Alaska

The 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…

He does not allow for himself to be defined by anything, and that includes the government. During McCandless’s ride up into the Alaska wilderness, he makes his opinion crudely clear about his opinion on the government. When asked whether or not Chris owned a hunting license by Gallien, the man who gave him a ride to the Alaska wild, he says, “How I feed myself is none of the governments business. Fuck their stupid rules” (Krakauer 6). Based off of this quote, it is indisputable…

of saving to charity, his name, and all his possessions to travel across the country. His goal is to make it to the Alaskan wilderness where he will live off the land and connect with nature, away from the modern world. In his 20 months leading to Alaska he encounters many people that help him accomplish his dream. Christopher discovers himself and who he truly is as a person and learns to appreciate the world around him. This movie is a clear example of pop culture inspired by transcendentalism…

wanted. He was smart in the sense that he had an education; but he had almost no common sense. He was to eager to do things he couldn’t and didn’t know how to go about doing. With the background he has he could have easily made himself a new life in Alaska but he made it hard for himself. Chris had a strong effect on people even though he seemed to care little about them. Westerberg had only just met Chris and straight away gave him a job and place to stay. After hearing about Chris’ death “… I…

Into the Wild Film Analysis Into the Wild filmed by Sean Penn is about a nineteen year old who sets his sights for Alaska. On the way he has many adventures ranging from abandoning his car, identity, and money in a storm ditch; to working on a plantation; to meeting Rainey and Jan (on two separate occasions); to kayaking on the Colorado River; to climbing the Devil’s thumb; to his final destination the “Magic Bus” (Into the Wild, Penn) In each place learning more about Christopher, his past, and…

Talkeetna, and called the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS). The dispatcher who received the call tried to set up a local land rescue. However, no local troopers were on duty, and no locals with SAR experience were willing to take the mission due to the deteriorating weather conditions. Once the efforts to coordinate a land rescue fell through the dispatcher contacted the Alaska State Trooper SAR coordinator. Together they agreed to arrange an air SAR using the Alaska DPS SAR…

people are looking for more of an escape from reality. There’s too much going on all around us in our society that it’s nearly suffocating. Whether it’s social media, music -- or in the case of Chris McCandless -- it’s escaping to the wilderness of Alaska. In the book Into the Wild, it mentions how Chris, or Alex, was considered to promote countercultural idealism. He also was pushing towards the ideas of spending time with nature until death. And that, is what he did. Back to the question…

How important is it to get something that is wanted, even though it is not needed? That is the question that the United States needs to ask itself when it comes to deciding whether or not they should drill for Oil in the Arctic. The United States already produces the most oil in the world, so what makes drilling for oil in the Arctic necessary? It’s because the United States, a fossil fuel dependent country, wants more oil, even though it isn’t needed. The United States needs to face the…

I am reading Looking For Alaska by John Green and I am on page 200. This book is about a teenage boy named Miles. Miles is a jounior in high school. Miles moved from Florida to Alabama Culver Creek boarding school. Miles did not have friends in Florida, but quickly made some enthralling friends at Culver Creek. Miles way of life changed in a flash. In this paper I will be characterization and predicting. G- characterization of Miles and Alaska Y- Miles R- not sociable - Miles did…

“In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later his decomposed body was found by a party of moose hunters” (Krakauer 3). This young man from Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild was Chris McCandless, who left everything behind two years earlier to live a life closer to nature. He traveled the country living off the land and little money but was very happy. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature…