Chris Mccandless Persuasive Speech

The first time that Holden really declares to the reader his tendency of alienation is during his conversation with Mr. Spencer. Spencer

5) Page 13: This is ironic coming from Holden because he often repeats himself over again in his head and out loud, just like Mr. Spencer had just done.

He left 3 days before they were supposed to go home for winter break. He goes to a hotel for at least a week and walks around the city. He does not want to go home and face his parents mostly his father because Holden has got kicked 3 other private schools and his dad would “kill him.” Holden’s sister Phoebe says to him “I suppose you failed in every single subject again.” His little sister was not surprised at all that he failed out of his school again. Phoebe is 10 years old giving her bigger brother a talk about why he’s not good in school. Phoebe should not be able to give his older brother advise because she is the younger one. Holden should be mature enough to lead his sister to do good overall in life by facing his

“Wilderness appealed to those bored or disgusted with man and his works” (Roderick Nash). Chris McCandless, a modern transcendentalist, sent out on an adventure to find his true self in the wilderness of the North American continent. In the two years he was away, he met many individuals he called his friends and explored the extent of the American West. However, Chris was found dead in an abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail in the deep wilderness of Alaska in early September 1992. Chris believed he could live his life without the disruption of others. Henry David Thoreau believed that individuals can strive for themselves without government interruption. Chris McCandless, in Jon Krakauer’s documentary Into the Wild, believes that living off the land and life to its fullest without help from others compares to Henry David Thoreau’s beliefs in his writing “Civil Disobedience.”

How much should one prepare before venturing into the wild? For Transcendentalists, preparation would likely have been limited to the bare necessities. Transcendentalism was a movement that conquered America during the nineteenth century. A few beliefs from the era were that self-reliance was beneficial, money was a distraction, and truth was found in nature. One person who shared these beliefs at a more recent time in history was Chris McCandless, whose story was described by Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild. McCandless was a young man who traversed America during the early nineties. He had previously attended college and endured the pressure of his parents throughout those years. When he graduated and was finally free, Chris cut off connections with his family and friends, choosing to live a nomadic life on his own. His final journey was into the Alaskan wild; however, it may not have had to be his last adventure. There are a few situations where, if they had unfolded differently, Chris might have survived. Chris McCandless was a fool because he did not tell anyone when he planned to return from his journey, was uneducated about preserving his game, and avoided keeping close relationships.

Hello, my name is Susan Stewart. I am a member of the Wheatland High School Grad Night Committee. The committee is comprised of Volunteers who plan and facilitate the Safe and Sober Grad Night event for Wheatland High School graduates. Committee members are meeting with local community businesses and leaders like yourself, to ask if they would be interested in supporting an event aimed at keeping our local teens safe on such a celebratory night.

Hello Mayor Batri, and fellow citizens. I’m Talia Johnson and I’m here on behalf of the entire Local Aboriginal Community. Musgrave Park Can Not be destroyed by property developers and their ‘aspiring plan’ to reinvent Brisbane. I know that amongst us today there are good people, and I know that there are property developers. And, I’ve got something to say to you Property Developers. Musgrave Park is not a patch of grass on a large block of land, it is a crucial part of my Indigenous Heritage. We need to consider not only the Indigenous significance of Musgrave Park Past, and Present, but we must look at the true importance of Brisbane’s Green Space.

Purpose: at the end of my speech the audience should change their perspective towards failure and use it as a guideline to success.

