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    Want to walk Into the Wild? Well, Chris McCandless did, young smart boy, just out of college could get any job he wants. Instead he decides to throw all that away to take an adventure to the Alaskan wilderness. Throughout Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Chris McCandless as unafraid and unprepared. Throughout Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Chris McCandless as unafraid. Chris McCandless went hitchhiking, that is very dangerous. He had no idea who was picking him up off the side

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    A major theme in the call of “The Call of the Wild” is that life for buck is a quest to find one's true identity or destiny which is what buck does throughout the entire story. At the beginning of jack London’s “The Call of the Wild”, buck has to try and survive the wild and also has to try to stay safe. First, Buck has to learn the law of the club to stay alive. Buck has to go two days and nights without eating or drinking while being transported north, foreshadowing his toughness. For example

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    Everybody has a challenge in their life where they need a lot of perseverance. In The Call of the Wild, Buck is forced out of his old life and thrown into the wilderness where he needs to learn how to survive. In contrast to Buck, like most adults, my dad went through a parent's death which needed perseverance and had to figure out how to live on his own. While Buck and my dad’s experiences are different, they both had to learn how to live on their own. Those are just somethings that show how everyone

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    The story Into the Wild by "Jon Krakauer" is about a male that lives out in the wild by himself. In this story he has to find his own sources of food out in the wild so he could survive. First I am going to tell you about his journey but while I tell you about Chris's journey I am going to tell you all the risk's he took on the way to Alaska. In the Story Into the Wild "Christopher McCandless" he was traveling the world on foot hitchhiking to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness

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    In the entertaining, personal narrative novel, The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, a spoiled dog named Buck from a wealthy family is kidnapped and used as a sled dog by many teams as he journeys across Alaska. His wolf-like instincts present themselves. Buck a dynamic character in this novel. In the beginning of the novel when Buck lived with Judge Miller he was a “ruler of his domain,” and was relied on by his people to protect them. During the middle of the story, Buck had to fight many other

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    Into the Wild the story of a young man who left home and abandoned most of his possessions to travel and go to the wilderness, only to be found dead four months later. The story INTO THE WILD is a nonfiction and a semi autobiography by Jon Krakauer explaining what Chris McCandless did before he was found dead in Alaska. After reading Into The Wild, people may think that Chris McCandless was a person with courage and had a noble character or that he was a stupid idiot that was arrogant. But in reality

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    Ignorance is Bliss Christopher McCandless is not the smartest man to ever enter the wild. His actions are noble and brave, but his lack of preparation ended his life abruptly. I agree that life is best when lived to the fullest and following your dreams, but if death is the consequence of your actions then I do not deem it intellectual to follow a half hearted dream. As Shaun Callerman said “I don’t admire him at all for his noble ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy.” Admiration is

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    The book Call of the Wild, written by Jack London, is about a dog named Buck who goes through a rough journey to follow the law of the club and fang. He had many owners, is beaten, and goes through a lot of loss. The theme for this book is, “Only those who adapt to changing circumstances can survive.” The book shows the theme development in many ways. Those ways are: setting, plot, and characters. To start off, The Call of the Wild shows the theme by using setting. For example, in the Yukon Territory

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    bravery, then Into the Wild is the book for you. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless has left his family to do this last amazing adventure to see if he can out last Alaska throughout the winter. Throughout the book Jon Krakauer is telling Chris McCandless’s story even though in chapter two Chris McCandless died. Even though Chris McCandless had died, we are told about his amazing adventure throughout the winter, and so we can know more about his life. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

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    my heart. Stories told around the campfire about historical events, however, embellished and enhanced with a purpose to educate and entertain the audience. Besides tales, myths and legends are spoken as well. These themes remind me of crisp autumn nights when through the frightening tales ghouls and ghost come alive. Luckily those cannot harm you while you are snug and warm around the fire. It is also described in our study material that these stories are comparable to the Native American storytelling

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