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Christopher McCandless was an intelligent, idealistic young man who believed that being in solitude with nature is the best way to live life. In May 1990, McCandless graduates from Emory University and decides to travel on the road during the summer. In June 1990, McCandless unexpectedly wrote a note stating that he will never return to his parents. As a result, McCandless hitchhiked in hopes of traveling the United States and completely starting a new life. However, migrating was not so convenient due to the lack of resources that the body needs to stay functioning in the wild causing the conflict of man versus nature. Into the Wild is an inspirational yet mischievous biography about a young adult. In this essay, I will be talking about my

The novel “Into the Wild”, by Jon Krakauer, is an excruciating story about a young man facing off against the dangers of nature. The main protagonist, Chris McCandless faced off against many internal and external obstacles that stood in his way of achieving his goal of successfully surviving on his own in the wilderness of North America. McCandless clashed with many lethal and perilous obstacles as he travelled all the way across the continent. The challenges he faced varied from surviving in the harsh wilderness, the difficulties of young manhood, and also the challenge of person versus society.

In the memoir A Long Way Gone, author Ishmael Beah describes his survival journey as a lost child in his country, because of the civil war in Sierra Leone, then becoming a child soldier facing war daily, afterward the process that Beah went through during rehabilitation and finally in fear escaping the civil war. Ishmael Beah emotional journey has three stages of development in which Beah utilized music. In the first stage, Beah uses music as a survival mechanism to keep sane and safe. In the second stage, begins when he loses his brother and friends, Beah reaches the lowest point with the loss of his entire family again, some friends, music, and being forced to join the war. In the final stage, is the process of rehabilitation where Beah connects with music once again. Ishmael Beah exposure to music at a young age stayed with him throughout his life. (Beah, 2007, p. 5-218)

In his work “Into The Wild”, Jon Krakauer writes about a young man who escaped on an expedition to invent a new life for himself. However, the reasons why he decides to

Finding Redemption Music has always been regarded as an art of high importance. The word itself originates from the Greek word mousike meaning “of the muses”, the group of nine Greek Goddesses who regulate the arts and sciences. It has often been used as a way to heal mental and emotional pain; “music speaks directly to the body through intuitive channels that are accessed at entirely different levels of consciousness from those associated with cognition” (The Music Effect.24). In Jan Johnson’s Soul Wound, Johnson discusses the historical trauma of Native Americans and the rage that is associated with it. This rage, as she later states, “is generally turned inward and expressed through depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide, and manifested externally within families and communities through domestic and other forms of violence” (Johnson.226-227). In Wabanaki Blues by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel we see this rage internalized and portrayed in the depression of both Mona and her mother and depicted in their family dynamic through the neglect of Mona’s mother towards Mona. Mona, as well as other characters in the book, utilize music as a form of therapy to heal the soul. The characters in Wabanaki Blues utilize music to heal in ways that parallels Bob Marley’s Redemption Song and the Rastafarian religion.

Throughout history, people encounter a stage in their lives where they feel the necessity to assert their independence and challenge their abilities and self-worth. In the book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the author shares his understanding and kinship with the main character, Chris McCandless, a young man who thrusts himself into a life of solitude and a harsh environment during his search for meaning to his life. Krakauer depicts himself and McCandless as modern day transcendentalists with an abundance of competency, resourcefulness and skills as naturalists. Although McCandless chose to experience a life of solitude and face the hazards that nature presents, his lack of preparedness prevented him from completing his endeavor successfully.

Dec 9, 2009 Paper #2 Into the Wild Into the Wild is a book about a young man named Chris McCandless and his decision to go off and live in the wild. He decided to walk deep into the Alaskan wilderness and abandon all of his possessions and family. This book is the

Active engagement in music has also been found to help people recover from depression and maintain a person’s wellbeing throughout the latter stages of life (Creech et al, ?????).

Do you ever have your moments when you want to get away from everything and everyone sometimes to be alone, be able to do what you want, to be yourself, or maybe to just think? I know I do and that's what Chris McCandless did by going into the wild. Although many may argue that Chris McCandless’s literary heroes were his motivation for going into the wild, I believe that McCandless’s main reason for his adventure was his problems he had with his parents..

In the first passage of Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction novel, he argues that Christopher McCandless was thought to be an avid survivor of all terrain. In his two year journey, McCandless learns to live off  “wild plants,” experiencing his “adventurous spirit” across North America. He encounters many people from Mexico to South Dakota, who set a trend of wonderment in what a “twenty-four-year-old vagabond” could be doing traveling the country with nothing but a backpack. His “figure out all on his own” attitude suited his “nomadic” life well. The “radical” lifestyle provides McCandless with a sense of newly found “solitude” until his unfortunate “great Alaskan odyssey,” that ultimately ends his life.

Growing up in Virginia with a large family can be tough. But imagine growing up with domestic violence, yelling, and screaming. Growing up in that environment can be very stressful, which was the case for Chris McCandless. To add to the tragic situation, he found out during high school that his mother and father were not married when he was born. His life had become unfamiliar to him and he yearned to escape his parents. Influences from Emerson, Thoreau and other naturalists inspired him to walk into the wild to evade the confines of his situation. The author of Into the Wild used Chris’s connections to Thoreau to help tell McCandless’s story. The book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, has small connections to my own life, remarkable similarities

“Into the Wild”, a novel written by Jon Krakauer, focuses on the adventures of Chris McCandless, a young man who set out on a journey to be far as possible away from civilization. Many individuals have multiple contemplations on McCandless’s lifestyle and behavioral actions. Although numerous of people criticized McCandless as a “nutcase,” a “sociopath,” or an “outcast,” Krakauer saw something more in McCandless. Krakauer identified McCandless as an adventurous soul who, in my opinion, should be admired for his passion for nature and pursuit to find the truth.

The gripping tale of a young man who leaves all that he has and goes to live amidst the natural world, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer showcases the two years Christopher McCandless had spent journeying throughout the United States before his unfortunate death. After graduating from Emory University in 1990, McCandless disconnected with all of his past relations and abandoned the majority of his possessions. McCandless’ decisions either seem extremely unwise or extremely courageous. He had a comfortable life with few worries yet he still chose to toss it all away and venture into unknown territories. What many wonder is why he would do such an irrational thing. Maybe, McCandless’ was simply trying to run away from his perception of reality.

Taking a look at the song "Vacant Home" by Movements, you can listen and hear a sense of urgency while the lyrics seem to reminisce the past. Approaching the song through a psychoanalytical lens, you can tell that the singer feels stuck and vulnerable. Similarly, this is how O'Brien, our narrator, feels living his post-war life. One line that really resonates with me is, "Feeling strained, crawling on my knees against this endless grain, And dragging feet at the expense of progress in any way." Personally, I see music as a way to not feel alone, and that there is someone who feels and understands what one is going through. The line I picked out from the song, I believe can be used in many different directions, whether it be O'Brien seeing

I grew up listening to music everyday not knowing it would save my life in the end... the words that I would listen to would somehow connect with how I was feeling or what I was going through. Music truly soothes the soul and just somehow gives you hope to continue on or to stop something. I think I related my problems to the songs, it would give me comfort knowing I wasn't the only one who was feeling the way I once was. It showed me life was worth living and fighting for. Take Demi Lovato for instant, she was going through major depression and found herself through the music she would produce. A lot of artist are actually like this and only some really come out and tell their true story on how music saved them. It's incredible to know that no matter what you're going through someone, somewhere has gone through it too.