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    Crossfire Trail Author: Louis L’Amour Charles Rodney had been broken down, forced to work and was beaten constantly for the last year. This last beating killed him. One of his good friends Rafe Caradec was on the ship when he was dying. He had Rafe to promise him to keep his ranch on his land in Wyoming safe and take care of his wife, Ann Rodney. Rafe promised him. Rafe went and traveled to his ranch in Wyoming. He went into the town’s saloon near his land and made a toast to Charles…

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    Into the Wild rough draft Chris McCandless was born into a wealthy family, taking vacations every year along with being a little spoiled. Unfortunately, he didn’t have such a good relationship with his family, which led Chris to run away only being close to his sister. Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, shows us that even the rich people that have everything that one can ask for, also go through alot. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as self reliant and…

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    to hike into the wild because he wanted to find himself. He saw his parents, who were not very open or exciting people. Chris lived his life through what his parents’ wanted/expected. This is something the Chris did not want. He wanted a purpose in life and that was something he hadn’t found yet. Going into the wild Chris did not know what was going to happen and that is exactly what he wanted. He wanted to live off the wild and experience a life different from his structured life. Chris felt…

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    shelter/warmth. But Chris Mccandless had hardly any food or clothing to keep warm, which brings me to ponder why he would run away from the complete life he already had. But after I learned about Chris’ life back in El Segundo, California, I understood why he escaped to his only home he ever knew, the wilderness. In Jon Krakauer’s book “Into The Wild”, Chris Mccandless struggled to figure out his self-meaning and died in isolation in the wilderness, and I completely support his decision.“At long…

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    In the memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed, she recounts her 1,100 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). After losing her mother to lung cancer, her marriage ending in divorce because of her infidelity, her family struggling to stay connected, and her drug use, Strayed turned to the PCT in hopes of finding herself and becoming the woman her mother always hoped she would be. While visiting Minneapolis, she picks up the book, The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 1: California. At first, she picks up…

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    himself forward, tightening the traces with a clashing lunge. While the audience are in disbelief, and the bets are going up by the minute. Buck is wondering if its really happening, but he’s having weird flashbacks to the days he was living a perfect life. He was cut off by a loud shout while have these flashbacks. “BUCK ARE YOU READY” yelled Thorton, as he’s whispering slowly to him buck only hears one thing he says “I will love you buck if you win or lose”. Buck felt cold-hearted, he…

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    If a man walks into the woods as a protest against the rampant materialism and conformity of society, and no one is there to hear him scream in rage, does he make a sound? Directed by Sean Penn, Into the Wild is a film based on the true events which inspired Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name. Rather than revolving the plot around McCandless and his journey, both Krakauer and Penn took a different path on telling the story. The novel relied heavily on McCandless’ journal and accounts from…

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    identified as Christopher Johnson McCandless. Following his death, many people began to question McCandless's state of mind and purpose of living in the wild. Thus, raising the question of why McCandless's death evokes such strong emotion in people? I believe McCandless serves a symbol of freedom, pureness and the disbelief of the modern American life; however, how can one respect his actions and decisions that can be deemed foolish or dangerous?…

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    In The nonfiction book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, a young man named Chris McCandless set out on a journey into the Alaskan widerness to live in the wild. On this journey, he experiences many hardships including lack of food and disease. Depsite these obstacles, he is determined to continue his journey, and goes on to learn from his experiences. Chris McCandless was able to live a new life of adventure along with gaining a more refined perspective of the world by finding his personality.…

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    Chris McCandless always wanted to lead a life different than his normal one. Unfortunately, he somehow died trying to do that. Chris McCandless, an average man, became one of the most significant Alaskan back country survivors of all time. McCandless was born and raised in El Segundo, California on February 12, 1968. Chris had a little sister named Carine. He had a very busy father. Infact his father has a rocket engineer. His father was abusive to Chris and Carmine. It was a fact that he was a…

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