Chris McCandless Essay

to his friend Wayne Westerberg on April 27, 1992 is the last message that the protagonist Chris McCandless wrote before heading into the Alaskan wilderness alone. “This is the last you shall hear from me”. This states that Chris will have no communication to the outside world from now on. The quotes “It might be a very long time before I return South” and “If this adventure proves fatal” indicate that Chris perhaps knew that he could be jeopardizing his life for the trip, which was expected to…

adventures and had a goal to accomplish just like Chris McCandless. I believe that Krakauer did have an acceptable background to speak about Chris McCandless’s journey for various reasons. Krakauer had just graduated from college when he attempted to climb a mountain in Alaska. In the article, “ Climbing Into Jon Krakauer”, it states “In 1977, Krakauer made several attempts to climb Devil's Thumb, a mountain in Southeastern Alaska.” Just like Chris, Krakauer had a goal in Alaska, whether it…

Chris McCandless, a.k.a. Alex Supertramp, was a man who decided to abandon the usual materialistic lifestyle to search for the actual meaning of life while roaming in the margins of society and in nature. In 1992, he met his end after living alone for months in the wilderness of Alaska. A few years later, Jon Krakauer decided to tell his story through the book Into the Wild, which was written based on interviews with family members and people who Chris met through his voyage, as well as on a…

but to show people that there is an escape from reality. Through McCandless, the wild was initially portrayed as harrowing and unpredictable, but as time went on McCandless learned to adapt to the wild, and bury himself from the flow of civilization. In the middle of McCandless’s travels, he encounters an elderly man named Ronald Franz. Franz, a man who seems to think he has fully lived, his life, sees a new person in McCandless that ultimately caused him to strongly consider spending his last…

as imbeciles. These individuals are Chris McCandless and Edward Snowden. Both of these men are known for their reputation of being rebellious in society and choosing to live lives of isolation. While these men have this in common, they both have very different childhood backgrounds and upbringings. Both Chris McCandless and Edward Snowden were social rebels who did what they felt was right,…

book illustrates the life of Chris McCandless, a young adventurer. Chris left everything he had, including his family, to live a life of freedom from insignificant and materialistic items in the great wilderness of Alaska. Chris used the resources and abilities that living in this free country gave him to to live the life he wanted, even though it ended in tragedy. Every American has this same freedom and opportunity, even when it seems hard to reach. Chris McCandless was able to fulfill his…

Timothy Treadwell and Christopher McCandless shared many things in common, such as an inner yearning of wanting to be pushed to their limits, and to prove they could succeed, despite the limits. Unfortunately, the journeys prove to be fatal, yet prove to better and fulfill the man taking them. Although they had the same idea of “living life on the edge,” their motives were completely different, which questions their sanity on different levels. Chris McCandless was naturally talented at…

After reading the book into the wild by Jon Krakauer it showed me that Chris was not crazy and the different aspects of the trip. Why would someone so wealthy drop everything to go into the wild, although he did do it for himself, but did hurt everyone around him. He hurt everyone around him by dropping them and not talking to them and leaving them to find out about his death through the ones who found him. In the documentary that his sisters and parents starred in helped out with truth of his…

Miller’s “How to Be Stupid,” he exposes Channel One for all the manipulative tactics used to sell a product to its viewers. While Krakauer’s “Into the Wild” is a retelling of the story of a man named Chris McCandless that goes on a voyage to existentially discover himself and his meaning for living. McCandless had a difficult childhood, and had an outlook on life that many would not even fathom. However, this journey is often lampooned by idolized figures that have gone through similar…

Christopher McCandless: a Modern Day Transcendentalist Albert Einstein, a world known theoretical physicist once said, “The human spirit must prevail over technology.” Due to the demand of the ever increasing electronic world, individuals sometimes want to get away from the over-stimulated technology infused lifestyle we live in. Going back to the transcendentalist era of the early 1800s, Transcendentalism is a very formal word that describes a very simple idea. People have equal knowledge about…