Jon Landau

We all have three different faces, the one we show our close ones, the one we show to strangers, and the one we present to ourselves. In Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris acts different with different people, when he is with his family he is cold to them and doesn’t like to spend time with them or with strangers he outing and ready to do everything but the face that is most true to himself is the one that he only knows of. Chris’s true-self shows signs of multiple mental illnesses such as borderline

Make It Rain: Ed Sheeran Make it Rain by Ed Sheeran is a moving, relatable, and powerfully composed song. This song relates to all of us and also strongly expresses the story of Chris McCandless in the book Into the Wild. "McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it…” (55) going into the wild was so that he can

The idea of self is an odd concept people spend their lives chasing. We all want to find ourselves and we all still wander in order to know who we are, some of us more than others. For Chris McCandless, and many like him, that drive led him on a treacherous path into the wild; however such a unique road is not suitable for all people. The majority of people do not venture into the brutal Alaskan wilderness with very little supplies to ensure safety, but that is what McCandless did. After trekking

Every day there is news that gets pumped out into the faces of the people, to inform what’s going on in the world. In the recent years, late shows that are meant to be purely for entertainment has now somewhat started to incorporate big news into the monologue given at the beginning of the show. Late Night with Seth Meyers “Team Trump's Absurd Defenses for Don Jr.'s Emails: A Closer Look” and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert “Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own 'Deepthroat'” both use satire to deliver

Picking a book was very difficult, but it only made sense for me to read a book about life and adventures. After all thats what these teen years are all about. The Non-Fiction book I read was titled “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer. A book about a young man Christopher McCandless, who sets out on a intense adventure to discover the beauty of the world. As a comparison I watched a movie called WIld directed by Jean-Marc Vallee. It was about a women who had been through many hardships and sets out on

In the novel “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer tells the story of a Chris McCandless through different points of view perceived from people close to him. Despite the fact the Krakauer did not personally know Chris McCandless, Krakauer uses opinions from himself and others to help conclude meaning and impact behindMcCandless’s journey. Krakauer introduces events in the story in an order such that it also introduces the significance behind them. These techniques help the reader conclude the

impact on the people he met on his journey to Alaska. In Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless is able to leave a greater influence on the people he met along his journey to Alaska rather than the impact they made on him. On Chris’s journey to Alaska, he met a gentleman by the name of Ronald Franz, and is able to leave a lasting impression on him that Ron is not able to reciprocate to Chris. In the book, author Jon Krakauer states “McCandless made an indelible impression on a number of

Nature is a reality of life. The definition of reality could be everything that cease to exist in an individual’s life. Because reality means something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily, nature should be a part of every individual’s life. As individual human beings, we tend to forget the beauty that nature has given us and only see objects and subjects we want to see. Nature has existed since the beginning of time and the bible story of Adam and Eve may suggest that

embark on this journey derived from the desire to escape these personal issues that he had with his father and the expectations that he put on Chris. Jon Krakauer shows his support of this claim when he says his father was “ambitious in the extreme, and like Walt McCandless, his aspirations extended to his progeny” (Krakauer 147). Jon Krakauer states in the beginning of this novel that he understands why Chris McCandless would’ve taken this journey, and its evident that he believes

In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless had many decisions to leave his old life behind and start over. Chris’ decision to leave was justified. When he left without saying goodbye, it made it easier for him to let go of his past and focus on what he wants to do in the future. Three reasons why his decisions to leave his family without saying a word were justified were that McCandless could make all his own decisions, nobody had a chance to tell him that he could not