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Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer

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Before you take a highly important test, you should study. Before you run a marathon, you should train. Before you attempt to survive on your own, in the wild, such as Chris McCandless from Mr. Krakauer’s Into the Wild tried to, you should prepare yourself to. Chris McCandless, while a daring and intelligent young man, was a fool to blindly run into the wilderness without taking precaution to survive. Courtney Long ( 2014 ) once argued, “I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time.” McCandless’s choices were an oxymoron, when comparing how he was so bright, yet so foolish. Chris McCandless wasn’t entirely foolish; while on his ventures, he brought many books and guides to aid him in his venture. However, he was …show more content…

The risks are even higher when you’re alone. Many people who go camping take many precautions, such as tents, food, food preservers ( such as a cooler ), spare clothes, lighting fluid/ a lighter, etc.. Some dangers of going into the wilderness include: poisonous greenery, such as poison ivy, stinging nettles, wild parsnip, lyme disease carried by ticks that live on deer, wild animals, the weather, and by far much more. According to MkCapen1 from eNotes.com ( 2010 ), McCandless only brought a rifle, ammunition, rice, a small stove, books, and a few misc. others, and while he brought a map, he forgot it in the truck of the man who drove him there. He brought nothing to change into if his clothes are torn, no soap to wash with, nothing to help build a shelter that would last longer than a tent, and so on. McCandless unfortunately was lead astray by his romantic ideas, and delved deep into the woods without …show more content…

Nature and all its glory is beautiful, scenic, and is completely different from the feeling any city provides. Some like to go to wild areas for the peace and quiet alone. I also can sympathize with McCandless’s desire for freedom. Young adulthood is one of the most stressful parts of most people’s lifetime. The transition from being an adult in school, still restricted like a child, then to being free to be an adult, but finally to having to learn all the restrictions, responsibilities, requirements, etc., of true adulthood is arduous for most. Worst of all, school attempts to prepare students for the real world, but doesn’t provide typically. All the restrictions, directions, and turmoil of the real world can make a person not strong enough, or not willing to comprehend cower and seek freedom. McCandless was certainly not weak, which means he was one of those not willing to comply with society’s rules. This both a great display of his bravery, and his

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Into the wild “Some people feel like they don’t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past” (John Krakauer). Do you think feeling some type of way should give you the right just to leave everyone? I believe that McCandless is dumb for leaving his family and friends without a warning. Having them worried sick for him without knowing anything of where he is.

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This showed that McCandless's advice was crazy and that it was realistic. He lived with a passion of not letting society control his life.

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For this, McCandless should be admired for his views for allowing him to live his best life. In conclusion, McCandless is not a reckless individual who perishes due to arrogance. Instead, he is admirable because his ideals have allowed him to live with true happiness. He waits long years and even breaks his values temporarily in order to achieve his goals.

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