Wild Strawberries

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

Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild gave insight into the life and thoughts of a young man. Although at times dramatic (which young adult isn’t?), Chris McCandless shares many qualities with other young wanderers of society. Unlike most of us, he decided to live life accordingly to his beliefs in the now and not wait around for life to experience him. I agree with Krakauer that Chris wasn’t a maniac or outcast because besides all of his indifferences, he got along well with others’; he was, oftentimes,

The novel Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer revealed the true identity of Chris McCandless, or as one might say, Alex Supertramp who was his alter ego when he left home to start a new adventure. Chris did not know his long journey to Alaska would end up taking his life. There are many different opinions about Chris, but the question is “Is Chris McCandless a hero?” While Chris, by definition is a Romantic Hero, he was not a hero using the traditional definition because he hurt everyone that

There were two songs used for the movie Into the Wild that showed how Chris McCandless is leaving his past behind and trying to pursue himself. The name of the two songs are, “Far Behind” and “Society”. They both delineate how Chris is carefully abandoning his past life. Each song had a quote that I thought portrayed Chris leaving his past behind. “I hope you’re not lonely without me” (Society) and “ We leave it all Far Behind” (Far Behind). Both writers were trying to illustrate how Chris is “retiring”

Chris McCandless was an Independent nature boy straight out of College. Jon Krakauer's novel follows Mccandless’ final adventure Into The Wild. Although many traits of “Alex Supertramp” were portrayed, two in particular stood out. In the book, Jon characterizes Christopher McCandless as self reliant and distant. Throughout the Novel Chris is offered many items intended to help him along his journey, but rejects their offers due to his self reliant nature. Before his final trip he was told, “Man

Into the Wild, is a spiritual quest about Christopher McCandless, also known as Alexander Supertramp, dropping out of society and finding his sense of adventure. “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” (Krakauer 57) In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as self-reliant and reckless. Relying on oneself, self-reliant, not

If One were to read “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer One would initially believe that McCandless is insane, there are ways to prove this wrong. There are ways that One could justify that he is insane, yet there are also many ways to demonstrate that he is not insane. One thing that demonstrates how McCandless is not insane is that he cared for anyone who helped him along his long journey. McCandless frequently shows further care and compassion for those who helped him than he does his own parents

Into the Wild: The Mental State Of Chris McCandless Jon Krakauer in his book, Into The Wild, narrates the story of Chris McCandless. A young man who decides to abandon his lavish lifestyle to live like a character in a story written by Jack London, an author who wrote stories about living in the wild. In his attempt to live this way, trials of the lifestyle seem to take a toll on McCandless’s mental state. People speculate he might have been mentally ill or insane, however his family and the people

take those kind of chances,” Billie protests through her tears. ”I just don’t understand it at all.” Pg. 132. McCandless put his parents through hardship. Overall, McCandless was not worth admiring. Third, he didn’t know enough about living in the wild. Jim Gallien said “I told him that a twenty-two probably wouldn’t do anything to a grizzly except make him mad… I’ll climb a tree is all he said. So I explained that trees don’t grow real big in that part of the state.” Pg. 6. McCandless was ignorant

Chris McCandless lived a fairly normal life. He was rather smart based on the fact that he graduated college. And he came from a very wealthy family so money was never an issue. So what was Chris McCandless’s problem? In “Into the Wild” we find out that his father had a mistress and another son and was very abusive to Chris’s mom. Because of this Chris is constantly searching for truth and isolation from those who can hurt him. First off, Chris had little knowledge about how to survive where