Conceited or Adventurous
What is the difference between arrogance and bravery? To some, there may be no difference at all, that one can´t be without the other. For others, the difference is obvious. To Shaun Callarman, a character in the story Into the Wild, the distinctions couldn´t be clearer. The book Into the Wild is a true story written by Jon Krakauer. Into the Wild tells the true story of 24-year-old Christopher McCandless in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, where he starved to death in an abandoned bus after spending four months foraging and hunting game. Intelligent but burdened by anger at his brilliant but overbearing and imperfect father, McCandless went entirely without human contact for four months in an attempt to purify himself of
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He wanted to experience something for himself, even if it meant he would suffer a tragic fate. ¨It was a two-hour drive from Fairbanks to the edge of Denali Park. The more they talked, the less Alex struck Gallien as a nutcase. He was congenial and seemed well-educated. He peppered Gallien with thoughtful questions about the kind of small game that live in the country, the kinds of berries he could eat—´ that kind of thing´"(Krakauer 4). Chris Mccandless was intelligent and thoughtful even though he was woefully unqualified. Almost everyone he met on his trip had nothing but good things to say about him. “´It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God, it’s great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you´”(Krakauer 37). Mccandless made friends and experiences that made his last few months alive memorable. He was happy with himself and happy to be alive. In the end, his bravery or arrogance doesn´t matter. It was his decision to leave and he enjoyed his journey, which is what really