Out There Book Report

In his novel, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer establishes young Christopher McCandless as a heroic and brave figure. Krakauer supports his portrayal of Chris by utilizing a narrative form and focusing on the relatable, human aspects of Chris, and by contrasting his story with the cautionary tales that are scattered throughout the history of the Alaskan wilderness. The author’s purpose is to promote his own theories and opinions on the boy’s life and death in order to establish what he believes to be the truth. The author writes in a fond tone for aspiring wilderness explorers and their critics.

Occasionally in a person's life, he or she wonders about a certain purpose in life. In extreme cases, when a person attempts to find one's self, he or she may find his or herself in a dangerous or even deadly position. In Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, Chris McCandless goes out into the wilderness of Alaska to find himself, but he never returns. Jon Krakauer organizes his novel in a circular way, which ties the story together well, and he uses long, periodic sentences to detail and emphasize his points about life and death situations in order to create an aspect of imagery and description throughout the novel.

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..

Many could imagine the struggle it would be to survive alone in the wild, but are there better ways to survive than others? In the book Into The Wild, Krakauer, writes about Chris McCandless’ journey going into the Alaskan wilderness. Chris struggled with his home life due to his parents. Chris has been portrayed as a courageous person from Krakauer’s point of view because of his situation at home. To escape it all, he decided to leave and not tell anyone where he was going.

Many people in this world feel like they are in a constant pattern of their unfulfilled lives and feel like they need to get away. People like this may want to go out into the incredible world to find themselves. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a inspirational story about a man named Chris McCandless and his adventure across the country to find himself. He leaves his materialistic lifestyle behind and journeys to Alaska to live out the life he wanted. Christopher McCandless stands out because he wasn't afraid to go and take a huge risk to find peace within himself. This character can be described as many different things such as intelligent, self efficient, and courageous.

The idea of a spontaneous adventure can spark the interest of anyone. In Jon Krakauer's biography, Into the Wild, about Christopher McCandless and his life starting and ending with his Alaskan adventure. Into the Wild explores Chris McCandless, who come from a good family, destined to do great things, and how with on decision, it all went away. Krakauer analyzes McCandless’s mental and physical state before and during McCandless’s time in the Alaskan wilderness, using a journal McCandless kept. Krakauer influences, and convinces readers that McCandless is not “mentally disturbed” (Krakauer 70), and that he didn't purposely go into the wild ill-prepared. Into the Wild was written partially due to negative responses to an article written by Krakauer before the book about McCandless, it was also written due to the connection Krakauer feels to McCandless and his risk taking attitude because Krakauer was once like him.

In the book called, “Oh the Places You’ll Go!” Written by Dr. Suess; the message he is trying to explain is that we have to make it our day to shine, you might not find a path right away that you're supposed to go on, but you will make your own special path that's fit just for you. However, there's going to be bumps in that path; people will leave you when they see you struggle. Sometimes, you will not want to get back up again.You will be frustrated and you’ll be in dark places that you won't ever want to be in, but, you have to keep pushing forward. You must push forward in order to get out. In the end it all works out, everything happens for a reason and it's your time to go move mountains, inspire others, inspire the world!

Gone is the first book in the Gone Series by Michael Grant. In the first book, everyone over fifteen disappears, and the city they live in, Perdido Beach, is enclosed by a barrier. Kids begin to develop powers, and some are beginning to go crazy. It’s known as Fallout Alley Youth Zone, or the FAYZ. Sam helps lead the scared kids. Students from the prestigious Coates Academy, where your rich parents sent you when you were ‘difficult,’ arrive. Diana is able to gauge powers; Caine and Sam are the only level fours, the highest she’s seen. Caine, a student at Coates, tries to take over, and Sam tries to stop him. A war breaks out between Sam’s side and Caine’s side and normals and freaks. Sam’s group eventually wins, but this war is far from over. To make matters worse, they’re still trapped in this barrier. But don’t worry, it’s only a FAYZ.

