Wild Strawberries

underestimate each other’s tolerance. They endure and lengthen the amount of pain caused by one another in order to disapprove the norm. Majority of the time, life experience results in the void and emptiness among each other. In the novels, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; Chris McCandless, and Holden Caulfield are put to the test by society to endure one of the hardest challenges: being alone. Both of them, manage to find a way to stay sane and to evolve mentally

grandeur. They pick their heroes: charismatic, daring, and habitually dead. The romantic ideals of these individuals present skewed views of reality and often lead to dire situations. Chris McCandless, subject of Jon Krakauer’s successful novel, Into the Wild, met his fate in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless donated all his money to OXFAM America after double majoring in anthropology and history at Emory University, then walked away from his old life. He took on the name Alexander Supertramp, and the

The difference in emotional and intellectual development levels can be seen in Chris when he often acts like a child despite having a college diploma. When Chris gets his job at the McDonalds he makes a clear effort to show that his managers, or anyone else, do not have power over him. McDonalds requires that all its employees wear socks to work; this proves problematic as Chris abhors wearing socks and gets into an argument with a manger over the issue. While he does eventually succumb to the policy

Chris McCandless died doing what he loved, but was it worth all of the pain and uncertainty he caused his family? Chris embarked on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness, which resulted in his demise. He cut ties with his family due to personal differences in opinion and travelled all around the country living off of the land for the most part. People have formed many different opinions of Chris McCandless, but its up to you to decide whether his actions were selfish or purposeful. In this Journal

Some people would never consider leaving behind everything and everyone they care about to live in the wild. In the movie Into the Wild, a man does just that. Into the Wild is a movie where a man named, Chris McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp) ventures out into the world to go to the Alaskan Wilderness. For two years he has been building relationships with people, goes through different jobs, while also hiding from the authorities and his family. He left behind his home, family, friends, and society

Chapter 6: Anza-Borrego The epigraph in this chapter was a passage from Henry David Thoreau 's “Life in the Woods”. In the excerpt, it explains how phenomenal nature is and how majority of people never take advantage of exploring it and discovering new things. Instead, they continue to live life the way its most accepted in society, “All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated

Compare and Contrast Summer Essay “A Lesson Before Dying” and “Into The Wild” are both books that defy the expected, tackle tough obstacles, and face the physical and mental extremes of life. Beginning with “Into The Wild”, Jon Krakauer leads us on a rich and insightful tour through the brash and lucid life of Chris McCandless. Followed by a well thought out, fiction novel featuring a sticky situation in a small Cajun community, “A Lesson Before Dying”, by Ernest J. Gaines. This split, self chosen

physical and mental challenges of surviving in the wild alone. This story, or as some would call an adventure, is about a young man named Brian Robeson’s struggle and fight to survive in the wild against all odds. When Brian’s plane crashes on his way to see his father in Canada, the pilot has a heart attack and eventually the plane goes down, leaving him stranded in the wild all alone. Being raised in a city, Brian has very little experience with the wild. On top of that, throughout this novel he experiences

will be my fellow classmates. In the format of a speech. In Into The Wild American authors define success as the completion of a goal, and failure as a result of arrogance and disillusionment as the harsh reality caused by failure. Chris McCandless succeeds in achieving his goals when surviving in the wild. He shot lots of game porcupines, squirrels and even took down a moose. McCandless had lived off of the food that the wild was providing him with and he had experienced most of what he wanted to

heavily covered in trees and brush — a place where all of God’s handiwork was still in its original state. They cleared away just enough land for a house and a small yard; the rest belonged to the wild. From the time I could walk, the outdoors called to me. When the sun was up, I was outside exploring, chasing wild animals, and discovering the world around me. My mom wouldn’t see me until it was time for lunch. As soon as I finished eating, I resumed my adventures until the sun disappeared. During those