Shane Burcaw Character Analysis

The nature of discovery can be dependent on various aspects of necessity, and curiosity depending on the individual’s intentions as discovery can also be an unexpected or sudden experience. The play Away by Michael Gow, illustrates discovery as reassessing knowledge, beliefs and shapes relationships between families as it becomes necessary to revaluate and self- reflect. Away focus on the individual family’s relationships and views of life through change in physical location this can impact families to consider the necessary values of their lives to review emotionally and spiritually. Be by brother by Genevieve Clay-Smith explores the intellectual challenge of society and individuals to accept that people with disability are misjudged and

Jennings Burch, a young boy who had to overcome a lot of obstacles throughout his childhood. Jennings childhood, very few good things has happened yet, he had many bad things occur. He had remained stoic through abuse, when his friend “Mark” had died from a heart condition, loss of many of his friends, and separation from his family. His abuse, he had gotten abused and starved at a foster home while he stayed there. Some examples are from the book,” You better get used to the rules here, or i’ll beat the daylights out of you Mrs.Carpenter said.” and “ Uh… I’m hungry. I was wondering…” Jennings asked. “ We eat breakfast and dinner around here and that’s all,” she snarled “I can’t afford to be feeding you anytime you feel like eating. Besides, you’re not worth it, you dirty little bastard.” Mrs. Carpenter snarled. Jennings had been starved and had to sneak in some jello powder to eat. During his stay at the home, made him miss his family and friends, and was still confused on

In society, people tend to follow the people's footsteps and apply new characteristic or methods that they obtain from there person. In the story, Into the Wild, Chris McCandless was a boy who favors several literacy heroes. He was able to understand each hero and apply there knowledge that they obtain from other people. He was favoriting Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Leo Tolstoy and much more. Henry David Thoreau was an American poet and an essayist and wrote numerous books based on his philosophy. However, in the book, he plays a crucial role in giving Chris McCandless life lesson throughout his journey. Jack London is a worldwide celebrity and a famous novelist and journalist. He also has some characteristics that Chris has also obtained from him. In addition, Leo Tolstoy was one of the greatest Russian authors of all times. He has inspired Chris with some of his quotes which reflects him during his journey. There are more heroes that Chris mentions in the story but these are three which he tends to reflect more on.

Randy Pausch. Who is he? What does he stand for? The day he gave the last lecture... His last lecture he only had months to live. He packed a lot of lessons into his lecture. The claims he gave that stood out were to be optimistic, to be determined, and to take risks.

As Pip a poor young orphaned boy grows up, he needed someone to care, love, and listen to him, and Joe Gargery was that person for Pip. In the novel, The Great Expectation, Joe Gargery, Pip’s brother-in-law who whole heartedly takes Pip in and raised him as his own, became a father to Pip. As the novel progresses, Joe eventually became more than a father; he was Pip’s confidant, his conscience, and Dickens uses Joe to bring a moral side to the novel.

Arthur Bauer was hanging out with his friend Erik Fisher. He knew that he would be unpopular if he did not obey Erik. Recently, Arthur even killed a man named Luiz Cruz. He always hated to carry out these evil plans, but he felt forced to do it to protect his status. The first thing that Erik got Arthur to do was to make fun of the death of his old friend, Mike Costello. “Ha! Do you remember the picture of his face! Priceless!” Erik laughed. “Pretty soon we’ll get to see the close up!”

Chris McCandless is the main character from the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, he is a idealistic man who beliefs that life should be spent out in the wild. He took a journey all the way to Alaska by himself leaving his whole life and family behind to pursue his dream. On his way to Alaska he faced many obstacles and got through them with the help of several people whom he met throughout this journey. Jan Burres, Ronald Franz and Westerberg are some of the people whom Chris interacted with leaving them behind with different impressions on each of them.

“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure” (57). Two men that lived for their passion for adventure was Chris McCandless and Jay Moriarity. Chris McCandless was a young man who hitched hike to Alaska to explore and survive in the wilderness. Jay Moriarity was a young surfer who was determined to ride Mavericks, the largest waves. Chris's story was heard by a man named Jon Krakauer and Chris's story was developed and published into a novel for the world to hear, which got controversial feedback. Although both seem to come from very different lifestyles and had different pursuits for adventure, both share many qualities such as home life, preparation for goals, and the willingness to let people be there for them.

