Alaska Range

self-absorbed, intermittently reckless, [and] moody…figures of male authority aroused in [them] a confusing medley of corked fury and hunger to please” (Krakauer 134). These characteristics pushed both men over the ledge and into the wild - more specifically, Alaska. With such similarities, readers can deduce that the two men would prepare in a like way. From each man, readers may know one mistake he made that could have killed him. For Krakauer, “[his] ten-foot curtain rods seemed a poor…

The stories of Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell’s journeys to Alaska, provokes the common person to ask at the end of it all: Are they men that people should look up to, or are they just individuals who bit off a little more than they could chew? The author of Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, reveals Chris McCandless to be an introvert who feels the need to remove himself from a typical life in society and begin his own adventures to figure out who he really is. In an effort to show the issues…

In chapter XIV of Our Southern Highlanders, Horace Kephart delves into the reasons why the inhabitants of Appalachia accepted solitude and also analysing their family ties, customs, holidays and religious traditions. “The Law of the Wilderness” is composed of seven pages each dealing with a different topic, a good amount of information fills the pages providing a good insight into the minds and the way of living of the Appalachian inhabitants. From isolation to religious beliefs through some…

The book, Into the Wild, features Christopher McCandless, a young man who dies at the age of twenty-four from his adventure into the state of Alaska. Throughout his journey, McCandless suffers through the hardships of the wild but still manages to find alternative ways in order to achieve his goal. With his own ideas to create something out of nothing, he develops independency. McCandless demonstrates the values of the American spirit to an extent because he perseveres through all the obstacles…

In the horror fictional novel Perfume, Patrick Süskind reflects the Christian relationship between the father and son and humans through aquatic imagery portraying Grenouille's godlike qualities. Perfume takes place in France during the mid-18th century and the Seven Years War. The novel begins with Grenouille's birth in a fish market in dirty, unsanitary Paris, where he also learns the art of tannery and perfuming. In Paris, He smells the ocean for the first time. However, his inability to…

In the book Peak, Peak has been Selflessness in the beginning, but going to the end he was nice to everything and not selflessness care about people and wasted his money for Sun-jo.Care more about josh to his dad and mom.This book was written by Roland Smith and name is Peak.Peak in the beginning always want to climb the mountain and did not care what would happen, but at the end he did. Peak selflessness is the main topic for this summary.In the book it says that peak wasted his money for…

McCandless,as a kid, showed he was impulsive to the ideas that came to his mind. Once he began to think of something it was an immediate reaction to try to make that come true no matter what. The reason why he went to Alaska may never be known, but the thought of him wanting to go to Alaska was another thing and he actually accomplished…

be appalling psychological changes within a person. In Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, the main character Chris McCandless had a certain drive to him. His parents drove him away but he did not strive for a new home. He had been dreaming of going to Alaska since he was a teenager. He possessed a notable personality, "There was something fascinating about him . . . He was hungry to learn about things. Unlike most of us, he was the sort of person who insisted on living out his beliefs." (155).…

entices him because it expresses how he isn’t joyful with his life path. This trip’s purpose for him is that it will mold a new him and he will withdraw with it all thought out. To conclude, it McCandless has his heart set on heading to Fairbanks, Alaska; nothing will discontinue him on his expedition. Another theme being implied in this piece of literature is the theme of forgiveness and how Chris exhibited it. Chris thrusts away anybody who tries to get close to him, many people do this as if…

Hatchet is an adventure fiction story written by Gary Paulsen. It sets in the middle of the woods in Canada during the summertime. The main characters name is Brian Robeson who is thirteen years old. Brian can be described as brave for not giving up on surviving even though the only thing he has is the clothes on his back and a hatchet his mom gave him. All alone after the plane crashed stuck in the middle of nowhere. Brian wants to survive, because he wants to live happy life, he doesn’t…