Alaska Airlines

Christopher McCandless was not suicidal. His journey to Alaska had meaning, a meaning he wanted to share with the world. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is an inspiring novel for those unhappy and searching for a change in their lives. Chris went on this journey to find the raw side of himself and “to explore the inner country of his own soul”(Krakauer 183). He had a great passion for life and knew he couldn’t continue to live it unhappy and depressed. The abuse he endured in his early life from

Journal 1 “Leave nothing but footprints, Take nothing but pictures, Kill nothing but time is a quote that shows me how to enjoy life at its fullest. This quote reminds me of when I was doing the observation for this project and I left footprints, took pictures and killed time. Quotes show emotion into the words and this one made me think how I never get to enjoy the wildlife because I am always busy. I would like to enjoy the time with the wilderness and this quote shows how to kill time and give

Characters in London’s books often return to their roots, or something they are familiar with, in order to restore order in their lives. In The Call of the Wild, Buck’s internal conflict is gradually increasing. Judge Thornton, his owner, is one of the first humans he has ever really cared for and their relationship is very meaningful to him. On the other hand, he felt more distant from civilization every passing day and knew that his true destiny and future lay in nature, unrestricted from any

How would you feel if everything was the same? Well, that’s the type of community Jonas lives in. While Jonas live in a community where love doesn’t exist, he learns to be brave and take risks. Jonas was brave in the story through his actions. For example, although it isn’t common in the community Jonas asks his parents a personal question “ Do you love me?” (Lowry 159). To reduce conflict in the community the Committee eliminated love so it took a lot for Jonas to ask his parents such a question

Another character I like is Chris. Although he has no dialogue in this novel, his character is described in intriguing ways. What I like about Chris is he has a very distinct personality, he has his own thoughts and actions that he doesn’t change, which I admire about him. I like how he decided to be his own person and not necessarily follow the ways of society, like have a solid career or do the right thing. Chris set out on his own adventure and didn’t care what others thought of his long journey

On the date of September 7th, 1909, the New York Times had an article on the front page that stated “Peary Discovers the North Pole after eight trials in 23 years”. Many people had tried to achieve this goal of exploring the north pole and reaching it, but had all failed. However, a week earlier, the New York Herald had printed its own front-page headline: “The North Pole is Discovered by Dr. Frederick A. Cook.” Cook is an American explorer who had seemingly returned from being dead. He was said

In the story “To Build a Fire” a man struggles to survive. The man failed to survive because of his foolishness. The man's ego caused him to do wrong decisions while in the wild. Mother nature throw many did not take easy on the man. The cold was too much for the man to handle. First he man failed to listen to the old man from Sulphur Creek and his foolishness. If he have taken someone with him he would of had greater chance to survive. He should had seen what he was putting himself throw. Without

breathe and competition up to my ears. In my best year of sales, in 1928, I averaged a hundred and seventy dollars a week in commissions. Now, I’ m lucky to be able to pay my insurance. I knew all along that I should’ve gone with my brother Ben to Alaska that time, and everything would’ve been totally different.

Yellowstone national park is a magnificent place and it was discovered by to different men in very different time periods many years apart. One of the men was John Colter he joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803. Tom Murphy is the other man he has been exploring the same area that John Colter did almost 200 years ago for almost 40 years. John Colter told many people about what he saw and no one seemed to believe him. Tom Murphy has been spending part of his winter in Yellowstone for the

He was so focused on being in the wild away from all civilization that he put himself in extensive danger. Krakauer wrote, “In coming to Alaska, McCandless yearned to wander uncharted country, to find a blank spot on the map. But Chris, with his idiosyncratic logic, came up with an elegant solution to this dilemma: He simply got rid of the map” (Krakauer 174). By throwing away his map, he