Timothy Treadwell Research Paper

"After he ditches his car and gives away his trust fund, Chris Mccandless hitchhikes and eventually steps off the road into the Alaskan wilderness carrying only what will fit in his backpack." As unbeleivable as it seems, Chris was not the only one to do such an out of the ordinary thing. Timothy Treadwell, "the bear expert", gave up on civilization and went to the comfort of the wild. Both Mccandless and Treadwell were successful in being unsuccessful. With many obstacles, lessons learned, and opinions of others, both young men led a life of pure adventure. Timothy Dexter (April 29, 1957-October 3,2002) had a passion for film-making and aspired to be a movie director. After his aspirations being crushed by not getting the part he wanted, he resorted to alcoholism and heroin. Following a nearly-fatal drug overdose, Dexter decided being around bears was his calling. Graduating high school with all B's, and getting a full ride scholarship to college for swimming, Timothy began telling his peers that he was a British orphan who was born in Australia (neither of which were true) and began referring to himself as Timothy Treadwell. He had always shared a love for animals, and had kept a pet squirrel for pure company. Dropping out of college, Timothy spent 13 summers in Alaska, finding comfort and companionship from the bears that surrounded him. He would name, play, and sometimes even share food with the bears that returned summer after summer. While the park rangers saw this as harassing wildlife, Treadwell claimed he knew what was best for the bears and that they shared a mutual trust and respect for one another. Bringing his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, to accompany him on his 13th summer spent with the bears, the couple had gone later in the summer than usual, when food for the bears were scarce and they became aggressive due to lack of food. Both Treadwell and Huguenard were found dead, cause of death being mauled alive by a grizzly. Although Mccandless and Treadwell had different reasoning for going to Alaska, they share some similarities. 1. Both changing their names as they left civilization..Timothy Dexter became Timothy Treadwell, and Chris Mccandless became Alex Supertramp. 2. Achieving great grades during their schooling career. 3. Being seen as outcasts to the rest of society..because honestly who is going to think that a guy who claims he knows what's best for grizzly bears, and a guy who had all the opportunities in the world and turned them down to escape to Alaska..are somewhat sane? 4. Both men kept their own form of a 'journal', Mccandless's being an …show more content…
1. Chris Mccandless told no one of his going to Alaska. Timothy Treadwell told not only his parents, but was encouraged by a close friend, and brought along Amie. 2. Treadwell was on a mission to not only escape civilization, but to protect the grizzly bears, and be able to go back and teach others of his knowledge some day. Chris/Alex's main goal was to leave all expectations and responsibilities behind. 3. Treadwell returned to civilation via air taxi after each summer concluded..Chris had no set plans of going back. 4. Treadwell went on to college, Mccandless chose to pass up the opportunities he had, and give his money to a hunger organization. Ending on the most obvious one, 5. Treadwell was mauled to death by a grizzly, and Mccandless died of