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    Prudhoe Bay is a town in the Arctic region of Alaska; it is also called Sagavanirktok. It is a significant industrious economical area because the largest oilfield in all of North America is located in Prudhoe Bay. This does not give economical advances to just Alaska’s economy, but also the country's economy. Prudhoe Bay’s major oil producers are British Petroleum and Phillips; other minor oil companies are Brooks Range, Anadarko, Exxon, and Eni. Prudhoe Bay has an abundance of oil an example of

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    emotions regarding Christopher McCandless to be known, his account of Chris’s journey to Alaska and possible motivations is impartial enough, to allow the reader to form their own opinion on McCandless. Author, and narrator Jon Krakauer, introduces Into the Wild by presenting the circumstances surrounding the death of Christopher McCandless: “In April 1992, a young man from a well off East Coast family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later his

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    terrain Mother Nature has to offer.She throws jagged mountains ranges,frozen river,dense forest,,desolate tundra and miles of windspect coast at the mushers and their dog teams.Add to the tempature far below zero,windswinds that can cause a complete loss of vissibility,the hazards of overflow,long long hours of darkness and treachouse climbs and side hills,and you have the idittrod. A race extaordinaire,a race only possible in Alaska. First the Iditarod is a significant

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    the true Melissa. It brings me peace and tranquility like nothing else in my life can. My secret place and home is Palmer, Alaska. Nothing brings me more joy in my life when I look out the airplane window as the plane flies over the Yukon Mountain ranges. At this part knowing that I am getting closer by the second. When I finally look out the window, and see Anchorage, Alaska as we descend I see the surroundings of all the mountains and all the greenery and I start to feel alive again. I feel myself

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    Refuge is a refuge specially designed for wilderness purposes. This refuge is located in the northeast corner of Alaska, and is home to a rich diversity of over 250 species of wildlife. For a better description, this refuge has been named spiritual, recreational, historical, and cultural. However, not all would agree that the arctic refuge is a rather safe place. In 1966, many Alaska Natives protested due to the ANWR being threatened by dirty oil and gas development. Since then, many laws and

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    is easy to pick a side and argue for that cause, I believe that Chris McCandless was an imperfect, complicated human being whose troubled childhood caused him to seek enlightenment through a personal pursuit of nature, simplicity, and experience in Alaska. Chris McCandless’s childhood and his strained relation with his parents are catalyst to his actions. The seeds that give rise to situation begins in his childhood hood in El Segundo, California. From what the novel states, Walt McCandless and Billie

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    are willing to quit their own lifestyles to live a whole new different life. In the story “Into the Wild” Chris McCandless was running from his family because of all the drama that he had to face growing up. He even left Washington D.C to move to Alaska, he did this because he was very fond of nature. In the book “Into the Wild” the Author Jon Krakauer explains how Chris McCandless was able to sacrifice his life in order to live a life in the wilderness. A lot of people wouldn’t want to do this because

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    national bestseller Into the Wild, John Krakauer interrupts the flow of the story in the middle of the book to analyze the conventional wisdom of citizens in Alaska in regards to McCandless. The general opinion of McCandless was that he was a fool to think that he was able to survive in Alaska, no less than himself. For example, a citizen in Healy, Alaska wrote that Chris was a nut in his perspective. Walt suggested that Chris was selfish to pain him and his wife by making them worry about him, his existence

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    did not find him again. Chris’s impact on his family was negative because he made his family worried about him and wonder why he just disappeared and they never got an answer because 4 months after he got to alaska he died of starvation. “Seven weeks after the body of his son turned up in Alaska wrapped in a blue sleeping bag that Billie had sewn for Chris from a kit, Walt studies a sailboat scudding beneath the window of his waterfront townhouse. ‘How is it,’ he wonders aloud as he gazes blankly across

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    Into the Wild by Sean Penn, follows a boy’s epic journey to Alaska and his eventual demise. The protagonist, Chris, goes through all the motions of acquiring knowledge, crucial for his survival. All the knowledge in the world is useless without wisdom, as with wisdom comes knowledge. Chris’ ignorance of this essential understanding occurred because of his emotional unavailability, arrogance and immaturity. Chris throughout the film seems to connect with people, however this is on a very superficial

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