Minnesota Wild

later on wrote about Chris’s journey in the book, Into the Wild. When the book was published, numerous amount of criticism were made about Chris’s ignorant actions. As the ruthless comments continue, Carine argues her guilty consequences built up and regret not revealing his full migration. However, society has a tendency to putdown those who does not fit in with the status quo. Disagreeing with Carine,…

Throughout the riveting true story, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless repeatedly demonstrated intense physical and mental characteristics that a majority of Native American Indians had naturally acquired through personal experience. The author, Jon Krakauer, remarkably illustrates many of the harsh realities the Inuit people endured while living through the erratic Alaskan seasons, while contrasting McCandless’ similar experiences that resulted in a fatal tragedy. Although Krakauer is not…

McCandless and Cheryl Strayed both had the courage to take off into the unknown – the wild. They both had a clear view of what they wanted or needed from life, and unlike most people, they went out there to retrieve the happiness they both desired. “Into the Wild” and “Wild” are both stories about young adults who set out on a journey to discover something, but what is each trying to discover? “Into the wild” is about Chris McCandless, a talented young man from a good family who turns his back…

novel, Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, is a riveting, cautionary tale about the death of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarks on a journey to Alaska to seek the truth of happiness through the solitude of nature and free himself from the constraints of society. No doubt, the ongoing theme throughout Krakauer’s novel is the dysfunctional father-son relationship between Chris and his dad. In fact, McCandless died before he had the chance to grow out of his anger. Into the Wild examines…

between them. After his father’s affair, Chris seemed to view all of their gifts as bribery, and as a result, rejected them. This lead to a mutual lack of understanding between Chris and his parents, which no doubt was part of what drove Chris to the wild. There is a small part in every human that has a desire to “break out of the box” in some aspect of their life. Whether that box is of their own creation, or constructed by the expectations of others, it’s only natural that humans feel pressure…

The Minimalistic Actions of Alex Supertramp What does it mean to be a minimalist? The answer lies in the evidence Chris leaves behind during his wild adventure to Alaska. One Transcendentalist principle is minimalism. In Jon Krakauer’s book, Into the Wild, Chris chose to be a minimalist. He lives with only the bare minimum-- those things he thinks are important for survival. David Thoreau once wrote, “I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential…

Jon Krakauer writes his book “Into the Wild” in response to the similarities in background that Krakauer and McCandless had. His his Author’s Note, Krakauer writes that he had an urge to write more about McCandless’ story given the “unsettling parallels” the two seemed to have with the events of their lives (ii). The author seems to see a little of himself within McCandless, a young man with admiration of the wilderness. Another reason why Krakauer wrote the book was that the American people…

Into the Wild vs Walden Into the Wild, a book about a man who ran away from childhood problems and decided to walk into the wilderness by himself after getting rid of all of his materialistic items including his car and money, and Walden, a book about a man who fled towards simplicity and solitude to understand what life was really about, are two incredible books. The stories are timeless and will likely still be talked about in fifty years. The protagonists, Thoreau and Chris, shared many…

McCandless, his character changed over time. Before and after his death McCandless wanted to live a life far away from civilization and with the wild. McCandless purpose for living wild was to feel the freedom and the desire to do whatever he wished to do without no obligation of being stopped or judged. Chris McCandless romanticized living alone in the wild, but was severely underprepared to do this in Alaska. Additionally, at the end of his life, he realized that he did not want to be alone.…

The difference between whether or not a person is to be considered a failure or a success lies in their death. Throughout Into The Wild ,Chris McCandless was a young boy who graduated as a straight A student at Emory University Instead of pursuing his career he headed into the wild of the West and Alaskan frontier to inter country of his own soul.He was more of a misguided boy struggling with his place in the world, made himself ultimately a failure rather than success because of the mistakes…