Christopher Browning

If a man walks into the woods as a protest against the rampant materialism and conformity of society, and no one is there to hear him scream in rage, does he make a sound? Directed by Sean Penn, Into the Wild is a film based on the true events which inspired Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name. Rather than revolving the plot around McCandless and his journey, both Krakauer and Penn took a different path on telling the story. The novel relied heavily on McCandless’ journal and accounts from…

As a result of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World in 1492, Spanish men endured months of difficult voyages in search of three things in the Americas- gold, glory, and God. In addition, having had arrived with the drive to conquer, they were soon enough met with mighty and diverse civilizations that made up Mesoamerica-- proving itself to be the perfect opportunity to take the wealth of these peoples, obtain territory, and maybe convert a few souls to Catholicism. However, these…

In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World". When the new world was discovered many changes occurred quickly and a vast amount of new things were discovered. Furthermore, there were many positive exchanges between Europe and the New World during the discovery of New World. However, there were also many negative exchanges between them. Europe and the New World changed each other immensely. When the Europeans came to the New World, they brought many helpful items. For example, they…

solitude far away from civilization. Four months later, a moose hunter discovered his decomposed body in an abandoned Fairbanks City Transit Bus just along the Stampede Trail. The starved remains weighing only 66 pounds, was later identified as Christopher Johnson McCandless. Following his death, many people began to question McCandless's state of mind and purpose of living in the wild. Thus, raising the question of why McCandless's death evokes such strong emotion in people? I believe…

In The nonfiction book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, a young man named Chris McCandless set out on a journey into the Alaskan widerness to live in the wild. On this journey, he experiences many hardships including lack of food and disease. Depsite these obstacles, he is determined to continue his journey, and goes on to learn from his experiences. Chris McCandless was able to live a new life of adventure along with gaining a more refined perspective of the world by finding his personality.…

Christopher Columbus in 1492 sailed the ocean blue, sparking the age of exploration. When he landed in the Caribbean, Columbus gave hope and dreams to many people as well as kings. Dreams and ideas were not the only thing generated from this period of time. Technology, currency, trade, expansion, and the spread of ideas were a result of this exploration of the new world. The world was altered in many ways some better then others, but like the historical context stated "Many civilizations in…

Chris McCandless always wanted to lead a life different than his normal one. Unfortunately, he somehow died trying to do that. Chris McCandless, an average man, became one of the most significant Alaskan back country survivors of all time. McCandless was born and raised in El Segundo, California on February 12, 1968. Chris had a little sister named Carine. He had a very busy father. Infact his father has a rocket engineer. His father was abusive to Chris and Carmine. It was a fact that he was a…

There was a time when many countries of Europe wanted to be a part of the New World and what it had to offer. But like many other scenarios in history, there can be only one victorious group. Through this essay, we will explore how that group, the English, came to reach that feat. During the 1500s, the Spanish dominated the New World with a set culture, religion, and empire. But soon enough, the Spanish “Invincible Armada” unsuccessfully went against the English who were their not-so-peaceful…

Heading into the Alaska ill-prepared would be considered a death wish in the eyes of many but for Chris McCandless this journey had a greater meaning. In the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer tells how a young man named Chris McCandless left everything he had and everyone that loved him behind to go live in the Alaskan wilderness. Krakauer also leaves it up to the reader to determine whether or not Chris McCandless was crazy, a sociopath, or an outcast for heading into Alaska the…

Giovanni da Verrazzano Italian sailor, Giovanni da Verrazzano, was the most interesting explorer ever! Everything about him is interesting. From where he was born, to how he set sail. I hope you find him as outstanding as I did. Verrazzano was born around 1485 in Tuscany, Italy. In 1506 he moved to France. Around the same time Spain and Portugal were making themselves famous, and finding new lands. So King Francis I sent math loving, Verrazzano to explore. He wanted him to find a route to…