Chris McCandless: Ignorance Is Not Bliss Judith Kleinfeld (2001) defines a dumb jerk as: ”a person who is futilely questing for something meaningless or worthless. A person who is woefully unprepared for a trip, who clings to misguided, self-righteous principles, losing friends and hurting themselves and their family in the process"”. This accurately describes Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man who set out on a journey to find himself as he travels across the country, only to end in the complete and harsh wilderness of Alaska. Another part of the definition that McCandless fits is losing his friends and hurting himself and his family; moreover, during this hiatus in his life, he meets many people and creates strong bonds with them, only to destroy them after ignoring their advice about the Alaskan Tundra.

Imagine you are a parent. Your child unexpectedly leaves with no explanation. Consider the pain and confusion it would cause. This is what happened when Chris McCandless set out on a journey to find the truth and to find himself. After McCandless had gone on the journey, he realized that happiness was only found when shared with somebody else. Chris McCandless failed to realize that pushing out certain people could cause more harm than good.

A leader, the utmost title one could receive. Weather it be The President of The United States or the team captain, leaders establish a sense of unity among others which strengthen the group as a whole. During times of desperation, leaders are the compass which usher others towards safety and prosperity. Alas Babylon by Pat Frank , the first apocalyptic novel of the nuclear age, describes the effects of the nuclear attack had on society. After “The Day” the social, political, and economic infrastructure of Fort Repose dimension, causing chaos to abrupt. Randy Bragg has a military background and he has copious knowledge on how to survive, and how to lead others. Randy Bragg uses his ability as a leader to establish the artisanal water system

Charismatic, intelligent, and outspoken. Hailey is described as someone speaks the way only someone with a vision stretching beyond the confines of a little town and the determination to get it done can. She speaks of how everyone in his sleepy town is complacent and bound to their little habits in their little town. Their little town where every single mayor for the past 40 years has gone to jail for corruption. She talks about causing change yet is not followed.

Justin V. sees the world as a positive place and in an optimistic light; he views his home as a positive place. Justin V. feels capable of responding to demands to his daily life at home and school. He has a sense of expecting the future to be better and full of success for him and his family. He views others as positive and honest. His drawing of the house demonstrated his view of his home as having compassion, warmth and interaction with others and each other due to the house including: moderate size, windows and a door, a chimney with a normal amount of smoke exhaustion. On Justin V.’s Robert-2, his stories quoted, “Once upon a time, the dad was looking at his son drawing and he liked it. The dad said go show

Christopher Johnson McCandless graduated from Emory University in 1990. The son of well-to-do parents, it appeared that Chris was prepared to embark on the next chapter of his life. He had been editor of the student newspaper, earned honors with a double major in history and anthropology, and seemed destined for law school. Determined to rewrite his story, Chris eschewed conventional expectations. He divested himself of money and possessions and immersed himself in a new identity: Alexander Supertramp, Alaskan Adventurer. Four months after beginning his trek into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley, Chris's decomposed body was found. When the details of his story emerged, many people thought Chris was mentally disturbed, calling him a "kook," a "nut," and "a half-cocked greenhorn," among other things (Krakauer, 1996, pp. 71-72). Had Chris's story had a happy ending, he would probably be described differently. He brought the tragic ending on himself, and people called him crazy. "Crazy" is a non-clinical word often used to describe someone with an underlying pathology. In this sense, there was nothing wrong with Chris McCandless. What he did suffer from was the enthusiasm and over-confidence of youth. Combined with poor planning and insufficient skills and experience in the outdoors, his "affliction" became fatal. McCandless made bad decisions, but he was not crazy.

When Wyatt wakes up from a dark twisted fantasy to find people have went missing, he believes he is in some big prank, but Wyatt finds people missing every day that nobody else remembers. Wyatt convinces his friends Madilyn and Patrick on the issue, and they eventually end up in a video game ruled by one of the Psychotic kids at their school who went missing. Lawrence, one of the kids who went missing, is jealous of all the popular kids at school, so by trapping Madilyn, Patrick, and Wyatt in a virtual game in Russia, he can eliminate them from existence, slowly and surely. Can Wyatt and his friends survive the outbreak? Or will Lawrence get his way and continue his jealous and murderous dark twisted fantasy?