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Into the Wild
I wish that I could give a really straightforward answer for this question, but it's not possible. The quote that is listed does not appear in Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild. The quote listed...
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Into the Wild
I'm going to answer this question in a literal manner. McCandless's dream is to live on his own in the Alaskan wilderness. He reveres stories by Jack London that seem to romanticize Alaska's...
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Into the Wild
The answer to this question is going to differ from reader to reader. Different readers will have different experiences with this book. Feel free to state what it is that you discovered, and then...
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Into the Wild
The question is basically asking if Chris McCandless is a dynamic character. In general, I would say that McCandless is not a dynamic character. He really never displays any huge character growth...
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Into the Wild
The author uses several examples of logos, or an appeal to logic, to show how woefully unprepared Chris McCandless was for his trek into the interior of Alaska. For example, the author cites Jim...
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Into the Wild
Without being able to directly ask Chris McCandless, the answer to this question will probably forever remain a mystery. Krakauer does a nice job of trying to "get inside" McCandless and figure...
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Into the Wild
One important relationship shown in the film adaptation of Into the Wild is the relationship between Chris McCandless and Ronald Franz. The film makes some definite changes from the book, and the...
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Into the Wild
Chris McCandless learned to make a leather belt and other leather products from Ronald Franz. An accomplished leatherworker, Franz taught Alex the secrets of his craft; for his first project...
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Into the Wild
In chapter four of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, the author is able to trace the early adventures of Chris McCandless from the time he leaves Atlanta until he "entered Las Vegas with no money and...
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Into the Wild
That chapter is a really difficult chapter to read, emotionally at least. I may have thought that McCandless was a bit crazy at different times throughout the book, but I always admired his ability...
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Into the Wild
Chris McCandless met all kinds of people during his months wandering the country. There are simply too many to list, but I can help list and briefly explain some of the more prominent figures that...
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Into the Wild
The exact page number is going to be tough for me to give you. I do not know which edition of the book that you are looking at, and the page numbers of different editions will be slightly...
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Into the Wild
In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless abandons his Datsun after a flash flood hits Lake Mead, Nevada. When McCandless realizes that his wet battery will prevent him from diving further west...
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Into the Wild
I don't think we can say with any assurance that Chris McCandless was relieved to have left behind Ronald Franz. McCandless seemed to really enjoy his time with Franz, and McCandless wrote lengthy...
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Into the Wild
The central question about McCandless is exactly the one you ask—was he a visionary, or a fool? There is no simple answer to this, other than to say he was a little bit of both. I think...
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Into the Wild
That quote appears in chapter six of Krakauer's Into the Wild. The full quote actually reads as follows: "The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure." I can't...
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Into the Wild
In his essay "Self Reliance," Emerson tells his readers to trust themselves and to look into their own hearts and souls to find their unique destinies. For Emerson, self-reliance was the opposite...
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Into the Wild
Chris McCandless. He died as Chris McCandless. He did not die as Alex, Supertramp, McCandless. The best possible proof that I can offer you is the note that McCandless left on the outside of the...
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Into the Wild
This question is not as straightforward as it appears. The reason for that is because Chris McCandless and Wayne Westerberg interact with each other on more than two occasions. So I can't know...
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Into the Wild
While narrating the story of Chris McCandless, Jon Krakauer, the author of Into the Wild, compares McCandless to other men who went off into the wilderness and were ultimately never seen again. The...
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Into the Wild
Krakauer has a number of reasons to write Into the Wild. In the Author's Note in the Anchor Books edition, Krakauer lists a few: he is interested in the "grip wilderness has on the American...
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Into the Wild
Since I teach this book in a college literature class, I believe it belongs there and will try to explain why. First and foremost, it is part of a literary tradition that goes back to Hesiod's...
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Into the Wild
While we can never know about Chris McCandless's mindset and precise circumstances at the time of his death with certainty, little to no evidence would support the notion that he committed suicide....
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Into the Wild
The question, as it is stated, is asking two different things. Naming four of McCandless's actions is easy. He ran away from his parents. He donated the rest of his college money. He went to...
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Into the Wild
I can't prove that he is a pilgrim, but I can give some supporting quotes to that concept. About halfway through the book, author John Krakauer contemplates the mystery that is Chris McCandless....
