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    Analysis Writer and mountaineer‚ Jon Krakauer‚ in his book “Into the Wild‚” describes how the adventures of Chris McCandless was similar to Gene Rosellini‚ John Waterman‚ Carl McCunn‚ and Everett Ruess. Krakauer’s purpose is to emphasize how all men were similar in how they lived their life. Writing for the general public‚ Krakauer adopts an informative tone in order to describe how the four men are similar to McCandless in regards to his adventures. Krakauer begins his story by comparing McCandless

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    In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless had many decisions to leave his old life behind and start over. Chris’ decision to leave was justified. When he left without saying goodbye‚ it made it easier for him to let go of his past and focus on what he wants to do in the future. Three reasons why his decisions to leave his family without saying a word were justified were that McCandless could make all his own decisions‚ nobody had a chance to tell him that he could not

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    The Real Wild First off‚ Chris McCandless is a celebrity in the transcendentalist community because of his search for the meaning of life independently. Jon Krakauer respects McCandless because no one prompted him to go out into the Alaskan wilderness‚ since most people need a push to do something. However some people believe McCandless is a fool and should be forgotten about and that he was spoiled rotten and was just wanting attention. The truth that most people do not know is‚ McCandless’s parents

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    Throughout Into the Wild Jon Krakauer seems to identify with Chris McCandless quite a bit‚ whether he’s talking about his own trips into the Alaskan wilderness‚ or the many others who have died doing the same as Chris. Krakauer uses quotes from people with the same view as him and stories of others to make the reader feel sympathetic towards McCandless. Krakauer appears to be quite fond of McCandless and thinks that it was chance‚ more than anything else‚ that was responsible for Chris’s

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    In the book‚ Into Thin Air‚ Jon Krakauer‚ the author‚ writes about his journey climbing Mount Everest and the challenges faced. Bryant‚ an editor from Outside magazine‚ introduces the idea of Krakauer‚ along with a climbing team‚ hiking and writing an article about Mount Everest‚ he concludes by finalizing the sponsorship/management agreement. Krakauer‚ thrilled with the opportunity‚ explains his reaction‚"In late February 1996‚ Bryant called to say that there was a place waiting for me on Rob Hall’s

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    In the book Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless gets portrayed as adventurous. He is adventurous in the way that he just left his family on a whim‚ and started traveling on his cross-country adventure. “I got the impression that this Alaska escapade was going to be his last big adventure” (Krakauer‚ 1996‚ pg 66) said Wayne Westerberg when describing how Chris talked about his then future trip plans. This shows that he was planning this big adventure for a long time and the Alaskan

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    What if after all this you are finally at peace with yourself? In the book Into The Wild‚ Jon Krakauer demonstrates how Chris McCandless was an outsider of society who after accumulating bits of his identity‚ finds a place where he can be all of himself. The author suggests this idea of accumulation of self and how this affects his behavior especially in chapter 16. In this particular part of the story‚ Krakauer shows Chris arriving into the Alaskan wild‚

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    prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny” In life people experience hardships and ‚difficult times much like Chris Mccandless ‚between the chaos of it all were supposed to remember who we are‚but what if we did not know? Into the wild by Jon Krakauer develops the idea that In order to find ourselves we must lose ourselves.Chris Mccandless had different virtues‚he saw recklessness as bravery‚believed in adventure and self discovery‚ And he also strongly believed things held people back from

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    The Drive of Chris McCandless “Am I better off dead‚ Am I better off a quitter” (The Script). The meanings behind these lyrics are very powerful and explain Chris’s journey almost perfectly. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris’s takes on a challenge that is potentially fatal and he has the courage to continue on with it. Chris’s journey is a series of risks he is willing to take to achieve his goal. He has to make life threatening decisions that he could have backed out on at any given time

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    The book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer tells the story of his Everest expedition in 1996. Though ideally everyone would survive this expedition unharmed‚ this was unfortunately not the case; all the dangers of Everest can lead to hypoxia‚ frostbite‚ falling into a crevasse‚ or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). Krakauer describes how Ngawang Topche‚ a Sherpa who assisted Scott Fischer’s Everest expedition‚ developed HAPE while climbing the mountain and the effect it had on him. High Altitude Pulmonary

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