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Chris Mccandless Risk And The Addiction To Adrenaline
Zach Cedruly
English
“Risk and the Addiction to Adrenaline”
Mr. Siuda
May 1, 2011

Human beings are addicted to adrenaline and willingly put themselves in risky situations to experience the adrenaline rush. The characters and people in these pieces of American literature and history portray the addictiveness of adrenaline and continually put themselves in risky situations to experience the most addictive variable of risk; adrenaline. ”Into the Wild’s” Chris McCandless walked right into one of the most unforgiving places in North America; The Alaskan Bush. McCandless was an extremist and did not sit on the side lines waiting for adventure to come to him. He ventured through the dangerous terrain with little to no equipment. The

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