How Is Timothy Treadwell Selfish

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska in summer 1992. In the novel, John Krakauer approached carefully McCandless's life without putting too much authorial judgment to the readers. Although Chris McCandless remained an elusive figure throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless as a dreamy young idealist who tries to follow his dream but failed because of his innocent mistake which prove to be fatal and irreversible. Still, Chris McCandless's courage and passion was something that we should all be proud of.

The story of Chris McCandless has become a pop culture phenomenon. Many are fascinated by his desire to abandon his family and society and “walk into the wild” (Krakauer 69). Newscasts, magazine articles, movies, and books have tried to define what motivated him to give up everything for his Alaskan odyssey; however, the answers died with McCandless. People make assumptions about him without knowing his entire story. McCandless chose to do the unconventional, making people think he was either foolish or brave and determined, but ultimately he was selfish for doing what he did.

In the story, Henry David Thoreau has implemented numerous ideas that help Chris McCandless in his journey. During his journey to Alaska, Chris had to find ways to find food, build shelter and basically survive in this environment. One day, Chris killed a moose and started to cut him for food. After a couple of hours, he started to read one of his books, Walden by Henry David Thoreau. He circles and underlined one of the paragraphs in the book where

Award winning journalist and author, Jon Krakauer, in his book, Into the Wild, analyzes the life of Chris McCandless as well as the events that ensued his death. Krakauer’s purpose is to inform the reader about how and why Chris McCandless decided to embark on a journey into the wilderness of Alaska. He adopts an empathetic tone in order to impart to his readers that Chris McCandless was a very misunderstood young adult.

In Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book, Into the Wild, we follow how humans love the wilderness, the strain of father son relationships, and for the majority of the book a young adult named Chris McCandless. We see mostly through Chris’ eyes just how much the wilderness can entice young adults as well as how important crushing news of one’s father can change your life. McCandless was an angry pseudo adult who couldn’t handle a sizeable change in his life. He was too stuck on it being his way that he rarely could bring himself to accept help and improve his ability to actually survive. However, there was some good about McCandless. His search for himself and the truth were great intentions despite the flawed approach.

In what could have been Chris McCandless’s last contact with humanity he tells his new comrade, Wayne Westerberg, “If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t hear from me again I want you to know you are a great man. I now walk into the wild” (Krakauer 3). For 112 days Chris lived off the harsh Alaskan land. For anyone who is brave enough to travel on the stampede trail and cross the treacherous Teklanika River you will come across the Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142. Once a backcountry shelter for hunters, trappers, ranger patrols, and for a short time Chris McCandless, Bus 142 now serves as a memorial for Chris McCandless. Travelers will make the trip to witness the basic resources Chris had at hand and the courage it took to

Chris McCandless traveled to Alaska in April of 1992 for isolation from society, and unfortunately died in Fairbanks Bus 142 in August of 1992. His death is not what angers readers, but his lack of preparation and arrogance about the wilderness is what proves his “reckless narcissism”. His selfishness to not abide by his parent’s wishes for college and a decent job, his unpreparedness for wilderness survival, and his manipulation and lack of empathy for others is why readers believe he is a “reckless narcissist”. However, many people see him as a “noble idealist” for leaving society and all its amenities to live out his dream of in the wild.

Multiple accounts assumed McCandless was “entering the wilderness purposely ill-prepared…” and “hardly unique…almost a collective cliché” (Krakauer 71). Krakauer refutes this claim by displaying evidence supporting his argument while also acknowledging counter claims that McCandless was rash, foolhardy, but stressing he was definitely competent (85). Krakauer compares and contrasts the journeys of Rosellini, Waterman, and McCunn to that of McCandless defending that McCandless was not incapable or oblivious to survive in Alaska. Later parallels between McCandless and Ruess demonstrate their desires to become connected to nature and strong determination.

Being selfish is a common human trait. The freedom many people want has now become a basic need. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer showed that Chris McCandless was selfish to look for the experience of ultimate freedom. In the search for freedom, Chris coldly broke many bonds with friends. He broke the hearts of his family and made them worry to an intolerable extent. McCandless did not want to be found and he wanted to be a nobody. Chris McCandless’ trip to Alaska was selfish because he did not care about who he abandoned or hurt in the search of freedom.

Timothy’s tone was definitely written for everyday people, it is very comprehensible. Throughout his work he uses mostly pathos and logos, there next to no ethos in his work. When he did use ethos, they were not embedded in his work it was just a paragraph,

Usually when people are angry at their parents or have bad experiences they lock themselves in a room or simply take a walk, no one usually travels all the way to Alaska. Many people throughout the world have gone through a lot of bad experiences, terrible childhood, horrible environment, and many more. Nobody usually hitch hikes all the way to get to Alaska, there has to be a good explanation or a reason for someone to have the courage to do that. In the book “Into the Wild”, by Jon Krakauer has told a wonderful story about Christopher McCandless and all about his journey. Many people should applaud him for his courageousness from all what he has done. McCandless has had a rough childhood in which caused him to take a lot of the decisions

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer delves into the mind and motivation of Chris McCandless’s journey across the United States to the Alaskan wilderness where he died. While the entirety of the Krakauer’s novel is speculation, he typically provides sensible logic to fortify his claims. Though Krakauer asserts that McCandless was not a “nutcase,” this is false. Chris McCandless was a young, emotionally unstable man who sought peace, balance and control in his life. McCandless’s journey lead him to these ideals prior to his tragic death in the Alaskan Wilderness.

It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Such is the case with Christopher McCandless, the main protagonist within Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer. McCandless sets out of a journey to remove himself from his privileged upper-class upbringing by trekking into the Alaskan Wilderness. While McCandless’s intentions are to prove to himself that he can be independent and make his own life outside of his parent’s net of privilege, those intentions are dashed to the ground when he dies of starvation due to his lack of preparations for his journey. McCandless’s isolated himself from his family, and instead connected with random strangers on his expedition to Alaska, keeping in contact with said strangers instead. Due to his foolhardiness and childish idealism, McCandless made a journey into the wild that would be his last, ripping his selfish presence away from all those who had ever loved him.

In the movie, Seven Pounds, Gabriele Muccino develops a character played by Will Smith who’s name is Tim in the movie. Through out the movie Tim pretends to be is brother Ben. I believe that Tim cares so much more about other people’s lives than his own life. Also, I think that this was triggered when him and his recently engaged wife got into a car accident. The first organ Tim donated was to his brother Ben and it was a lobe of his lung this was a year after the crash. This is also when Tim steals Bens IRS ID badge and pretends to be him to look at people financial history of people that might receive his donations. Tim would also interview the person to make sure they were a good person before he knew he was going to donate to them. The

I had always loved breakfast. That’s one of the reasons I felt that my wife was so perfect for me. She was the best breakfast chef in the world. Eggs, bacon, pancakes, french toast, anything I could possibly ask for, she could make better than anybody else. And for that reason, Timothy was a huge fan of breakfast as well. However, after his mother passed, his obsession over breakfast had quickly went away. He never really ate breakfast anymore. Even when I tried to make breakfast for him, he wouldn’t touch it. He claimed he wasn’t hungry, but that was only because he didn’t want me to be upset, or to realize that he was upset. But I knew the truth. That was the thing about Timothy. Although in reality he was actually a criminal, he was a very kind person. He was always trying to make others feel better. However, he also never let anybody talk to him about his emotions. At least not after his mother passed. His mother was a very emotional person. She was always talking about feelings. After all, it was her job as a therapist. I think that is what made him so emotional. His mother. And after she died, he tried to hide that emotion as much as possible. That is when he started to become lazy in school, and started to