Christopher McCandless

In Jon Krakauers investigation of American wilderness in Into the Wild he explores the appeal of high risk encounters and how they changes the lives of those who feel compelled to take part in these kinds of activities. This types of risks are often comes in the form of some kind of dangerous spiritual journey something with real risk of death or injury or can be simply just a drastic change of life style. Anything that requires the a great amount of courage brings clarity and happiness to one’s…

everything he disdained about mainstream society. McCandless ultimately found it in the people that he found along his travel, but he believed that he did not. It didn’t matter to him that Rainy admitted that he saved his and Jan’s marriage, that Jan told him about her past and wanted to be like a mother for him, or that Ron wanted to adopt him. Even though the relationships he formed with these people happened with all sincerity and made McCandless become who he was, he was convinced that the…

The book that I am reading for SSR is the NOBA (National Outdoor Book Award) winning One Man’s Wilderness by Sam Kieth. The story takes place near the mountainous Twin Lakes territory in Alaska--a wilderness almost completely untouched by the hand of man--and is narrated in first person from the view of Dick Proenneke--the protagonist--of whom the author used the actual journals and pictures--combined with their own first-hand experiences of the subject and setting--to craft a tribute to a man…

The deaths documented in the book are not to be blamed on other people. Ultimately, self-preservation is a survival necessity and although some failed to see self-preservation as a top priority. Some of the climbers cared more about other people’s health more than their own, which in the end did not benefit them. Every climber is responsible for themselves, once they are okay then they can assist others, though it is not their job to look after each person. No one person is responsible for the…

Warnings are clearly set out towards both men at the beginning of both stories but even with these signs they both decided to ignore them. In snow Redcliff has the knowledge of a farmer and yet since he knows the storm is going to end and what he is doing he ignores what he knows for his own personal reasons. In examples from snow would be Redcliffs farmer knowledge from snot it states. " Didn't start till last in the afternoon," Milk sobbotski said in his own shivering way" No, and it did not…

Gazing at the grizzly bear depicted on the postcard provokes a myriad of fateful memories, and an experience which has forever altered my mentality and lifestyle. As a Boy Scout with an addiction for adventure, I craved to escape the confines of my home and pursue the open wilderness. With the companionship of my childhood best friend, I took the first flight to the last frontier: Alaska. Intending to experience as much nature as possible, we immediately forged into the unfamiliar yet beautiful…

conflict throughout the entire book was man vs. nature because he had to look for food in the wild. He had to live off of plants which lead to his death. There is a lot of foreshadowing in this book. One example is when Alex, also known as Chris McCandless sends postcards to Burres and Westerberg from Atlanta saying that he may not make it out alive. He also leaves his journal and photo album in Westerberg. It was like he was saying goodbye to people because he left his journal behind and he…

Aristotle said that ‘the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.’ The connection between art and design is often represented in the public. The relationship between these two mediums of creativity is clearly represented in the chairs that sit along the foreshore of the Jindabyne Lake. These seats use both mediums and show the spirit of the mountainous area and the environment that surrounds it. There are intelligible affiliations between…

The second day that we spent there a small group went hiking for six miles down to Moony Falls and beyond to the Beaver Dam. To get to Moony Falls we had to climb down this steep rocky area and part of it we had to go through some caves and had to climb down ladders. It was well worth it once we got to the bottom. We left the beautiful falls and continued on our adventure looking for the Beaver Dam. We had to hike through some small streams several times as well as the usual walking through the…

actions of McCandless are an extreme version of every teenagers behavior. Throughout the story McCandless is described as different, the prompt shown is but a summarization of what he wants people to think of McCandless. The majority of the descriptions on McCandless as a person came from chapter eleven, where his family and friends described him. McCandless is described as fearless from his father saying,“Chris was fearless even when he was little." From that I think that McCandless is…