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Into The Wild Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is a Biography about Chris McCandless a man who set off on a Journey or perhaps a suicide mission in May of 1990. With very little preparation and little to no training, Chris set off on this mission to live off the land in Alaska where it soon becomes clear that his decision to leave his hometown of Annandale, Virginia with no trace and his parents and 3 sisters behind was not at all Justifiable.

First and foremost Chris McCandless grew up in what is described by one of his siblings as a “toxic” household. His father, Walt was living a double life having children with one woman while still married to another and constantly jumping between these lives. This duplicity upset Chris and was one of the greatest factors of his decision to leave. While some may argue that this alone is enough for his disappearance to be justifiable, it's not. Chris may have not had the most healthy relationships but he …show more content…

Alaska is a place of extreme weather easily reaching into the negatives. So what did Chris do to prepare for this insane idea of living off the land in this mess? Chris brings with him a 10lb bag of rice, a guide of edible plants in the area, a camera, and a 22-caliber rifle. So Chris was not well prepared for this feat and while he was intelligent he was not a wilderness expert. Of course, Chris knew he could have prepared better but he stupidly turned down the people that tried to help him. Whenever Chris was offered help he turned it down. In chapter one Gallien tries to give Chris some stuff but he refuses. He refuses a plane ticket from Westerberg as well “Flying would be cheating. It would wreck the whole trip.” So Chris’s lack of preparation was a huge factor in his eventual death. If he had prepared more he might have been able to see his family again. What Chris did was not brave or courageous, it was just poor

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Firstly, Into The Wild written by Jon Krakauer is one of the best book I have read this year. Throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless is brave enough to do things that most people will not even think about doing as he is “looking for more adventure and freedom than today’s society gives people” (). From the beginning, even though his parents, Billie and Walt McCandless set him up for an impressive, promising life, Chris gives up this promising, successful future and spins into a journey filled with idealist literature and danger that skews his world view. This is due to the modern society offers that does not appeal to Chris, who just wants a different life that many have themselves. He sees the influences society puts on our lives

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Going out into the wild all by yourself can be nerve wracking and lonely. Jon Krakauer makes Chris McCandless seemed like a noble person who took the initiative to try to go out and live into the wild. The book Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer, is about a teenager named Chris McCandless leaving society and traveling to Alaska by himself with nothing else but a bag of rice and a small .22 caliber gun. Chris is heroic because he went to Alaska by himself without any knowledge of Alaska and didn’t know any of the dangers of Alaska. One way Krakauer make Chris seem noble is when Chris is about to enter Alaska he tells Gallien “ I’m goin’ to get on up there live off the land,go claim me a piece of the good life” (Krakauer 4).

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Chris wanted to leave but he couldn’t find his way out of the forest. Chris could’ve found his way back if he had a map. “He left the map in galliens truck” (krakauer). A map is key to surviving. If he had a map he would´ve known there was a cabin nearby.

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The food he gathered was not enough to sustain his life. But, it was the unhygienic conditions in which he stored the potato seeds and his personality that caused his death. Many have described Chris to be incompetent and stubborn. He thought he could survive the harsh Alaskan bush, because

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In both cases, Chris keeps choosing to ignore people who care about him. He was not physically or mentally prepared. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Alaskan bush is extremely risky, as it could mean a matter of life or death. Only mountain climbing skills aren't gonna help with months of different cultures and different weather. The change will later catch up and bite him on the butt.

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His parents were a big reason as to why he left, because he just simply didn’t like having them around, they didn’t take him seriously. P.64 Chris complained to Carine that their parents' behavior was “so irrational, so oppressive, disrespectful, and insulting that I finally passed my breaking point. Since they won't ever take me seriously.” He went on to say how he was going to “divorce them as his parents.” This proves his parents played a big role as to why Chris left and never

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“Gallien offered to drive Alex all the way to Anchorage to buy him some nice gear, but Alex refused.” if Chris wouldn’t have been stubborn and accepted this offer, he might've had a much higher chance of surviving.

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Chris truly enjoyed simple beauties, the little things in life. I genuinely admire Chris for following his dream and getting out. I’d like to believe that he lived and died happy, and blessed. In conclusion I believe Chris is more than justified for leaving into the wild unknown.

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He wasn’t afraid of not coming back alive. So when he went into the wild in Alaska, Chris felt like he was for sure going to come back and publish the book that he has written throughout his journey to show others that taking risks like this is totally okay. Unfortunately for Chris it wasn’t okay. I believe that he did not intend to “kill himself” for going into the wild with basically nothing.

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I like how you emphasized this in the book to allow the readers to understand he traveled with barely anything and was starting from scratch. From this, a lot of people like to point out that he was unprepared, and if he had only had a map he would have been able to get out. Being prepared wasn't the point. In your book, you do a great job explaining that Chris didn’t want to prepare for the worst he just wanted to live. I have related to that in the sense that I just wanted to see how far I could go and what I could do alone without outside

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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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He wanted to ditch his old life so maybe he was trying to cut off ties to the world as well. If you take that the wrong way his death may seem like suicide suddenly, but from many other papers that is not implied. The majority think that it was just an unfortunate few events that led to his death. If Chris would have taken a few more resources his life possibly would have lasted longer than it did, and using his story wrote an inspiration book. But he died, so there’s no reason to play the game of “what-if” because it could go an infinite number of ways.

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Nick Allen Mr. Reynolds English 11 7 June 2023 The Fame that was Deserved Was Chris’s decision to leave his family and go live in the wild a good decision? Some may say Chris was not smart for making this decision but, others argue that the decision was in his best interest to be happy and live the life he wants. To achieve his goal of happiness he wanted to venture into the wilderness of Alaska and live a life of self-reliance. There were many parts of the book that showed the reasons why Chris decided to leave his family and go into the wilderness. One reason is that Chris was searching for a sense of purpose that he was missing in his life.

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