Girls Gone Wild

A True Preserve Of Nature Most people would argue that the transcendental principles are too extreme to live by. However, the movie Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn, follows the true life story of Christopher McCandless. In the movie, McCandless graduates from Emory University with high honors, but soon after decides to leave his conventional lifestyle. McCandless travels to Alaska, intent to live in the solitude of nature, similar to how Thoreau traveled to Walden Pond. Unfortunately,…

and you.” The purpose of the quote was to illustrate how individually you have the power to do what you want as long as you have the willpower to do so. Money and power is nothing more than an insignificant thing. After reading the book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, in my perspective the book was very intriguing. I personally liked the fact that the author created the book based on the desire to gain more knowledge about the mysterious death of Christopher Johnson McCandless. To finish, in…

What is your most immense goal in life? Becoming a professional sports athlete? Maybe a world renowned surgeon? Or possibly proving to yourself that you are tenacious enough to survive alone in the bittery raw Alaskan wilds. In the novel, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, the biography of Christopher Johnson McCandless is revealed through a series of journal entries and first hand encounters. Krakauer uses his similar experience as support to argue McCandless was not an arrogant reckless…

three o 'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap”. Would a better world like this take Chris’ life? In the novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer recounted a true story of Christopher McCandless’ Alaskan adventure. He stripped himself of most of his possessions, leaving his backpack as the only companion, then sets off into the wild to find reality. Chris McCandless, since young, was a determined man, acting mostly merely to his own will, almost to the point of…

individual, Chris McCandless transformed pride from a deadly sin to a very literal meaning. On April 28th, 1992, Chris embarked on his great Alaskan journey only to be found dead on September 6th of the same year. In Jon Krakauer 's novel Into the Wild, we are given an inside view into Chris ' solitary journey from Emory University to the abandoned bus where he drew his final breath. I firmly believe that Chris ' death could have been avoided if it were not for his pride and arrogance.…

waterfalls that are still running strong are examples of what make nature so pure and pretty. A transcendentalist will agree that nature is beautiful. In Into the Wild, Chris McCandless wants to find something more in his life, so he turns to nature. In Pat Riley’s essay, “Following Dreams”, Pat’s brother-in-law, Bill, goes into the wild just like Chris in order to feel like he was fully living his life. Pat Riley wrote the essay “Following Dreams” for Don Henley and Dave Marsh’s book Heaven is…

Chris McCandless died alone in the Alaskan wild while living completely off of the land. “Some readers admired the boy immensely for his courage and noble ideals:” while “: others fulminated that he was a reckless idiot, a wacko, a narcissist who perished out of arrogance and stupidity-and was undeserving of the considerable media attention he received” (Krakauer xi). These quotes represent the feelings of many who read Into The Wild, but most people ignore the important aspects of Chris…

create a hero? Buck, the hero in The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is a good example of a hero created by an author with three points in mind. The three points that make Buck, among other heroes, great are him being able to be an ordinary dog still be the hero, his ability to adapt, and his mortality. Buck, being an overly pampered dog, is still able to be a hero for the simple reason a hero can be anyone. Through the quote from Call of the Wild, “Buck lived at . . . Judge Miller’s place . .…

A Toxic Friendship Affects People Has anyone ever stopped to think about how a toxic friendship can affect a person either in a positive or negative way? In the book A Separate Peace, John Knowles states that the narrator, Gene, returns to his hometown, to visit his old school, Devon. Including the tree that him and his friend used to jump off to the river. Gene then informs the reader about when he was friends with Finny as to how Finny’s life came to an end. The author informs the reader that…

Could you survive by yourself in the Canadian wilderness for 54 with only a hatchet ?In the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen,the main character Brian did just that.Brian got stuck in the Canadian Wilderness for 54 days after he was flying to see his father and the pilot had a heart attack.Brian had been through so much mentally and physically in the wilderness that it made him realize what he needed to survive like when he got attacked by a porcupine and got stuck in the leg with some quills,he…