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Into the Wild
This question is potentially huge, because I believe that you are referring to McCandless's return to the United States after paddling his canoe into Mexico. The reason the answer could be huge is...
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Into the Wild
Chris is a rebel first because of anger at his parents, people he accuses of trying to buy his love with material goods. He rejects their values and tries to live as simply as possible. He writes:...
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Into the Wild
“When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.” Ronald Franz, an 81-year old retired Christian man who Chris met and became friends with in 1992, spoke those...
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Into the Wild
I will not be here in South Dakota very much longer. My friend, Wayne, wants me to stay working at the grain elevator through May and then go combining with him the entire summer, but I have my...
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Into the Wild
Jim Gallien is an electrician who picked up the hitchhiking Chris McCandless and gave him a ride to the Stampede Trail, where McCandless walked into the wilderness. Gallien's experience with...
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Into the Wild
I have to admit that I was very thrown by your question. I've read Krakauer's account of Chris McCandless, and I know that Corinne McCandless has published a book that details her interpretation...
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Into the Wild
In Jon Krakauer's novel Into the Wild, the main character Chris McCandless has nicknamed himself Alex Supertramp. When he arrives in the Alaskan wilderness he finds an abandoned bus. He sets up...
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Into the Wild
In the preface to his book about the late Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild, author Jon Krakauer provides some pertinent background into his human subject’s life—information that...
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Into the Wild
A lot of questions about Chris McCandless remain unanswered. Krakauer's account of Chris's final year of life is interesting and as accurate as he can make it based on Chris's letters and...
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Into the Wild
Many parts of the narrative are based on Krakauer's research into McCandless and his life. Unwilling to let McCandless go, I spent more than a year retracing the convoluted path that led to his...
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Into the Wild
When I first read Into the Wild, I wondered why Krakauer was starting with an event so close to McCandless's death. But after finishing the book, I could see how Gallien's brief encounter of...
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Into the Wild
Chapter Six in Into the Wild is devoted to the story of Ron Franz and his friendship with Chris McCandless. There are a few changes in the narrative approach Krakauer takes in this chapter. For one...
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Into the Wild
Recklessness can be thought of in terms of both what you do and how you do it. On the "how", for example, driving to the store under the speed limit on major roads in good weather is not reckless,...
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Into the Wild
Whether or not Chris McCandless was completely ignorant and very lucky most of the time is up to each reader to decide. There are going to be readers that find McCandless inspiring, brave, and...
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Into the Wild
Author John Krakauer went to visit the parents of Chris McCandless for the same reason he went to visit and interview other people who had had interactions with Chris. Krakauer needed their input...
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Into the Wild
It is not possible to know if McCandless ever found true happiness or not. We would have to ask him, and then hope that he told the truth. Based solely on how he died, no, I don't think that he...
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Into the Wild
Chris had a complicated relationship with his parents, particularly with his father, Walt. In Chapter 11 of Into The Wild, Krakauer describes Chris's childhood. Walt was a perfectionist, who pushed...
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Into the Wild
I believe that this question is asking about a specific section of the novel in which Billie McCandless admits not understanding something about her son. It took me a little bit to find, but I...
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Into the Wild
The author of Into the Wild is John Krakauer. He makes use of a lot of different literary devices. I'll pick three literary devices that I believe that Krakauer uses to great effect during the...
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Into the Wild
Krakauer seems to to suggest that Walt's past helped push Chris toward his chosen future. As Chris nears the end of his time at college, he grows more and more distant from both of his parents....
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Into the Wild
When writing an argument in favor of McCandless, be prepared to meet a crossfire of opinions regarding the topic. Therefore, to argue that McCandless is a "hero", you should have both the evidence...
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Into the Wild
I am going to assume that you mean Jon Krakauer's narration of the novel. I think his narrative organization is functionally effective. While the story does seem to narrate in a haphazard...
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Into the Wild
Chapters 8 and 9 from Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild are alike because they both focus on the same topic. That topic is Krakauer's information on other historical figures that he believes are...
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Into the Wild
Both Walt McCandless and Chris McCandless are extremely intelligent people. Both are well educated individuals. The quote from chapter eleven that supports this characteristic in Walt McCandless...
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Reference
During the course of his research, Jon Krakauer was able to track down a number of primary sources of Chris McCandless’s writings. These included: (1) Chris’s main journal, which he left behind...
