Alaska Airlines

Journeys for Fame Competitiveness is like a wild animal. Once aroused, it can’t be controlled. In the year 1911, Roald Amundsen, a figure in polar exploration, began his long journey to the South Pole, in Antarctica. He became the first person to ever succeed this dangerous objective. Only 16 years later, in 1927, a pilot named Charles Lindbergh prepared to fly from New York all the way to Paris. A $25,000 award was set up by a hotel owner in New York City for whoever could accomplish this…

The book Between Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston is a story about a man who was on a hike in Utah and fell down a shallow canyon and got his arm pinned to the canyon wall by a large boulder and being trapped for 127 hours before making his big move to escape the canyon. Three points that are very important in this book are character development, foreshadowing and imagery that relates the the books main point of choices lead to survival. There are many thoughts and decisions that Aron…

City-dwellers and Hillbillies: An analysis of the cultural divide in James Dickey’s Deliverance James Dickey’s classic novel, Deliverance, details the troubles that befall four suburbanites on a camping trip along an unfamiliar, unfriendly river. During their trip, the friends have several encounters with locals — “hillbillies.” Lewis, Ed, Bobby and Drew — city-dwellers and proud of it — make the assumption that these natives of the Appalachian Mountains are less intelligent for having been…

The Road to Sampo directed by Lee Man-hee tells the story of 3 wandering strangers who find themselves traveling together through the snowy mountains in search of a new shot at life. On the surface, this film seems like a lighthearted journey about unexpected friendship and love. But if we look deeper, we learn about the human condition and how each character had their own personal experience that shaped them over time. As the film progresses we are able to observe how their dark pasts left…

Chris McCandless died, starving and alone in the Alaskan wilderness. His death sent shockwaves through the country, inspiring the book Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer. Readers of Krakauer’s stirring novel have raised the question: was Chris McCandless unprepared for his escapade or did he merely suffer a cruel hand of fate? When the romance and mythology is removed from his story, it becomes clear that McCandless was in over his head from day one. Though he had enough confidence for 10 people and…

Into the Wild Chris McCandless was a bright and well brought-up young man with a heart and urge for freedom - except this time, he took it too far. After Chris graduated from college, he traveled around the country and finally made his way to Alaska; he planned to travel into the woods and live out a life of total solitude and freedom, confident he could make it out alive. To the dismay of his loved ones, just a short 16 weeks later his body was found by a group of hunters. The autopsy had…

In the beginning when I started this class I had so many questions, that I couldn’t wait to get the answers to. One of my questions was, who were the first people to arrive to America? When did the first migrants arrive in America. Another curiosity dealt with me wanting to know more information on Beringia and when it was uncovered and available for others to travel. I am eager to provide the history of the Bering Land Bridge Theory. Thankfully after doing some thorough research I discovered…

uncomfortable in society now and must return to road immediately” (29). McCandless wanted to get rid of his unpleasant encounters with society, considering “it his moral responsibility to flout the laws of the state” merely by living in the unstable nature of Alaska with no laws or regulations (28). McCandless is very determined to maintain this responsibility. He finds happiness by leaving his past life and journeying into the…

In Into the Wild Chris McCandless was able to live off the land in Alaska for a few months, but did not survive as long as he wanted to without dying of unknown causes (2). Chris Mccandless was full of wanderlust and his goal was to live in Alaska without any assistance or modern technology. He did a successful job for a while, but ended up being unprepared. Therefore despite his strong desire to fulfill…

understand how society works so he set off into the wilderness of Alaska to understand the meaning of life. Also, Chris is the young man in “Death of an Innocent”, by Jon Krakalier and the movie Into the Wild by Sean Penn. I highly admire the idea that Christopher was attempting cause you shouldn't always have to depend on a society to survive in life. Christopher McCandless should be admired for his courage to set off into the Wild lands of Alaska to attempt to understand transcendentalism.…