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    Being True Essay IN today’s world many people live to either their own terms or what other choose for them.“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”( Thoreau) “There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself…

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    world would one day just disappear with no trace of their remains? The beauties of the Last Frontier, otherwise known as Alaska, are slowly disappearing and leaving no remnants. Each year, the ice grows thinner and thinner and arrives much later. Not too long before the beauty, which we have in our own backyard, will soon disappear. This past summer I went on a trip to Alaska with my family, and this magical state has a special place in my heart that nothing else can even compare to. We rode in…

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    Into The Wild starts off with a glimpse of the futrure, in which Jon is able to display Chris as a hero embarking on his last journey. We learn that Chris is in Alaska and that he hitchhikes to a truck driver named Gallien. Once Chris informed Gallien of his intent in Alaska, Gallien questions Chris' actions because of his lack of preparation. Gallien tried to convince Chris to rethink his actions and not go to the wilderness. We then learn of Chris' independence and that he manages keep on with…

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    Although Christopher McCandless was definitely one of a kind, there are people much like him. For example Marc Paterson a young man much like McCandless himself. In Fact Paterson was inspired by McCandless! Paterson wanted to see what it was like to be in McCandlesses shoes! To take a look “Into The Wild” himself. Paterson wants to do just as McCandless, challenge himself to live outside of society and outside of the norm. They both wanted to explore and test themselves! They both have the…

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    Chris Mccandless Religion

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    his goals--to discover the true meaning of life and happiness within the process of entering into the Alaskan wilderness. In the process, McCandless displayed hubris through his decisions in his adventure to Alaska. McCandless did not think thoroughly while he was packing for his trip to Alaska. As the book states, “Alex admitted that the only food in his pack was a ten-pound…

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    In his novel Into The Wild, author Jon Krakauer tells the story about a boy named Chris McCandless and his journey to Alaska. Many people criticized what Chris did calling him “stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate”. Krakauer wrote this book to justify Chris’s actions and convince readers that Chris was not a stupid, reckless, incompetent young man. Instead Krakauer depicts a picture of a young man with a strong moral compass seeking a higher truth. Krakauer believed that Chris was different than…

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    Chris Mccandless Analysis

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    Christopher McCandless did not make the right choice in not letting his family know he was alive and well. Nothing hurts more than the loss of a loved one, the passing of Chris devastated his family. Chris left with the intention of not wanting to be found, Chris caused stress on his family because they had no idea if he was alive. The least that Chris could have done to communicate with his family would be to send them a postcard once in a while to let his family know he was still living. I…

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    Drexton Robinson Mrs.Baker Language Arts Gary Paulsen's Woodsong is a personal detailed account of his experiences competing in The Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race held in Nome, Alaska. The Iditarod race is enduringly intense, affecting the participants both mentally and physically. Throughout the race, participants may feel sleep-deprived and experience hallucinations worse than an ordinary nightmare. On the day that Paulsen competes, he is one of the seventy-three mushers who finishes number…

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    could make it on his own, without anybody else’s help” (Krakauer 109). The only thing Chris would allow himself to be dependent on was nature itself. “The boy could hardly contain his excitement. He was, at long last, about to be alone in the vast Alaska wilds” (Krakauer 111). He found thrill in being independent. I find this thrill also, admittedly not having to go to the extreme length Chris went for his thrill. I found excitement in little things that make me independent from someone or…

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    America’s east coast, a highly a pressure ridden, materialistic pothole. In the investigative journalism piece Into the Wild by John Krakauer, the author goes into the detailed adventures, and experiences Chris Mccandless endured both on his trek to Alaska and the time in the wild. Chris Mccandless, on paper, had the perfect life, he was raised by a well-to-do family outside Washington D.C., graduated Emory University with no student debt, and a trust fund with $25,000. However, this ‘perfect…

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