Something wasn't right, and that something was staring me right in the face, literally. I looked down at the book in my hands to be greeted with a creepy image of a cracked mask, which appeared to be blinking with its two misshapen eyes. One of the eyes was short and wide, while the other was tall and skinny. Out of fear, I quickly turned the page to find out that the words had turned into symbols.

Gayle Forman, author of I Was Here, is a famous young adult writer. As a result of “boredom, poverty, and escapism” Forman started writing novels at thirty four years old, but Before her novel writing, she was a journalist writing for Seventeen magazine (Forman). Not only have many of her books been nominated for different awards, her most popular book, If I Stay, has been turned into a movie.. Forman’s writing skills are evident through many of her successful, engaging books.

This book completely blew my socks off. Everything, Everything is the story of Madeline who has been diagnosed with SCID and has spent her entire life living in a suffocating bubble. For those of you that don’t know, SCID is basically having a deathly allergy to pretty much everything in the world, which I believe to be part of the reason that the title is Everything, Everything. Because of her disease, Maddy is not allowed to leave the sanctuary her mother has created within their very own home. She isn’t completely closed off, she gets to interact with two people – her tutor and her nurse, but the decontamination process is such a hassle that no one really bothers to come visit her besides the two of them. When the book starts, Maddy seems content with her life of endless books

Jawaharlal Nehru, the former prime minister of India, once said “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” (Brainy quote) In the past, I thought that adventure was this grand and rare event that is impossible to come across. As I have grown older and wiser, I have begun to think the opposite. I will never forget the time that I got lost in California because it made me realize what real adventure is, and how common it can be.

In the fictional novel, Left Behind, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Rayford Steele and Cameron “Buck” Williams share the perspective of the story. It starts in the view of Rayford, a pilot on an overnight flight, looking forward to the next he could see Hattie Durham, a senior attendant. Even though he is already married to Irene, he found himself annoyed by her new obsession with religion. He wasn’t completely against religion, but was completely for it, either. He feels guilty for trying to pursue a relationship with Hattie, but feels that he cannot commit himself to Irene. He finally decided to go see Hattie, and walks out of the cockpit, and Hattie ran right into him. Sobbing, she shakily says that people are missing. Rayford doesn’t understand, and tries to tell her it is a big joke, or they are in the lavatory. She proceeds to tell him that most of the passengers are gone, only their clothes were left in their seats. He pushes around her and goes out to see for himself. Sure enough, passengers were missing.

The fictional novel entitled That Summer was written by author, Sarah Dessen. It was published in 1996 as her first book to be sold. Dessen states, “It was actually the third one I wrote, after a terrible book I did in college and one that was marginally better the year after. I never intended That Summer to be a YA (young adult) book while I was writing it” (Sarah Dessen, n. d.). She then goes on to state how her publisher believed it would be a good book for teenagers, so, she gave it a shot, and allowed it to be published. According to UNCTV, “Sarah Dessen grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, graduating with the highest honors in Creative Writing. She is the author of several novels and has a motion picture based on her first two books, entitled How to Deal. Her 11th novel, The Moon and More, was published in June 2013. She currently lives in North Carolina” (UNCTV, 2006). That Summer was inspired by Dessen’s interest in writing about what she describes as “the change in youth’s personality as they go through some sort of tragedy or loss” (Sarah Dessen, n. d.). Consequently, in That Summer, protagonist, Haven McPhail, faces a summer full of rapid changes, all the while, learning about the reality of the past.

An individual’s capacity to discover is facilitated by physical explorations of unfamiliar landscapes and anew people which fuels for retrospective revelations enhancing our knowledge of the physical and spiritual world, whilst being transformative to mental frameworks. Michael Gow’s play Away, explores such a notion displaying the confronting, poignant and emotional aspects of discovery through both physical dislocations and the human experience. As parallels, Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild: Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, focuses on the intriguing and human need to discover themselves which drive us to make unexpected meta-discoveries for ourselves propelling us out of our comfort zones to experience the catharsis of travelling awe-inspiring and breathtaking lands. We learn by examining these texts how escapism from social constraints and one’s mundane lifestyle can spark for revelations within; generating new ideals, understandings, perspectives and ultimately growth.