History of Alaska

TJ Shehee 10/9/17 English A3 Ms. Ervin An Odyssey For Pride In the studied non-fiction book “Into the Wild”, by Jon Krakauer, the author summarizes the multi-perspective, extraneous life, and death of a young risked taker who went by the name Alexander Supertramp. After reading and discussing this novel, one can conclude Alex (Chris McCandless) renounced society and his family because he wanted to escape from the stress of civilian life and void his wealthy upbringing. After constructing many…

Chris McCandless, a 24 year old young man found dead in a van in the middle of Alaska. He was a smart, transcendentalist, college graduate who believed it was best to live life alone and in the wilderness. For two years McCandless through his journeys met many people who helped him get to Alaska. Chris McCandless was very confident that he would be able to live in Alaska alone and would not take anyones advice. Many individuals in the world are overly confident when talking about their jobs,…

self-absorbed, intermittently reckless, [and] moody…figures of male authority aroused in [them] a confusing medley of corked fury and hunger to please” (Krakauer 134). These characteristics pushed both men over the ledge and into the wild - more specifically, Alaska. With such similarities, readers can deduce that the two men would prepare in a like way. From each man, readers may know one mistake he made that could have killed him. For Krakauer, “[his] ten-foot curtain rods seemed a poor…

The stories of Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell’s journeys to Alaska, provokes the common person to ask at the end of it all: Are they men that people should look up to, or are they just individuals who bit off a little more than they could chew? The author of Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, reveals Chris McCandless to be an introvert who feels the need to remove himself from a typical life in society and begin his own adventures to figure out who he really is. In an effort to show the issues…

providing a good insight into the minds and the way of living of the Appalachian inhabitants. From isolation to religious beliefs through some humorous episodes Kephart provides the right amount of entertainment and culture. The chapter begins with a history of the evolution of the perception of isolation by the mountaineers, Kephart claims that “In the beginning isolation was forced upon the…

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 horror fictional novel Perfume, Patrick Süskind reflects the Christian relationship between the father and son and humans through aquatic imagery portraying Grenouille's godlike qualities. Perfume takes place in France during the mid-18th century and the Seven Years War. The novel begins with Grenouille's birth in a fish market in dirty, unsanitary Paris, where he also learns the art of tannery and perfuming. In Paris, He smells the ocean for the first time. However, his inability to…

In the book Peak, Peak has been Selflessness in the beginning, but going to the end he was nice to everything and not selflessness care about people and wasted his money for Sun-jo.Care more about josh to his dad and mom.This book was written by Roland Smith and name is Peak.Peak in the beginning always want to climb the mountain and did not care what would happen, but at the end he did. Peak selflessness is the main topic for this summary.In the book it says that peak wasted his money for…

McCandless,as a kid, showed he was impulsive to the ideas that came to his mind. Once he began to think of something it was an immediate reaction to try to make that come true no matter what. The reason why he went to Alaska may never be known, but the thought of him wanting to go to Alaska was another thing and he actually accomplished…

be appalling psychological changes within a person. In Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, the main character Chris McCandless had a certain drive to him. His parents drove him away but he did not strive for a new home. He had been dreaming of going to Alaska since he was a teenager. He possessed a notable personality, "There was something fascinating about him . . . He was hungry to learn about things. Unlike most of us, he was the sort of person who insisted on living out his beliefs." (155).…