Looking for Alaska by John Green

There are an infinite amount of unique responses to the question “What is the meaning of life?”. However, the majority of people will agree that the true meaning of life is to find happiness and what is really important to one’s self. In Jon Krakauer’s, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless conveys this idealism through his life’s journey as he bravely defies all limitations. Chris McCandless isolates himself from society in his Alaskan Odyssey as a way to defy accepted expectations and to begin discovering the meanings of life without any corrupted influences.

She was an organized killer, making it harder to find her even though she had committed many crimes in the past. An organized killer is intelligent and hard to capture. They think things through and are extremely meticulous. Everything is planned ahead of time and they know exactly what to do. Stalking their victims is a common thing these people do to ensure they have as much information they need to commit the crime. To carry out this deed, they will trick the victim

In April of 1992, a young man of the age of twenty-four, later determined to be Chris McCandless ' body, was discovered in an old Fairbanks bus in the Alaskan bush. Four years after his death, Jon Krakauer wrote a novel titled Into The Wild, the book traced McCandless 's journey around much of the United States, across the West side of Canada, and even down to the boarder of Mexico. Over the many years since his death, speculations have arisen about how death was brought upon him. Most believe starvation was the only reason, but with extensive research Jon Krakauer discovered another theory, that a substance in the seeds that Chris McCandless was ingesting was a contributing factor to his death. Even with this conclusion many around the world despise Chris for his being naive and unprepared when walking into the wild. While others believe he was brave for following his dreams and never letting anyone talk him out of his plans. Chris McCandless was an adventurer who was brave enough to never back down, but in the end his luck turned for the worst and was misfortunate enough to have ate the wrong type of food. McCandless was an inspiration and a lesson to people of all ages, that dreams aren 't meant to be taken lightly and even with possible risks they should be followed. Jon Krakauer 's book tells a marvelous story of a young man who left behind the outside world to do what he loved the most.

No one knows or maybe will ever know what her motive for killing her daughter, I think she just got tired of being a parent because she did have her daughter when she was young. Her mind mentally wasn’t ready for that at all. Even though she didn’t want to be a parent she could have thought of other options like adoption, or help from her family members. Instead she decided to kill her daughter and get away with it. The odor of a dead body was in her car, so which means she had to die in the car and then carried off to the dump.

Chapter ten flashes forward to McCandless death, and it was published in the New York Time and Anchorage Daily News. The media wrote of how foolish and ignorant McCandless was for going into the wilderness so unprepared. Once the death is being investigated by the police the police begin to question Sam, McCandless’s half-brother. To identify him he shows them a picture with long hair and a beard. This made me question who was the man in the picture, was it really McCandless? He wasn’t reported as having long hair, ever. As the half-brother informs his parents of McCandless death the parents respond in devastation. I find it weird that the police contacted his half-brother first and not the parents. Oddly enough I find myself agreeing with the media more than I do with the author. I cannot seem to grasp the thought of going into the wilderness, and not being overly prepared. While I understand that it is a brave action, it is also foolish and somewhat stupid on his part. I also find him to be very selfish. In chapter eleven the author starts to interview McCandless parents, and starts to question the family’s dynamics. The father is very similar to McCandless in the aspect that he is very intense and highly intelligent. Chapter twelve is a continued exploration of McCandless’s character. The author wants to know what made McCandless, McCandless. He finds that he took a road trip to the desert the summer before his freshman year of college, and nearly died of dehydration. I

She’s lonely, she was disappointed with the outcome of her life, and she’s trying to cover up her past. She wanted to try to be better and make herself happy to get her mind off of the past. But in the end, her fooling around is what got her killed. Her loneliness is why she got into a lot of trouble. Her constant fear of being not good enough is what got her killed.

Dillard explains her life in extreme detail in order for the readers to fully understand how she lived as a child. Annie Dillard states, “It’s after me. It's a car. It raced over the wall, lighting it blue wherever it ran; it bumped over Amy's maple headboard in a rush,

Have you ever ran a stop sign on purpose? Have you ever ran a red light when no one was around? People break society's rules all the time on purpose, but why do they break them?

The police say that Natalie Servantes met her death while chasing the tow truck. She was a mother of a 10-year-old son. She was chasing the tow truck trying to get its driver to stop towing her car. During the scuffle, the doilies underneath one of the vehicles caught her purse. It is then that she got caught up, along with her purse.

The film Into The Wild tells a story of a young man, named Christopher McCandless, trying to break away from the path society and his parents have paved for him. Throughout the many months he spends on the road he meets many people who have a deep impact on him, even though he probably would not admit to that until the end. As a final test of the change in his mentality and confirmation of his independency from civilization and all the negative aspects it represents, Christopher makes his way to Alaska.

I made it. All these years of working and gaining experience of living as a leather tramp have paid off. I’ve made it to Alaska. I found a bus here about two miles into the main road and it's where I plan to reside for the remainder of my time here in the wild. My Alaskan Odyssey is in motion, all of the tramping around and hitchhiking has helped bring me here. I got a place to stay and with everyday hunting, it is easier to find food than the day before. My biggest score yet was a

Alaska would drink to forget, to live with the pain of losing her mother. When Alaska left to go bring flowers to her mother's grave her and Chip were drunk. Chip could of possibly stopped her but the alcohol aided him in not caring. If there was no Alcohol in the equation Alaska could of lived. "

She was having an aneurysm and Alaska being only eight years old did not know what to do and neglected to call 911 to help her mother. Alaska’s dad blames her for her mother's death still to this day. This incident is when the story first gets exciting. An intense situation happens when Pudge and Alaska make out after they both had too much to drink, even though she has a boyfriend and he has a girlfriend.

Amanda Perkins has died, Lila’s cousin and Stephanie’s best friend. As the crowd of black drifted to the open gates of the church to wish her blessings, Lila weeped in a tiny corner, desperately trying to keep her voice low. She didn’t want anyone to hear. Amanda was murdered. Who could have done this to her? Amanda had disappeared about 17 weeks ago. She went out running and never returned home. Lila’s aunt, aunt Allie, had filed a missing persons case but the case was never solved. Uncle Jonathan gave up while Aunt Allie had hope. She always believed that Amanda would return. When Amanda finally did return, she was already dead. Killed by someone who hasn’t been identified yet. Stephanie slumped down the aisle to where she was supposed to sit. That seat was facing the open casket, where her BFF lay.

Looking for Alaska is a book about a boy named Miles that goes away to a private school called Culver Creek were he meets a group of friends that he starts to hang out with throughout the year. He becomes very good friends with everyone and they begin to let him in on their secret spot called "the smoking hole", where they all smoke their cigarettes without getting in trouble. Soon he starts to get a crush on a girl named Alaska, which seems to already have a boyfriend. As soon as Miles starts to fall in love with her a horrible thing happens. Alaska dies in a terrible car accident, which turns into a very mysterious and confusing death. When Miles and the other boys get the news, they start fighting to find out the truth on what really happened. After reading this novel, one is left with the question, "How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?"