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    Escaping Reality Chris McCandless was seeking to go into the wilderness‚ but the question we ask ourselves is why? Do we think Chris McCandless found his reasons why he wanted to go into the wilderness before he died? In reality‚ Chris loved his family no matter what‚ which makes sense of course that’s his family. McCandless wanted to view life in a different point of view and perspective. He was much more fond of the wilderness than his very own home. Chris was taking it day by day not knowing

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    Christopher McCandless or Alexander Supertramp should be admired for his courage and noble idea to drop everything and go into the wild‚ with nothing but a backpack and in it was a book of Tolstoy‚ a book about native plants and berries‚ a .22 rifle with 400 rounds of ammunition‚ a writing implement‚ a journal‚ a camera‚ a 10 pound bag of rice‚ a small cooking utensil‚ matches‚ a knife‚ and some fishing twine and a hook‚ and the few clothes he had on his back. Chris was trying to find himself by

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    Chris McCandless abandoned modern world and choose the wild because he believed that he can improve himself through living in the world‚ and finds the true happiness of the life. McCandless abandoned his wealthy family because his complicated relationship with his father‚ and he was ashamed with his father’s adultery. Therefore‚ McCandless believed that human relationship is not a thing that forms happiness‚ and the connection with nature brings joy as well. He also believed the habitual lifestyle

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    Christopher McCandless was not crazy‚ he wasn’t stupid‚ and he defiantly was not looking for a way to die. Although some may think of them as selfish‚ he had his reasons for packing up his few belongings‚ leaving his family and walking “Into the Wild.” The death of Chris McCandless was an accidental tragedy. Chris and his dad never really got along (Source One.) They were both stubborn making it impossible to agree on anything. They both always had to be right. Chris decided to be “the bigger person”

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    Literature 25 August 2013 “Death of an Innocent” I personally think Chris McCandless did die in a senseless way. I do have sympathy for him because he wasn’t expecting to die the way he did and he didn’t die on purpose. I could understand why people in the passage thought differently of McCandless‚ but if they knew how he felt and why he did the things he did‚ I think people would understand him more. I think McCandless died in a senseless way because he didn’t have any idea that he would die

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    Chris McCandless There comes a time in everyone’s life where they start to make decisions. For some this time comes at an early age‚ some directly after high school‚ for others it comes after college. No matter what time it comes in your life there is always this realization that you have to become “independent and self sufficient”. Chris McCandless was one of those people who realized this‚ but took this experience that most people go through and over exaggerated into something that he

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    nothing‚ he felt that he was above nature and it could not affect him. Chris McCandless in Jon Krakauer’s “Into The Wild” went into the wild unprepared for the conditions he was about to face. As a person who read the writings of Jack London‚ his death seems somewhat ironic. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London brings out the irony even more‚ we see how London wrote and how it relates to how Chris died. Chris McCandless is a person who did not believe in rules of society. He believed that he was above rules

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    To me Chris McCandless was a dedicated and adventurous young man. He was very dedicated to the thing he loved. When people told him what to do he very rarely listened to them‚ so to me he was very independent. When he was put to a job he was very dedicated to it‚ it didn’t matter what it was. Like when he moved to the town where Wayne Westerberg live he was put to work and all the people he worked with agreed that he was a very hard working person. When Chris decided to go into the wilderness

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    Chris McCandless (Alex) was a young‚ privileged man who went into the wild because of his idealism and contempt for a materialistic lifestyle‚ his romanticism of Nature‚ and his desire to live a meaningful life. I admire Chris McCandless for choosing to pursue his dream of hiking across Alaska no matter how many people thought he was crazy. He “threw away subtlety and immersed himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important‚” (LaMarche). He believed

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    “To call each thing by its right name…by its right name.” What did Chris McCandless discover once he left the “cave”? Describe how one can draw meaning from Plato’s cave myth in relation to the film. Does Chris McCandless’ life and death bear any resemblance to that of Socrates? When Chris left “the Cave” of his former family life‚ he discovered many things. The first of these‚ and probably the most important or significant is that it was possible for him to survive without the wealth and comforts

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