Alaska

The context that individuals are placed in has an immense effect on their development trajectory, and can ultimately alter who they become as adults. The systems within Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological systems theory reflect that there is a connection between all of the environments that affect our lives, whether one has control of them or not. In Elsewhere and Into the Wild, readers explore the contexts that Richard Russo and Chris McCandless grew up in and see the detrimental and supportive…

Being True Essay IN today’s world many people live to either their own terms or what other choose for them.“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”( Thoreau) “There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself…

dreams to live in the wilderness was perceived as weird to others. Another negative reaction would be the complexities to McCandless and his life philosophy that often confused his family. McCandless’s decision to abandon his traditional life and go to Alaska to find himself, and as result happiness, was a choice that made little sense to others. This decision to…

I have read the realistic fiction book, Looking for Alaska by John Green. The book starts with a boy named Miles “Pudge” Halter, who has a hard time with finding friends, likes biographies, and is fascinated by last words. Miles goes to attend a boarding school because he seeks “a great perhaps.” He soon meets his roommate Chip “The Colonel” Martin and his friend Alaska Young. Miles goes through the year with The Colonel and Alaska as his best friends and they go through amazing experiences with…

In Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, Christopher McCandless, prior to embarking in his Alaskan Odyssey, writes a letter to his aged friend, Ron Franz, stating his stance on human relationships: “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships … you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this kind of light into your life.” (57) McCandless further explains that the dependence on others to be happy is unnecessary, as one can be perfectly content on his own,…

other people feel about him and his decisions. We observed that by going to Alaska he'd receive happiness. Some people throughout the film tried to stop him but nothing changed his mind. Because of this many people criticized Chris for his choice to go into the wild. People such as Shaun Callarman states that Chris McCandless was just plain crazy. In my point of view Chris was just trying to find happiness by going to Alaska to be free and wild. Chris McCandless was college educated and…

Christopher McCandless did not make the right choice in not letting his family know he was alive and well. Nothing hurts more than the loss of a loved one, the passing of Chris devastated his family. Chris left with the intention of not wanting to be found, Chris caused stress on his family because they had no idea if he was alive. The least that Chris could have done to communicate with his family would be to send them a postcard once in a while to let his family know he was still living. I…

world would one day just disappear with no trace of their remains? The beauties of the Last Frontier, otherwise known as Alaska, are slowly disappearing and leaving no remnants. Each year, the ice grows thinner and thinner and arrives much later. Not too long before the beauty, which we have in our own backyard, will soon disappear. This past summer I went on a trip to Alaska with my family, and this magical state has a special place in my heart that nothing else can even compare to. We rode in…

Drexton Robinson Mrs.Baker Language Arts Gary Paulsen's Woodsong is a personal detailed account of his experiences competing in The Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race held in Nome, Alaska. The Iditarod race is enduringly intense, affecting the participants both mentally and physically. Throughout the race, participants may feel sleep-deprived and experience hallucinations worse than an ordinary nightmare. On the day that Paulsen competes, he is one of the seventy-three mushers who finishes number…

could make it on his own, without anybody else’s help” (Krakauer 109). The only thing Chris would allow himself to be dependent on was nature itself. “The boy could hardly contain his excitement. He was, at long last, about to be alone in the vast Alaska wilds” (Krakauer 111). He found thrill in being independent. I find this thrill also, admittedly not having to go to the extreme length Chris went for his thrill. I found excitement in little things that make me independent from someone or…