My oral surrounds the contemporary issue of the banning of the Melbourne Cup due to the cruel and inhumane treatment of the horses. The Melbourne Cup is an internationally recognised horse racing event, with a rich history dating back to 1861 and is a public holiday for residents of Melbourne. The arguments that support the ban are as follows: the racing undergone poses a significant risk to the health of the horses; the existence of the race is due to the economic benefits it brings and; many of the horses are discarded and then killed, known as ‘wastage’. With my arguments I intend for readers to depart with a greater understanding and appreciation of the ideas in my oral. The convention of a persuasive speech is to be adopted; a structure

Although he doesn’t have any friends in this place, he stills wants to have a feeling of leaving and saying goodbye. This is shown when he says “What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of goodbye. I mean I’ve left schools and places before and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. When I leave a place, I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse” (7). Holden doesn’t have any connections to people in this place, and this makes him sad. Constantly feeling abandoned and alone contributes to his feelings of depression. Immediately after leaving his school in the middle of the night without waiting for his brother to pick him up at a later date, Holden asks the cab driver to take him to a bar in New York city. Although he

Spencer directed towards Holden and is said when Holden goes to Mr. Spencer's office to say goodbye because he's getting kicked out of Pencey. This quote is said because it tells us a lot about Holden since he disagrees with it in his narration directly after. It shows that Holden doesn't want to play by the rules and wants to get out of that lifestyle and move away from it. The style writing is that of a metaphor. The metaphor being that in order to succeed in life, you need to play the game otherwise you'd fail. If you follow the rules, you'd surely be able to keep on climbing. The significance of the quote is that it revealed things about Holden right away when he was introduced. It revealed that Holden didn't want to live a "normal" life and wanted to live his life away from the norm. It helps us characterize Holden as someone who thinks people are fake and morons and that he tries to stay away from this life but in reality, he becomes the same thing he dislikes so much. This shows that Holden himself is a fake and a phony

Chris McCandless leaves everything he knows to pursue a dream of escaping society and being one with the wild. His actions show a sense of transcendentalism and minimalism. Chris finds confidence and self reliance, he avoids all materialistic items and finds a way to live each and every moment to a new extent. He always expressed such confidence and bravery in everything he did. I don’t see his life and death as a mistake, I consider it one of the best decisions of his life.

This passage proves that Holden is dissatisfied with the boys at his school, he believes they are fake and he does not social well with them. Although Holden doesn’t want to interact much, when he does end up interacting with people, he usually gets the short end of the stick. For instance he invites Ackley, a boy he meets at Pency Prep, along to the movies, but Ackley won't return the favor by letting Holden sleep in his roommate's bed. ‘“I’m not worried about it. Only, I’d hate like hell if Ely came in all of a sudden and found some guy-”’ (Salinger 49). Another instance is when Holden pays Sunny even though they don’t have sex, and ends up getting scammed. At a young age, Holden lost his younger brother, Allie. This had a huge traumatizing effect on him; Holden felt useless because he was unable to help his brother. Holden turns his emotions into anger; stating that he punched out all the windows in the garage. Another time Holden felt unable to help was when his peer, James Castle, was harassed and bullied, leading to James’s suicide. Holden says, “... and there was old James Castle laying right on the stone steps and all. He was dead, and his teeth, and blood, were all over the place, and nobody would even go near him. He had on this turtleneck sweater I'd lent him”’ (Salinger 170). Holden feels that society had

Christopher McCandless was a well-educated graduate from a pristine university, born and raised in a wealthy region of the East Coast. However, he wasn’t content with himself as a person and believed he could obtain a higher state of being within his own existence by making major changes in his life. As a result, he led himself on a romanticized journey to find himself in the Alaskan interior, which concluded in his demise. The world-renowned theoretical physicist Albert Einstein put into words that “two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” McCandless failed to symbolize a heroic and intelligent state of being and jeopardized his life by prematurely embarking on his journey into the enormity of the Alaskan wild. Chris McCandless might have been a man of academic intelligence, but his insatiable desire for adventure caused him to become reckless and perish in the wild.

Throughout our lives, we experience different situations,some that can be positive or negative, but consequently help build who we are. Sometimes it's harder for others to find themselves, which leads them to go out of their comfort zone and discover new things that will truly make them happy,this is reflected on the life of Christopher McCandless in the film Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn and the book written by Jon Krakauer. As Chris McCandless way of finding himself, he embarked on a journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Jon Krakauer refers to Chris McCandless as being some sort of pilgrim and I agree with his statement because Chris was rebellious, ambitious and an intelligent person.