Alaska Range

The role of relationships in Sean Penn's "Into The Wild", are found all the way throughout the movie. The 3 main characters that changed Christopher McCandless' life are Wayne, Ron and Chris's parents. These complex relationships affected his life, and changed his entire reality. Wayne was a huge factor towards Chris's confidence. He tried to help Chris in anyway he could, whether it be food, a place to stay or even money. Chris worked for him multiple times, for the first few times he worked…

(put an opening sentence here later lol) Christopher McCandless fled his family in pursuit of his own personal dream: a life in Alaska where he could live off the land- which resulted in his death. McCandless often discussed social and economical issues in his life, and it was surprising that he didn’t try to fix them, and instead escaped them. Adam Shepard conceived a plan to leave his current life and catapult himself to the rock bottom of poverty, and try to climb up to at least a moderate…

What was Chris McCandless? Chris affected many people on his two-year journey. He became very close to every person he met and barely anyone disliked him. Chris had something about him that left a huge impact on anyone he met. He met Ron Franz and stayed with him for a couple days. Chris left such an impact on Ron that he asked to adopt Chris. Let that sink in for a second, this elderly man who barely knows Chris wants to adopt him as his own son only after having Chris in his life for an…

becomes more familiar with a couple and everybody appreciates his power and ability to live totally by his own beliefs needing no support from anyone. After almost two years of adventures traveling, McCandless decide to settle on an arrangement to go to Alaska and live in the wild totally alone, and with not many supplies to make sure whether he could survive or not. He then spends couple of months planning and realizing everything he can about chasing, planting and other techniques that would…

at Walden. Although his goal was to find the true meaning of life, which he thought was predetermined and meant to be discovered by the world, the outcomes and consequences of his journey proved to be naturalist as well. Once McCandless arrived in Alaska, he began to face the struggles of life without certainty of food and shelter. When he found the abandoned bus, he began to keep track of the days and wrote quotes about life promoting his transcendental beliefs. However, nature began to take…

On the first Saturday of March, the people in Anchorage, Alaska are preparing to cover 1,000 miles in the Alaskan wilderness (Brown 12; Burgman 7). These people are competing in the Iditarod, a dog race from Anchorage to Nome held every year, hoping to earn a $50,000 cash prize and a four-wheel drive truck (Brown 62). The name Iditarod comes from the name of an abandoned mining town located halfway between the start and end of the race (Doyle 14). The Iditarod race is an Alaskan tradition that…

course early in the morning, eager to play and equipped with my lustrous deep red set of metallic clubs. We were divided into groups and proceed to different parts of the golf course. Like most standard golf courses, this course also had a driving range and additional putting greens for exclusively practicing those skills. We spent the cool mornings in those two areas surrounded…

In the United States, we have one of the lowest education rates in the world. We are behind countries like China and Japan. In New York State especially, we have a system called Common Core. Common Core is a system that provides clear and consistent learning goals to to help students prepare for college, career and life. In kindergarden, kids have to take tests and fill in bubbles on answer sheets and when they get to high school, they have to take Regent examinations which is a test that New…

Geography is the study of the interaction between people within their environment at a place. It includes three factors: space, place, and environment. In this paper, I will first explain what those three factors entail. Then, I will relate the factors to Portland in detail. Finally, I will discuss the research a geographer would need to produce knowledge by exploration and observation in regards to a city. The central concepts of geography are the space, place, and environment. The three…

Here is a classic mic that is a favorite the world over. This mic is used on a lot of other things besides vocals, but it is hard to not think of vocals and the RE20 together. One of the well known characteristics that this mic is known for is the fact that is has virtually no proximity effect. The proximity effect is a boost in bass response associated with directional microphones when you come within roughly 12” of the mic. The proximity effect can be used to your advantage, but it needs to be…