The Wild

Throughout the story, Call of the Wild, Buck goes through phases of having many owners as he moves from civilization to the wilderness. The two owners that stood out the most were Hal and John Thornton. Hal was a very cruel and inexperienced owner. John Thornton was a very smart and compassionate man as he cared for humans and animals. Even though both of them had differences, they also had similarities. These characters were similar as they both tested Buck’s abilities. Although Hal and…

or in other words, go against society. It was more of a happy, or cheerful feeling. It’s as if there were no worries or any awful occurrences that was happening around because no one is around to attain that. An example of romanticism in Into the Wild, was that Chris was into adventures. He didn’t agree with the day-to-day…

Chris McCandless, the boy who loved to explore and who was very hardheaded. Although Chris had it all the money, resources, and education to life a great he wasn’t happy with his lifestyle. He decided to make a drastic change, he wanted to go into the wild! Chris was a 23 year old young man who had always disliked the way the world worked mostly because of the…

later, McCandless's body was found rotting inside an abandoned bus. Chris McCandless had run away from his family and had hoped to survive in the wild with only the bare necessities. McCandless was a fool for what he did, he was a hard working, and vigilant man, yet he embarked without a backup plan, nor the proper supplies to survive out in the wild. When Chris was given a responsibility or a challenge, he would do it with tremendous effort and not layoff until he was finished. During the…

be a project. This is a high schooler 's dream. The project was literally supposed to be anything we wanted it to be as long as it related back to one of the novels we read throughout the school year. I chose to do my project on the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer. This book was my all time favorite novel that we read throughout the year. “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger was a close second. For this project I decided to construct the plot of the novel using polaroid photos and…

He was brave to “ ‘ walk into the wild’ ”. McCandless grew up in a family with very high standards of what success was. His family’s logic was that if you did not get first place it was a failure. McCandless had a peculiar way of looking at success. His parents thought that success…

and societal in it’s implications,” (Foster 95). What Foster was attempting to get across was violence is separated into two different categories: the first being caused by people, and the second being more an internal problem. In the book Into the Wild, McCandless’ death affected Carine, McCandless’ sister. She couldn’t get through the day without processing his death through her mind. “She remained hysterical for the next five hours...” (Krakauer 130). Carine is going through a type of…

Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer most known for his writings about the outdoors. His first encounter with the controversial story of Christopher Johnson McCandless began in 1992 shortly after the death of McCandless. The journey of McCandless was widely publicized and drew the inquisitive eyes of many across the nation. After being assigned to write an article for the Outside magazine, Krakauer began to dwell further into the story of Chris McCandless. Although he was…

However, my argument is that McCandless was a dreamer and an explorer; an admirable person with worthwhile ethics. The experiences which shaped McCandless’s character began when he was a young boy. He grew up in a household where dysfunction was the norm. Therefore, his first stage in the Hero’s Journey, his “Ordinary World” was one of hurt and family dysfunction, as there were issues such as adultery surrounding McCandless’s childhood. McCandless’s upbringing is easily comparable to that of…

others, and try to envision ourselves as them." Our minds are what behold our trust and way of thought. Our experiences in reality can either hold, or break us; while our minds hold befuddled dreams that carry us to a new place. In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless, was one who went through and saw a lot of abuse of his mother. Chris had a childhood that no one would ever want to experience, he wanted to be on his own without the orders of his father. We can learn and…