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charity and hitchhike to Alaska to live within the wilderness. Christopher abandons all family and during his lengthy journey to Alaska meets different people that help shape him in a unique way. Christopher ultimately wants to live off the land, only having what he needs. Although he states he does not want or need anything to be attached to, he makes human connections with like-minded individuals which provide an influence on his decisions and his overall journey to Alaska. In the end of his…

A brave man by the name of Aron Ralston had went on a beautiful trip to Blue John Canyon to hike and climb thousand foot rocks. While on this very risky journey, he had fallen into a narrow ravine and a boulder had rolled and dropped onto his right hand crushing bones and all. Aron spent 127 hours trapped by this boulder trying to find a way to remove the boulder from his useless crushed hand. Unfortunately no strategy of his could loosen the boulder from its devastating spot to get free so Aron…

As I am someone that has no interest in mountain climbing, Kevin Macdonald’s interpretation of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’s intrepid journey, ‘Touching the Void’, is a powerful film that is sure to turn heads and has definitely made me reconsider spending time mountain climbing. This docudrama follows a tragic incident that results in one man’s fight for survival after Joe and Simon’s descent up the unclimbed Peruvian Andes and ends with the audience questioning what they would do. To achieve…

through high school and college to a surprising degree,but the boy raged inwardly all the while.”(pg 64). Chris was stubborn and he wouldn’t let anyone or anything that could stop him to find his ultimate freedom.He had many people tell him to not go to Alaska because it could kill him. But this stubborn…

Deepan Patel December 9, 2016 Period: 2 ERWC Mr. Taylor Into the Wild Essay Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, is about a young man from a rich family who hitchhiked to Alaska and walked all the way into the wilderness. Chris McCandless shows many personality traits. Chris is very intelligent in school, he is very strong willed, he is rebellious in his own ways, he doesn't like it when someone gives him advice or tells him what to do, and he is self involved, he is also very idealistic. He gets…

with all the lovely families and individuals he met throughout his journey. Krakauer explains that Chris did not commit suicide nor did he have a death wish he was just determined to achieve something on his own and it so happened to be that trip to Alaska.“ We like…

characteristics of himself in the book Into the Wild, but mainly his drive for reducing dependence on property. Early on in the book Into the Wild Chris McCandless demonstrates his desire to reduce dependence on property. McCandless is on a trek through Alaska, hitchhiking his way when possible. Chris McCandless, at the time, was…

dawns on him as he looks at the view of a distant city and imagines people watching television or eating dinner. The absence of human contact compels him to recognize the value of companionship, foreshadowing a similar discovery Chris will uncover in Alaska. The inclusion of Krakauer’s own story in Into the Wild does the opposite of complicating McCandless’s story. It allows the audience to see, if not into McCandless’s mind, at least into the mind of someone who had a similar mindset. While…

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…

In Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, a 16-year-old boy named John Grady dreams of becoming a cowboy even though stuck in the mid 1900s, long after the frontier period has ended. The book follows John Grady’s quest for his ideal life as a cowboy and can be divided into four distinct parts following the four chapters. During each of these quarters, John Grady gains qualities which form him into a mythic western hero. In the first chapter, John Grady runs away from home and acts in the way…