Alaska Range

One of the perks of being a Pastor’s Kid that in my life time I had a chance to spend three years in Anchorage Alaska as my father was a Youth Pastor there. While Alaska is a part of the United States one of the interesting things about living there is due to it’s isolation from the lower 48 there is a difference of culture there that is not present in the lower 48. The people there have a much different life, and adapt their lifestyle to fit living up there. One of the things that every new…

for the journey. (all links are sorted and available at the bottom of this paper. The L1 L2 L3 and so format will be used.) L2: “On July 17, 1897, at 6 a.m., the steamship named Portland arrived in Seattle from Alaska with 68 miners and a cargo of "1 ton of solid gold" from the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. This incites the beginning of a massive rush to the goldfields of Canada , and a period of…

When Chris first began his journey to the wild, he caught Jim Gallien’s eye while walking on the side of an Alaskan highway. Gallien offered Chris a ride, and shortly into their conversation he learned considerable amount concerning Chris’s plans to live in the Alaskan wilderness. According to Gallien, it was easy to notice how lacking Chris was in terms of supplies and knowledge about where he was going and what exactly he was getting himself into. For his time in the wilderness, Chris only…

took these harangues in stride and in fact delighted in the boy company.”(pg 51) In other words didn’t take the advice. At the end, Ron Franz was convinced that he should do the same as Chris, explore. He decided to do this when once Chris left to Alaska. Krakauer states, “Astoundingly, the eighty-one-year-old man took the brash twenty-four-year-old vagabond’s advice to heart.” (pg. 58) It’s also said that Ron moved out of his apartment and set up camp on the bajada. This proves that with the…

Chris’ demand for escape formed throughout his life and ultimately ended his life. In the non-fictional novel, “Into The Wild¨ by Jon Krakauer depicts Chris McCandless’ odyssey into the Alaskan wild as a search for total freedom. His experience with thrill-seeking stemmed from a wild childhood, a humble and selfless young adult life, and his life before death can be described as unaccustomed. His covet for an odyssey began in his childhood, grew into his teens, and ended in as a young adult.…

In Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild, the reader can see how many issues Chris McCandless, the main character, has dealt with. Despite having many issues, Chris feels like it is best for him to leave his parents without notice so that he can go enjoy life without having to deal with anything. While he is out exploring, he finally feels free and relieved from the society that was set by his parents. Before leaving, Chris had just graduated from college and was actually planning to further his…

Beyond the Wall is a vast icy wasteland haunted with unknown terrors and secrets. There is freedom but there is a price-living is harsh, the gods are cruel, and the odds are stacked against you. Craster has mastered the art of survival in this cold wilderness and managed to carved out a place for himself and his family. He’s a shrewd and resourceful man who never shared his secret to success. Many aspects of his life remain a mystery yet one thing is certain: there is, at least, one mantle up…

McCandless’ motives for leaving his home in Annandale, Virginia and hitchhiking eventually to the Alaskan bush. Into the Wild tells McCandless’ travels throughout the US and eventually to his last days before he perishes in a bus in the Denali Borough in Alaska. In the beginning of the novel, Krakauer states that he has a bias that McCandless was a noble and honorable. Krakauer’s identification of Chris being inspirational and brave is correct. Throughout the novel McCandless goes through a…

One of the many themes in "Call of the Wild" is that only the fittest will survive in the wild. Many come prepared to the Klondike like John Thornton, but countless come with little knowledge and are unprepared like Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. It was obvious that the "Terrible Trio" were unprepared for the Klondike. They had a sled that was overweight which carried a tent that was dragged behind and large amounts of clothing and pots. John Thornton on the other hand came prepared, he…

Hey Chris here, Over these past months I have been living in Alaska. Before my arrival, I walked and caught rides. There were a variety of generous people during my journey to Alaska. While living in Alaska, as my supplies for food started running low. Fortunately, I stumbled across a moose and I was able to shoot it. My attempts to smoke it out failed, but sadly it was too late. I’ve been starving for the past weeks with nothing to eat. In my final moments of my life I couldn’t help but…