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    1996‚ and is based on a true story of a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless who was born in February 12‚ 1968 in El Segundo‚ California. Hunters found his body inside a bus in September 6th‚ 1992 in the Alaskan wilderness. Christopher McCandless came from a wealthy family. He was very smart‚ talented‚ kind hearted and nature loving human. His family was always proud of him when it came up to his education. McCandless was a man of his own‚ as early age he used his own mind when making decisions

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    Chris McCandless was an ambitious soul‚ hitchhiking through life alone‚ moved by the beauty of nature. Mahatma Gandhi was an independence movement leader‚ and through non-violent civil disobedience‚ moved the world (“Mahatma Gandhi Bio”). Through the eyes of others‚ these two men were worlds apart‚ born for different purposes‚ with no clear connection between their actions. One man lived a lifestyle of solitude while the other constantly surrounded himself with family‚ friends‚ and followers.

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    Team Mccandless “If you want something in this life ‚reach out and grab it “ (Krakauer) . Due to Chris McCandless he was trying to find a true meaning to life. In order for him to understand himself and find himself in the world he choice to leave society. In the book “Into The Wild “ I believe that Chris McCandless was a fearless young man . Chris followed his dreams by going into the wild to get out of society .The majority of the human population will disagree with Chris choices and think

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    talks about the journey Chris decided to take‚ leaving behind his parents and his dreams. He graduated from Emory University as a top student/athlete only to decide he was tired of everything and decided to embark in a journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Shaun Callarman states‚”I think that Chris McCandless 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”. I think that Chris McCandless was not an idiot and ignorant

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    everything for a new life? Christopher McCandless made that decision and many others on his two year journey to Alaska. He made these decisions with certain traits that he possesses‚ whether they were strengths that helped him or weaknesses that lead to his unfortunate death by starvation. Of these traits that he has‚ three are independence‚ over-confidence‚ and maturity. These traits have majorly affected how he acted in each situation. To start off‚ Chris McCandless was very independent. He especially

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    English II H‚ Section 1 27 February 2014 The Chris McCandless Story: The Author’s Perspective Christopher Johnson McCandless was an American hiker who adopted the alias Alexander Supertramp and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with little food and equipment‚ hoping to live simply for a time in solitude. Little did his family and friends know‚ but when Chris stepped into the Alaskan wilderness‚ he would never come out alive. Jon Krakauer documents Chris’s journey and the people

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    Chris McCandless Chris McCandless was a young man from California who loved to be outdoors and was always very athletic. He always had the desire and ambition to do things on his own. However this was a positive and negative side to his personality because it would cost him his life by wanting to live this way. In school Chris was always a very smart student who had good grades and could have gone to college if he chose to. His parents wanted him to attend college but he felt it wasn’t for him so

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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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    Into the Wild Into the Wild‚ a novel written by Jon Krakauer‚ reveals the journey of Christopher McCandless across the United States in search of a life that was different from what he had previously known. He set out on a journey in order to discover a way of life that was free of the material possessions his family held so dear. Chris graduated from Emory University and was described as a good student who achieved high grades‚ attained several academic awards and earned many accomplishments

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    Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is about a young man named Chris McCandless who left his old life behind to hitchhike across America. He burned the money in his pockets and abandoned his car in the desert. Krakauer tells the story of Chris’s journey to Alaska where he was found dead in an abandoned bus‚ and much more. Chris McCandless’s story is one of courage and passion; however‚ it also gives the impression that he was irresponsible and ungrateful. He had many character traits that one would both

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