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    Chris McCandless

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    Have you ever heard the phrase‚ “better safe than sorry”? This idiom’s truthfulness is proven in Jon Krakauer’s book‚ Into the Wild. In the book‚ Christopher McCandless‚ a young man who follows his dreams‚ learns to never overestimate oneself‚ for arrogance can lead to bad decisions and therefore bad consequences. Christopher McCandless decided early in the book that his ambition was to live completely off the land for a while‚ with only the help of ten pounds of rice for food. His adventure was

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    Chris Mccandless Analysis

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    words that come to mind when describing Christopher McCandless. To Jon Krakauer Chris McCandless was rash‚ but Krakauer insists that McCandless “wasn’t a nutcase‚ he wasn’t a sociopath‚ he wasn’t an outcast. McCandless was something else - although precisely what is hard to say. A pilgrim perhaps”(85). The real question still remains unanswered‚ what precisely was McCandless? Chris McCandless ultimately should be described as a romantic. Chris was a free spirit‚ he was a counterculture adventurer

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    In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless starts a new life for himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important. McCandless distanced himself from his family‚ invented a new name‚ and created a new life as Alexander Supertramp. His irrational actions brought Chris McCandless many criticisims‚ however it is these actions of self reliance that helped to test his independence. We are always in the same routine everyday and look

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    Jon Krakauer wrote a book called Into the Wild where he described how Chris McCandless lived a risk-taking yet adventurous life. Also all the things McCandless experienced while on his journey to Alaska and all the great people he met along the way. There have been many speculations‚ however‚ on why Chris really went into the wild. Some may believe that McCandless went into the wild to escape a toxic relationship with his parents‚ but the real reason he left everything behind was due to his literary

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    protagonist faces. In the book‚ the protagonist is Chris Mccandless‚ otherwise known as Alex Supertramp. He was a hero an a noble traveler escaping the fate his parents set out for him; making Mccandless follow his dreams and aspirations for going all around the world and living

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    to Happiness Chris McCandless is a driven young adult that is unlike any other. By the end of his Alaskan odyssey‚ he becomes a new man nearly entirely. The most noticeable difference between the Chris that left home in his yellow Datsun and the Chris that took his last photo in the Alaskan bush‚ was that the last version of Chris was happy. The author writes that Chris McCandless first became introverted and cold during his sophomore year in college. The relationship between Chris and his parents

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    Chris Mccandless Journey

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    Chris McCandless was an exceptional young man who lived life by the beat of his own drum but all that changed when his young life was cut short. Though his life ended‚ his story lives on forever. Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild is Chris McCandless’ living legacy; the book examines McCandless’ life as well as revealing his struggles with his parents‚ his adventures with the people he meets‚ and the hardships he faces in Alaska. Chris McCandless lived life as a modern day nomad; he

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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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    Who is Chris McCandless? Have you ever wanted to escape from your old life and start a new one? Well Chris McCandless did. Chris McCandless was a transcendentalist (a person that analyzes the process of nature) that wanted to forget about his past . McCandless didn’t want to live the same life anymore‚ he was set out to show his love for nature. McCandless travelled through North America living with harsh necessities and off the land. Throughout McCandless’ adventures of “Into the Wild” he

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    Chris Mccandless Courage

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    Leaving everything and everyone that ever loved you and disappearing into the wilderness with little asks for a lot of courage. Throughout Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild novel‚ the main figure Christopher McCandless takes a wild expedition into the heart of Alaska. In McCandless’s case surviving in the woods did not go into his favor‚ but becoming a hero did. Writing a 200 page novel is not something that an author would do for an ordinary person‚ It is done to acknowledge somebody that has been outstanding

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