Emile Berliner

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 book, Into the Wild, Krakauer wrote about who was Chris McCandless or as he liked to call himself, Alex Supertramp. This is the same individual, however the difference between the names are the characteristics and personalities that fall beneath that. If you were to ask who was Alex Supertramp many would answer careless and full of wonder, but that is not what is being questioned. Chris McCandless was very similar. He viewed the world in a way Alex did, but Chris was more adventurous and…

“A scar means, I survived” (Cleave). Reading the novel Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston, which took place in John Blue Canyon, Utah. Aron the main character started off hiking on a warm Saturday afternoon by himself, when something unexpected happened and he ended up fighting for his life. After one may read this novel they could conclude that the main theme shown in this story is the will to survive past limits that one could think that they could go. This is expressed throughout…

Happiness Comes From A Simple Life In life you don’t need many things to be happy. Happiness comes from a good simple life. In the book Into the Wild by Krakauer, Chris McCandless had everything a young boy would want but for Chris McCandless the things he had in life wasn’t what he wanted in order to be happy. Chris McCandless wanted to be far, far away from society. He felt like he was being surrounded from society he didn’t really cared about it all he wanted was to walk into the wild.…

The arguing had gotten to be enough, the feeling of everything always being his fault was just starting to go in one ear and right out the other. He was then left feeling so hopeless. In Jon Krakauer's story Into the Wild readers experiences and are left with some many questions. Including, if we should categorize McCandless as being a successful, goal achieving human being. Of course, everyone has their own opinions on whether McCandless was an example of success while entering the Alaskan…

Really why did Crispin disobey Bear and leave the Green Man Tavern? One might think by Crispin leaving it is reckless people are right to assume this. Maybe Crispin left Bear because he did not want to serve him anymore or maybe because Crispin just wanted to explore and look around. Just Crispin left Bear and for what reason? Crispin disobey Bear and left the Green Man Tavern because he wanted to look around and to see what the village had to offer. Crispin thought maybe he could leave Green…

One may embark on a journey in hopes of achieving a goal or one may even without an idea until they have arrived at their destination. These two scenarios are found in the John Grady Cole’s and Christopher McCandless’ journey leaving home and each somehow venturing off into Mexico. John Grady Cole leaving home with his best friend, Rawlins, unsure of what exactly they’re looking for but knows there’s something to be found. On the other hand, there is also Christopher McCandless who has a goal of…

Jon Krakauer, in his novel Into the Wild, tells the story of Chris McCandless, a young man who set out to survive in the Alaskan wilderness without proper preparation. Chris was a young man who ventured all throughout North America living off of the barest of essentials/resources. Unfortunately, he paid the ultimate price for his lack of preparation and naivety in the end. Chris was found dead in an abandoned Fairbanks City bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska. Thus the novel was written to…

The speech Chief Seattle gave October 29, 1889 was in response to Isaac Stevens, the Washington state governor, who was ordered to not only purchase Indian lands, but move the Indians to reservations. When the Chief gave his speech, he used similes, ethical appeal, and emotional appeal to achieve his purpose. The Chief’s purpose in responding was to convince the governor to let the Indians keep their land. The literary devices he used helped to get his point across and assist him in achieving…