Christopher Cox

Have you ever been stranded out in the wood before? Well Brian Robeson for the novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen has. Brian was stranded in the Canadian wilderness for 54 days living on his own without anything but a hatchet and the tool he made to hunt with. He was stranded out in the wildness because of a plane crash he was in. This was a very good lesson for Brian because he learned how to live on his own, he even learned how to watch his surrounding. Brian had a lot of memory during this time…

Without any money or material objects Chris was able to leave a lasting impact on the people he met on his journey to Alaska.On Chris’s journey to Alaska, he met Ronald Franz, and was able to leave a long lasting impression on him. In the book Into The Wild, author Jon Krakauer states “McCandless made an indelible impression on a number of people during the course of his voyage most of whom spent only a few days in his company a weeks or two at most. however nobody was affected more powerfully…

The British in India One of the major reasons for most of the European nations to sail ACROoceans was to be able to find new sea routes to Asia, in specifically India. Adventure into the Asian region was by then an inevitable affair and the European nations had to find a sea route as the land routes had been taken over by the Ottoman empire. Alongside with this reason was the need for the European countries to fully reinstate the idea of western supremacy over the world hence they needed to…

Thanks to Christopher Columbus and his stories of vast treasures in the new world, many dropped everything at the mention. Indeed there were riches, even if most of it came from exploiting natives. Bartolome de Las Casas’ comments on this issue. “All the gold and silver…

Jack London is a legendary writer of adventure tales. White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and To Build a Fire are a few of his many published stories. Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild follows the story of the young Chris McCandless as he experiences the wild places of North America. Chris leaves his family, changes his name to Alexander Supertramp, and lives a nomadic life until his untimely end in Alaska. London’s To Build a Fire tells of an inexperienced man who ventures into the Yukon accompanied…

Into the Wild Argumentative Essay Christopher McCandless stated “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure, the joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.” Chris McCandless had been a very spontaneous person in his time of living. McCandless always did things the way he wanted to do them. He was an independent person who did courageous things. McCandless never let people get him down, because he knew the things he did were gonna be fascinating…

A voyage unlike any other led Christopher Columbus to the land that we now call home the Americas full of prosperity and chance. When people say he didn’t discover anything because it was already there is like saying to J.J Thomson he didn’t discover the inner workings of an atom because they were already there. Now it’s August 3, 1492 and Columbus sets sail and the most dangerous trip the world has ever known (Bodenner). If you can remember back then people thought that the world was…

Throughout history men, governments, and kingdoms have been in search of greater things for the sole purpose of expansion. Over time the interpretation of history has been based on the memories and experiences of those who were witness to such events. Such contrasting interpretations can be seen throughout the different documentations of the French colonization and Spanish conquests and their colonization of the Americas. The French Jesuits’ purpose for colonizing New France, present day Canada,…

William McKinley once said,“ The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation”. Our nation is a melting pot in which assimilation is looked upon by the same people in a manifold of connotations. One form of this word is interpreted as people embracing and coming to the U.S. for a new start. Another is the forced assimilation of peoples who want to be left alone. One other is the people who just have no choice. It isn’t forced by other people per say but more by the structure of…

Christopher Columbus is a European man sent by Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelle to find a new route to the Indies. In his short amount of time with the King and Queen he explains all he plans to do to bring them more power and wealth. Agreeing to his ideas they fund Columbus and he sets sail. Columbus is widely revered and celebrated as the man who discovered America when he never actually set foot on North America. He even has his own holiday. Yet, when Columbus arrived in the…