Category: Chris McCandless

Introduction: The unique writing styles of simplicity and irony are intermingled with an interview style, employed by John Krakauer in Into the Wild serve to exemplify the main themes of existentialism and materialism. Into the Wild is a biography written three years after the events transpiring within the novel. The Metamorphosis is a social commentary…

Chris McCandless was stuck in the wild. No food, no water, no compass. He was all alone. What if this was you? What if you were in this situation? In the book, Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, this is that crazy situation. Chris McCandless was deep in the Alaskan wilderness and struggled to survive.…

Krakauer’s novel Into the Wild is a controversial yet intriguing work in which questions remain about the main characters goals and inspirations. The views of McCandless Alaskan adventure are seen as either arrogant and ill advised or heroic and motivational, but my personal views remain split between the two differencing sides. Instead of viewing McCandless…

The adventure of a lifetime ends with a devastating conclusion. Such is the case in Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, which follows the journey of a wanderlust-driven man named Chris McCandless. His travels take him across the United States to reach his ultimate goal of Alaska and finding his true self. McCandless challenges society…

Have you ever regretted any of the decisions you have ever made? Chris was a smart and athletic person. He had parents who he wasnt in a great relationship with. After he graduated from high school, he wanted to live on his own and have nothing handed to him. He wanted to find out who…

Venturing off into nature can help find a sense of true meaning of who someone is and belonging in life. However, it is the environment nature that unfortunately takes his life. Towards the end of his life, McCandless Discovers what he never realized before. He realizes his purpose and need of other people. After the…

Jon Krakauer, an author, wrote a book called Into the Wild, it portrays Chris McCandless, a young man who went on an adventure into nature, inexperienced and foolishly to find his true identity and dignity. Chris McCandless wants to evade and fled the claustrophobic confines of Society and his family. He has a grudge toward…

To me, transcendentalism explores the pursuit of endless happiness and adventure. After observing the actions and beliefs of the infamous Chris McCandless, I can connect through our shared urge and fantasy of traveling isolated in the innocent, tranquil wilderness. After years of elongated education to please society, McCandless felt as if his true path to…

The novel Into The Wild is based on a true story of a young man named Chris McCandless, who later takes on the name of Alex and adventures alone up to his death to the Alaskan Wilderness at only the age of 24. His main drive for this unplanned trip was because he felt as…

There was a man who embarked on a journey in one of the most frigid and glacial areas in the entire world. That man was Chris McCandless. Critics will claim that McCandless was a delusional fool who traveled to Alaska just to have his life cut short. While others claim that he was a brave…