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    In 1992 a man began his four month journey of leaving everything behind‚ college‚ family‚ and all his relationships to start a completely new life in the wild. In the book The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless recreates a new life for himself. while following his long journey‚ Chris renamed himself Alexander Supertramp and met many people along the way like Gallion‚ Franz‚ and Westerberg. Although some people think that Chris’s death has purpose‚ really Chris died in vain‚ alone in the woods

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    “Jack London is King” this was carved in to a block of wood found at the bus where Chris McCandless’s body was found. Chris McCandless admired Jack London as a man and a writer. Chris went into the wild’s of Alaska to prove that he could live off the land‚ with no modern conveniences‚ and no human contact. Jack London wrote stories about men and animals experiences against the environment‚ and survival against hardships‚ which were written from his own life. His works included individualism and the

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    “Into the Wild” is a book written by John Krakauer about Chris McCandless and his journey to gain spiritual enlightenment. Krakauer introduces us to Everett Reuss and the Irish Monks who also go on journeys similar to McCandless’s to gain spiritual enlightenment. Chris McCandless is a young man who left everything he had ever known behind to find and gain spiritual enlightenment. Everett Reuss is a man who went into the wild to hike a mountain. His death is still undetermined and his body has never

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    Luther King Jr. and Chris McCandless or better known as Alex Supertramp are similar people in many ways when it comes to being different than other people‚ but they are also very different in their own unique and special ways. Both of them stepped out of the traditional bounds of society by not being like other people. Not many people would protest for their rights such as Martin Luther King did and many people wouldn’t want to live off the land in Alaska such as Chris McCandless did. Even though they

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    Christopher McCandless was an intelligent young man who was deeply influenced by the material he read. As a scholar‚ he was well-read and developed his morals and beliefs based on what authors he connected with. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the story of McCandless’ early life‚ and then his subsequent death after his journey in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless’ motivation is often questioned‚ as to the outside world he seemed to have an easy life. He was an intelligent student‚ having excelled

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    Analyse how visual and/ or sound and verbal techniques are used to develop the personality of an important character in a visual text you have studied In the movie Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn‚ many techniques have been used to show that Chris McCandless has a negative view towards people and society. It is the views of a character that define their personality. Some of the scenes when this is seen are when Chris graduates from college‚ and when he has his graduation lunch. However towards the end

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    and live there ‚I like the Asiatic culture‚ people there live in peace and live in harmony with nature ‚and they are more developed than us ‚and that my reasons behind going there. However when I saw the movie” into the wild” ‚ I liked the Christopher McCandless idea’s to go to the wild ‚ but I disagree with him in many sides .so let us make comparaison

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    without thinking of the people we might hurt‚ or the consequences that our decisions might lead to. After reading Into the Wild‚ I think that Christopher McCandless was Inconsiderate. In my opinion I think that McCandless was Inconsiderate of the people who really cared about him. Whether it was his family or the people he met along his idiotic journey McCandless did not take their feelings into consideration. This is seen in the book on chapter 13 of into the

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    With the mindset Christopher had‚ this did not stop him‚ McCandless paddled down the river with extreme enthusiasm and excitement‚ in that moment he felt so alive and free. Christopher knew nothing was going to stop him from paddling down that river‚ not even the twelve year waiting list. That exact scene provides one example of how Christopher fulfills his everyday life‚ he takes a dangerous situation and runs with it. He started off turning down the excitement and focusing on his parent’s beliefs

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    Christopher McCandless was a confused person who while in the wilderness was seeking whom he was and trying to figure out during time what went wrong with his family. He was an individual who went through what he believed in. He would follow many of the footsteps of others like himself and went with it everywhere he went. McCandless would show many talents during his school years and his goals in life‚ but when he found out about the family that his father previously had it would break him. If

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