Wild horse

Today was bittersweet, since I saw the last mythical creature on my journey, but it was my favorite. My final stop was in the same forest where the dryads lived, but it was to see a very different mythical creature. The first pegasus was brought by Zeus to live on Mount Olympus, because it got taken by so many people because of its purity and beauty. Now that the original animal had reproduced, and it’s offspring live in small herds in the forest. I knew I had to be hidden and very quiet to…

Bring the Horse Home Julie Bruck after Philip Larkin Is all I’ve wanted past wanting since I was six and delirious with fever, an infinitive forged from a night when giant ladybugs with toothpick antennae patrolled my wicker nightstand. Yes, I’ve been with horses since, travelled illegally with them in trailers, known certain landscapes only framed by alert ears, and with one in particular, spent whole afternoons with her big jaw heavy on my shoulder. Still, I hatched plots to bring a horse to…

compasses to find designated objects the fastest. Dave and I aren’t fast, but we had fun doing this a couple times. We also took a trip with the horses down to see my Mom on the farm. We had fun riding the horses around in the pastures. Recently, Dave rolled our truck and totaled. We will need to get a replacement before we can do more travelling with the horses. Again, Dave was fortunate and had no injuries. A lot of my time this summer was spend gardening. I love growing flowers and…

first place tells you a lot. Why didn’t he have an adequate shelter from the beginning? What would he have done if he hadn’t found the bus?” The fact that McCandless could have used a map to help him and not compromise the sense of being out in the wild and trying to live off the land it would have saved his…

Chris McCandless’ actions can be seen as rebellious at first, but as time goes on, it is clear that there is hostility between his parents and himself that he does not want to face or try to fix. In a dysfunctional family, there are two extremes when it comes to the outcome of the children: the rebel or the conformist. Although the older child is typically the conformist and the younger child is the rebel, the McCandless family is a little different because both children are the rebels. Krakauer…

Growing up as a kid Christopher McCandless had to deal with his cookie cutter family, and how his parents wanted people to see them. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, we see Christopher as he was in different parts of his life. We see him being an outsider feeding the homeless, forcing his way out of an accelerated program and failing physics because of disobeying lab guidelines. He rejected a new car from his parents because he believed it wasn’t a gift that it was just them trying to fix the…

hook…mention something about into the wild………. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is an extension of an article first published in Outside magazine. Krakauer goes to further explain the journey of Chris McCandless, while providing his own insight to provide the reader a better understanding of the McCandless reasoning. Chris lived a nomadic life after he graduated from college, traveling from South Dakota to Mexico. However,his two year journey proved fatal when he took a trip to Alaska, his greatest…

over his life; growing up, he was always spoon-fed and received all he wanted due to the wealth of his family. His parents, Walt and Billie were always focused on financial success and control over Chris’s life, which lead him to a fatal trip into the wild. His parents retained much authority over his decisions, including what career he…

elements and kept her cool in the hot California desert.. In the same way, she enjoyed her tent when on the trail. All the hikers had to stop somewhere at some point to get rest, food, and shelter no matter how much they thought they could live like the wild animals. The hikers needed shelter of some…

I think that Chris was not as crazy as some of the people that have gone into the Alaskan wilderness. Some people go crazy and have had no experience living out in the wilderness at all. At least Chris had previously experienced living out in the wild. It all started when he chose to abandon his car, burn all of the money in his wallet, and donate all of his $25,000 in savings to OXFAM, an organization to help end world hunger. Chris…