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How Is Chris Justified In Into The Wild

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Elijah Greenup Mrs. Moffat English 5-6 11 January 2023 Was Chris Justified? Have you ever thought about life and decided to change for happiness? In John Krakauer's book, Into The Wild, Chris McCandles, an explorer, leaves his past behind and goes out into the wild to live the life he enjoys. Some people think it was stupid of him, I believe that Chris is justified for going into the wild. Growing up, Chris was the eldest of his siblings. Carine, his younger sister, Sam, his younger brother, and Quinn, his other younger brother. Chris' dad, Walt, was a very abusive father who was rarely there as he lived a double life. Chris’s mom, Billie, had been beaten by Walt verbally and physically. However, Krakauer was not able to include this into the book because Carine did not want him to. However, on page 64, Krakauer states “Chris writes a letter to Carine about how he was going to “divorce his parents.” This shows that Chris was tired of them from the …show more content…

He got introduced to it in a harsh way at a young age with the money and a very abusive father. I think at some point Chris had decided before he graduated college that he wanted to live an outsider type of life, away from society. He wasn’t the only person that wanted to explore nature. Hundreds of people have wanted to live like that because the real world can be a lot sometimes. It's an escape from the real world and just being one with nature. In the book on page 56-58, Chris writes to Westerberg, “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.” This shows why Chris likes being outside with nature so much away from everyone. He didn't want to stay in one spot and do the same things in his life, he wanted to change it up. If Chris didn't feel happy with his life, but only felt happy in nature, why wouldn't he leave into the

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I think he just saw it has an opening and once he finally understood and saw the opening he used that as a justifiable persecution on leaving. Chris father kinda manipulated in a way since he wanted Chris to be a successful student and person, but inside he was was an abusive father, so that’s quite justified. I believe and understand another reason why he isolated himself was that he wanted to find himself and figure out what could make him happy. I think it was a time and opportunity to go out and figure out who he is as a person, and he figured that he was more happier in the wild and in the open nature with no

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Emily Edwards Moffat Jan 11, 2023 Period 2nd Was Chris justified? Would you ever abandon everyone and everything you have to live free? In Jon Krakaurer’s book, “into the wild ''. Chris McCandless cuts ties with his family and says farewell to friends as he destroys everything to his name. He then sets off west to rebuild a life in the wild leaving his family concerned about his well being and claiming his actions have been wrong.

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He liked having a challenge and was why he decided to start his journey towards Alaska with nothing but a backpack. In the documentary, Chris’s sisters say how their parents used to take them out into the wilderness, like going hiking, and they explained how they always felt more at peace because there was less fighting going on between their parents. I think Chris grew a relationship with the wilderness because it was his safe space, a space where he knew things were going to be okay. The novel says, “Chris was fearless even when he was little. He didn’t believe the odds applied to him.

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In the movie Into the Wild by Sean Penn you see Chris’s life unfold into what i think was ignorant but to some extent i get why he wanted to run so hard “He didn’t want to be the person his parents wanted him to be, he most

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Eli Eaton Mrs. Moffat English 5-6 11 January 2023 Was Chris Justified? Chris McCandless was an interesting kid, never really fitting into the roles of society, Though being vary smart, and being able to master anything he put his mind to, and was vary likable, he never had the urge to show off or be liked, the book Into The WIld by john Krakaer follows his life, from when he leaves his family without warning, and how he eventually ends up living in Alaska out of a bus. Many people have mixed views on Chris, they might ask “why would he just get up and leave without warning”? “Was Chris justified in leaving his family”?. Well I believe Chris was justified in leaving his family, though it might not have been the best decision, looking into Chris’s

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That makes it so when he finally left, he could respect all of the wishes that were taken away from him.. They say that variety is the spice of life. I slightly disagree, but Chris McCandless really disagrees. He wants to enjoy the simplicity of life, and he wants to enjoy the raw beauty that nature is offering him. Chris has always had a fondness for the wilderness, almost as if it’s calling to him.

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It is clear that Chris enjoyed nature, but also enjoyed the company of people. “And get himself back to the world of men and women, where he could chug a beer, talk philosophy, enthrall strangers with tales of what he’d done,” Chris goes into detail on aspects of his previous life that he misses. Throughout his journey Chris reads many books written by Transcendentalist authors, when he quotes Tolstoy, saying that happiness is to live for others, it is no little thing. If Chris was a Transcendentalist he would believe that happiness is being connected

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Jack London is the reason why Chris is the way he is, ever since Chris read the book about Alaska he knew that is the journey he had to take. Chris is a very influenced based person who listens to the people he looks up to. That's the reason he became so obsessed with nature and the outdoors. Before Chris took his journey he said to himself, “ I now walk into the wild '' (PG 3). He is influenced by all these people he looks up to and he thrives to live a lifestyle based upon theirs.

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He wanted to go in there without really anything so that he can make things that were in the nature. “Chris didn’t think twice about risking his own life…”(Carine McCandless 128). I absolutely think that this quote about Chris is very true because he was so into finding new adventures to take, to enjoy and be happy with

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“Don’t hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it... You will be very glad you did.” I think Chris went into the wild to find a new life or experience what he was missing, which is what about everyone the world wants to do. Meet new people, experience new things, etc.

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That is why when ever he seemed to have fallen in love with a place he is visiting; It seemed it made him quicker to leave. Books such as Into The wild have greatly inspiring stories that draw people to discover different parts of the story. such as why they are doing exactly what they are doing. This leads to questions such as the means of Chris going into the wild even though he knew the dangers. Some people will argue that he was brought to his death because he thought of himself as better than he truly was, or that he had a desire to live life on the edge at all times.

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I think he just wanted to pursue life in a different way. Chris was not seeing life the way anyone else was, so he decided to brush off into the wild and be free on his own. Though he did not survive, he was still a very bright, arrogant human being. Shaun Callarman states, “He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness.” Chris knew going into the wild that he did not have much survival skills, but that did not stop him from doing what he wanted to do because he did not care about society and was just completely over everything which was why he made the move to the wilderness.

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Now some may believe Chris went Into the wild to escape a mental illness, but the reason he left everything was because he was a rebellion of youth and his risk-taking

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He was not concerned with the trivial details of life that most people would have. He constantly tried to get away from society. Chris never wanted to stay in a place for too long. He had a mentality of “Don’t come closer or I’ll have to go / Holding me like gravity are places that pull” (Vedder, Guaranteed). Whenever Chris got close to someone he would always leave.

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Chris McCandless was a college student with a need for adventure. On April 28, 1992, he left on a journey which would lead to the end of his life. After news of his death had reached public ear, most people came to the same conclusion: Chris McCandless was an uneducated, arrogant boy who went on a journey seeking death. However, in the novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakaur portrays Chris McCandless’ transcendental quest as a journey full of wonder. Throughout the novel, Krakaur defines McCandless as an intelligent, hard working, determined young man.

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