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    Book Assesment

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    consumed by it. When Chris came back to the abandoned bus on July 8th‚ the book begins to describe how Chris is slowly dying (Page 188). He is physically weak from his journey; he is on the verge of starvation and death. Due to his surroundings in Alaska all he could eat was squirrels‚ berries‚ and plants. When encountered with a bear he decides to not kill it and instead

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    Christopher McCandless: Hero         It was a tragedy that Christopher McCandless died in Alaska; but he was not wrong in rejecting American society and what it stood for in the modern day. Jon Krakauer’s book‚ Into the Wild‚ tells the true story of Christopher McCandless and why he left his home and his family and how he managed to survive for so long after he left. The book deals with the people he meant and grew close to‚ and his impact on their and other people’s lives. Chris decided to leave

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    Into the Wild Chris McCandless ventured on a grand journey that would change everything and transform his life. He grew up in a hostile environment where his choices were not his own. His parent’s violence toward each other began to affect his world views at a very young age. This lead to Chris having high standards for himself and to embark on a journey to find peace and serenity in the wilderness. Radical adventurer seeking enlightenment through traveling motivated by the authors he admired

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    One day in July of 1990‚ Chris McCandless severed all contact with his family and set out West and started his two year long journey that would ultimately end with his untimely death in the frozen‚ unforgiving landscape of Alaska. Something drove McCandless to venture out of the secure lifestyle his future had become and do the unexpected thing and journey across the Western hemisphere. Many people speculate that McCandless left because of simple rebellion and a penchant for risk-taking. While rebellion

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    Looking For Alaska

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    ’Looking for Alaska’‚ John Green’s Debut novel was published in 2005.The novel is about a group of lost‚ but additionally very intelligent teenagers‚ who attend Culver Creek Boarding School for their first junior year. They are on the contrary to shallow‚ more or less precise opposite; Alaska Young‚ Miles Halter and Chip Martin’s thought are as deep as the Mariana trench. Their complicated way of looking at life‚ thirst for an adventure‚ seeking simplicity and comprehension in an intricate world

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    rice‚ was not the smartest move. “For that entire period he subsisted on nothing but five pounds of rice and what marine life he could pull from the sea‚ an experience that would later convince him he could survive on similarly meager rations in the Alaska bush” (Krakauer 26). Having that said‚ when Chris entered the shallow depths of the Alaskan wilderness‚ it seemed he forgot all that happened during his time in Mexico. When he almost died because of not having a map‚ or even forgetting to bring the

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    Chris Mccandless Crazy

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    the average person. Many people have different views and opinions about him and the way he chose to live his life. Shaun Callarman claims that he‚ “was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense‚ and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really i think he was plain crazy‚” I strongly agree with Callarman’s statement because he did not consider the

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    After blowing some dust off the counter and inscribed plaque‚ you may find writings by a brilliant man. As you look out the window of an abandoned bus that was made into a temporary shelter in the Alaskan bush‚ located in the vast of white wilderness‚ you may wonder‚ “What was Christopher McCandless thinking?” McCandless began his fatal journey in 1990 after graduating from Oxford University and always had an urge to move and be nomadic. When Jon Krakauer published an article regarding Chris McCandless’

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    Looking for Alaska

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    ”Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.”(Said by Alaska‚ p. 44‚ l. 17). This quote matches the theme because the book is very philosophical written‚ and Alaska gives many thoughts to life and death. The quote is a foreshadowing and tells a lot about the future incident. In this book Miles Halter is the narrator. The book is written from his point of view‚ and it takes statement in his thoughts‚ which only gives Miles’ posture of things. But at the same time it invites the reader to get in touch

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    Christopher McCandless nature adventure into perspective. From my opinion I think that everyone has this sense of embracing danger in some point of their lives‚ Christopher McCandless just went to the extreme most don’t dare to touch. His adventure to Alaska was the equivalent of most teen’s rebellion against their parents in my opinion. He wanted to find himself in the world and do something that not only counted‚ but left is imprinted out there. Throughout my life I had seen and experienced danger

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