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Jon Krakauer

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Into the Wild Summary

Into the Wild is the true story of the mysterious life and death of Christopher Johnson McCandless, a talented young man from a good family who inexplicably turned his back on everything he seemed to have going for him. He graduated from Emory University in 1990, lost no time in giving away to charity the sizeable balance in his bank account, and then abruptly abandoned his past life and the personal identity all knew...

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Jon Krakauer Biographies (1)

Jon Krakauer

3,899 words, approx. 13 pages

"Straddling the top of the world, one foot in Tibet and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and stared absently at the vast sweep of earth b... Read more

Essays & Analysis (8)

The Concept of Materialism vs. the Works of Frederick Douglass and Jon Krauker

1,048 words, approx. 4 pages

Materialism is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a preference for material objects as opposed to spiritual or intellectual pursuits" (172). Life in 2002 is very materialistic. I am a part of a gen... Read more

The Journey of Our Lives

770 words, approx. 3 pages

Chris McCandless was very successful in his journey. Some of us judge success by how people advance, usually financially or even physically, during their journey. I feel that success can be interprete... Read more

Journey across the Bush

445 words, approx. 2 pages

I've spent enough time in beautiful seclusion. All of my senses are telling me that I've proved top my self that I could do it and now it is time leave. I have so many things to tell Wayne and Carine.... Read more

Krakaur Vs. Mccandless

841 words, approx. 3 pages

McCandless is a man who knew no limits. When it all was said and done, a man of his caliber was almost unheard of. He not only showed himself to others, he was also extremely distant in the same sen... Read more

The Social Contract & Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer

896 words, approx. 3 pages

Living in American society poses hazards to the biological evolution and contradicts Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. As products of society, all Americans (and all other civilized socie... Read more

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

866 words, approx. 3 pages

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska ... Read more

Arctic Ambivalence in Into the Wild

1,571 words, approx. 6 pages

Jon Krakauer's bestseller, Into the Wild, revolves around the true story of a young man named Chris McCandless and his two-year, transcontinental adventure ending in Alaska. The discovery of his decom... Read more

The Emulator

1,064 words, approx. 4 pages

We live in a volatile and temperamental world, always succumbing to the whims of a puppeteer society. Our everyday lives are filled with quotas from slogans spewed forth by puppeteers who seek to enr... Read more

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