How The Changes In The Body Of Christopher Creed

There are so many ways and reasons that people can change. You can change for love, passion, or to fit in. There are many more things that can change a person. I’m taking two stories and looking if the characters changed or stayed the same.

No individual had the same family background and early experiences in their lives. Each individual also had their own personalities. Chris McCandless was a young and successful college graduate with a job and had money. Oddly, he decided to disappear in response to his father’s misjudgment, giving away his money and overall, became homeless. McCandless could no longer

His decision to explore with minimal supplies and being unprepared with knowledge of the area shows how he had to meet his fate. Chris’ ability to run so far away from where he was raised shows how rough his childhood was that his point in running away was to completely forget his childhood by exploring the wilderness. Also for example, Gene Rosellini was found dead in Alaska mysteriously, apparently from suicide. Before he got to Alaska he decided to devote his life to an experiment. “In November 1991, Rosellini was discovered lying facedown on the floor of his shack with a knife through his heart.

People change and grow through their experiences and conflicts. For example, just 2 years ago I was a sixth grader. There was a lot more homework than I ever had in my non-accelerated / magnet elementary school. I had to work harder and for longer hours, but as a result, I was much more mature and knowledgeable. I improved my work habits and increased my concentration. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”, a 14 year old girl is in love with a high school senior. She does everything she can to try to see him more often. At the end, she thinks she learns the true meaning of love. In Richard Wright’s “The Street”, a boy has to go shopping for food, but he is constantly stopped by a gang who beats him up. At the end, he beats up the gang with a stick his mother gave him because he had to to return home. In both “The Street” by Richard Wright and “First Love” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the characters start out as shy and naive, but end up as aware and wiser as a result of their respective conflicts.

Times change, people change. This idea is further talked about and explained in the novel, Whirligig. Brent, a seventeen-year-old teen, just wants to fit in. However, his life is forever changed when he is embarrassed at a party. While under the influence of alcohol, Brent attempts suicide, but instead, accidentally kills an innocent girl named Lea. Feeling further ostracised from his peers, he goes on a journey of atonement, while, unbeknownst to himself, spreading joy to others. Throughout this story, Brent is able to find himself and and becomes a better person.

Changing from beating people up and stealing their money, to being their friend, is one of the biggest changes that can be made. In the book Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, the character that changed the most, was named Wesley Cobble. Wesley changed the most for multiple reasons. One of the reasons is that at the beginning of the book, Wesley stole money from Scott and other kids. But later on, Wesley stops stealing people’s money, and even becomes friends with Scott!

Initially, Chris is bullied and does not have many friends. Chris’ friend, Isabella, is explaining her relationship with Chris to Torey and Ali. Isabella is not as good as a friend as chris would imply.Isabella tells Torey and Ali, “Chris … was … how can I say it? He could latch onto you and just refuse to

Fourthly, some may disagree with the argument of this paper. Those who disagree may say that Chris had familial problems, and he left due to that reason. However, those who agree with this paper argue that although family played a role in his decision, the major reason was that he did not accept society. When Chris was a child, “‘…when I tried to teach him to play golf, he refused to accept that form is everything. He resisted instruction of any kind’” (111 Krakauer). Chris is a free spirit, and did not conform to society’s norms. Due to this, he did not accept what society expected of

Sometimes there are experiences that can completely change a person. A person comes in one way and comes out completely different, usually in their head. This happens a lot, even way back to the early 1600’s in the tragedy-based play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, where Macbeth develops and changes as a character over the course of the play in terms of his mentality. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is motivated by the witches predictions, can not control his thoughts, and lets his emotions get in the way of what he wants. Towards the end of the play, Macbeth is motivated by his need to survive, can control his thoughts better and limits the effect emotions have on him. These are three key components that change

Nick, the narrator throughout the book, experiences changes but not as many as other characters. Nick was a shy

