring the concept of removing one’s self from the materialistic and corrupt modern society, Chris McCandless’…

special garden on school grounds that we were responsible for keeping alive and healthy. Being in touch with nature and giving back to my community was the best experience of my life. It is nothing compared to Chris McCandless journey or what he did, but it is my most joyful experience. Chris journey is none like any other i have ever heard…

When humans are stuck in routines, trapped with distractions, and need more than a breath of fresh air, they may venture into the wild permanently, in an attempt to live deliberately. Chris McCandless, an independent thinker who followed the example of Henry David Thoreau, is a prime depiction of this; he left his abusive parents, his lavish lifestyle, and his money in an effort to be a self reliant human, one connected with nature in order to feed his soul. “Superfluous wealth can buy…

You're Missing Something Christopher McCandless is a man who had everything and gave it up because he was annoyed with the world and he wanted to escape. The drastic decision he made captivated many, especially the author Jon Krakauer because he had a similar experience and he could relate to McCandless's disappointments. Jan's review is based on the Outside Magazine article that was written by Krakauer describing McCandless's journey. To some McCandless' story is just a tale of nature's harsh…