One difference between Adam Shepard was twenty- three when he left and Christopher McCandless was twenty-two and had just graduated from college. McCandless was an all A student and so was Adam. McCandless had the best personality and could make people happy effortless. He did it because he knew it made them feel good he liked to make people happy happy and didn’t want anything in return at all. He once told jan and rainey “He didn’t need money it made people cautious”. He did everything he did because he lived his whole life doing what his parents wanted him to do but now that he was emancipated from that world of abstraction. Falso security, parents and material excess, the things that cut chris off from the truth of his existence. Chris lived for happiness and making those around him happy and being happy came with fun and living life however it pleased you. As said in the movie “It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history, oppression and law irksome obligations. Absolute freedom and the road has always led

There is no question that Chris McCandless had reason for the courageous, difficult, or some may even call suicidal stunt he pulled. Throwing away your education, giving up your most precious possessions, and burning all the money in your wallet must have a purpose behind it. McCandless was the type of person who would rather give than receive and did not like having things done for him and demonstrated strong characteristics of being independent. Although, out of the thousands of reasons that could have drawn him to make this drastic decision I believe it was literary influences and his philosophical beliefs that impacted his choice the most.

Not only did Chris McCandless sacrifice so much for the future that he wanted, but he remained focus on his goal and he never ever regretted a minute of it. Even close to his death he was always smiling in the pictures he took and he never looked for a way out. He came into the wild and learned to be one with it. He respected it and learned from it all while staying at his peak of happiness. Chris McCandless’ did not necessarily have a bad life, but it was clear that he was not always happy. When he was truly happiest, he was alone. His disapproval of modern day society is evident throughout the book; “I told him ‘Man, you gotta have money to get along in this world’ but he wouldn’t take it” (46). He realized he needed to be separated from these people and live on his own. He decided to change his course for the future into an isolated lifestyle all without notice to the people that loved him. He was set up for a great life, but he ended it all to follow his dreams and fulfill his purpose. Not

If you attempted to talk him out of something, he wouldn’t argue. He would just nod politely and then do exactly what he wanted” (Krakauer 182). Chris did exactly as Carine stated he would when someone tried to stop his trip to Alaska. Chris understood what the trip to Alaska would entail but decided to continue anyway. He was confident in his abilities and constantly felt the need to challenge those abilities. According to Jon Krakauer, “He had a need to test himself in ways, as he was fond of saying ‘that mattered’. He possessed grand- some would say grandiose- spiritual ambitions” (Krakauer 182). Although Chris’s ambition is surely admirable it also could be credited as his tragic flaw. Chris strived for perfection in everything he set his mind to. He refused to listen to individuals who were trying to help him when saying he was ill prepared; instead he ignored their efforts and went into the wild. Chris’s unpreparedness could later be identified as the cause of his death but in his mind, his supporters would like to believe, it did not matter. Chris died doing what he loved, living in isolation with nature being his only companion.

124). He furthers this by describing how Chris’ parents sent a letter saying” You have completely dropped away from all who love and care about you. Whatever it is—whoever you’re with—do you think this is right?” (p. 124). According to Krakauer, Chris saw this “as meddling and referred to the letter as stupid when talked to Carine” (p. 124). At this point, Krakauer is clearly pointing out Chris’ flaws and how he seemingly didn’t enough about his family to bother contacting them for long periods of time. He builds upon this when mentioning how Chris went on trans-continental journeys through the Mojave Desert and various places multiple times without saying a word. He even goes as far as to describe how in July 1992, 2 years after Chris left Atlanta, his mother awoke one night with tears rolling down her cheeks screaming, “I don’t know how I’ll ever get over it. I wasn’t dreaming. I didn’t imagine it. I heard his voice! He was begging, ‘Mom! Help me!’” (p. 126). Krakauer could have deliberately left out such disheartening details that portrayed Chris in a negative manner, as someone who would make his mother suffer in such a way, but he included them in order to give the reader as much perspective on Chris as possible.