...Krakauer. It is an expansion of Krakauer's 9,000-word article on Christopher McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside. Christopher Johnson McCandless was an intelligent, idealistic young man who believed that life was best lived alone, in nature. He spent two years testing his theory throughout the western United States before he entered the wilds of Alaska unprepared and starved to death. Chris had a very bright, hopeful future and why he left it all behind confuses most people. After analyzing Chris's personality traits, it helps things make sense. This makes many people ask the question, what was Christopher McCandless's temperament type? The theory of temperament type was introduced in the 1920s by Carl G. Jung. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. Based on evidence from the story, Chris McCandless was most likely an INTP (introverted, intuitive, thinking, and perceiving) temperament type. This means he was focused internally, where he dealt with things rationally and logically. Some people would diagree wiht this position and would argue that Chris McCandless leaned towards the preference of sensing and feeling. There is some evidence provided in the story that Chris demonstrated the preference of sensing. According to MBTI basics, a person...
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...of an idea that was? Chris McCandless was placed in a similar situation in the novel, “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer. However, rather than acknowledging the conceptual faults behind running away from home, McCandless made the conscious decisions to follow through and purse his augmented and simply erratic adventure. McCandless’s decision was inevitably futile because although he had moderately justifiable intentions of going into the wild, his ignorance, arrogance, and lack of preparedness surmounted his intentions and would inevitably cost him his life. One significant conceptual flaw in regards to why McCandless went on such an adventure was his lack of maturity. After Franz had left McCandless on Interstate 70, “McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved---relieved that he had again...
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...believe that Christopher McCandless was not a crazy person, however, he may have been incompetent in the sense that he was unprepared and rash in his decision making. Throughout the novel, the author, Jon Karakauer, explained the life of Chris McCandless and his last journey in the American west. Krakauer describes McCandless’s journey with so much detail and information provided by his loved ones that it’s clear to suggest McCandless was intelligent, stubborn, and unprepared during his lifelong adventure. Throughout the novel, Krakauer pieces together the puzzle that was Christopher McCandless’s life. While most of Chris’s family was in utter confusion and grief as to why Chris would leave without a trace, Krakauer discovered why and...
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...Christopher Johnson McCandless, also know as “Alexander Supertramp” to those he connected with while on the lam, was a hiker that that went into the wilderness with little food and equipment hoping to find a life of solitude. On this thrilling journey in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Chris displays himself to be a hero of authenticity and transcendentalism, and at times even a fool. Towards the end of his life, he truly morphed himself from a college graduate, to a man that lives and strives off the land known as “Supertramp.” Christopher was a genuine boy throughout the course of his life and always saw the positive in negative situations. His bubbly personality was contagious as he mesmerized everyone with his charm and sincereness. His authenticity is show throughout the entirety of the book, but a single quote represents his mentalities and philosophies, “The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. 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” (Krakauer 57). He lived and died by this mind set, which exemplified his heroism. Christopher knew there was a intense physical challenge ahead of him in order to achieve the emotional enlightenment he set out searching for; this is another prime example that shows the true hero of authenticity. Most people would be deterred from this expedition because they deem...
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...Chris McCandless was only 22 years old when he decided to commence his excursion to Alaska. He met people on the way, but he never stayed in one place for long. Is anyone who does not agree with society a transcendentalist? McCandless does not conform to society but does not prove to be a transcendentalist but rather a spontaneous idealist. The movements do, however, bounce off each other in many ways. Transcendentalism, started in the 1830s, was best known as a theoretical movement with the belief that your knowledge based on life and nature was more important than social status and knowledge based on social class. Idealism is best defined as impractically alluding without thinking about the practicableness of the situation. Transcendentalists are well known for their general beliefs of living simply, knowing your own value, and appreciating nature. Idealists are people who believe things should be the way they see it, instead of how reality truly is. Idealism is a...
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...Many of Thoreau’s views are very philosophical. I feel that Chris made a lot of mistakes throughout his journey. A major mistake that he made was cutting his family out of his life. His mother and father got into many arguments, but Chris was very fortunate to have a wealthy family that loved and cared for him. Chris should have valued his parents more, and shouldn’t have run away from them without a trace. I feel that if Chris had managed to leave Alaska and go back to his parents, he could have actually taken something away from his journey and used his experiences to make him a better person. He realized this too late, and probably regretted not going back to his parents right before he died after the advice that Jan gave him many times. Chris forced his parents to wait for years with no answers and no idea where he was. They never knew where he was at at any given moment; someone they raised for about eighteen years just disappeared without a trace. Chris McCandless seems to be a you-can’t-tell-me-what-to-do type of guy. He hated the government, and his parent’s authority drove him out of the house and was a main cause for him going...
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...Chris McCandless was a very isolated person. He depended on one person only, that being himself. Not only did McCandless push away his family, he pushed away the society as a whole. On page 55 it says, “He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family.” This and his parents achievements show that he may have left his family because he felt like they expected too much of him, making him very independent. Chris was not close with his father, Walt. Walt was a very successful. Because Walt was successful, he was a busy man. Because if this, Chris did not see Walt very much during his childhood. This made Chris and Walt become distant and not close. As said on page 64, “Both father and son were stubborn and high-strung.” I think that because...
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...Was it their similarities or their differences that brought Chris and his sister, Carine closer together? Could McCandless’s problems with his parent have been solved, had he been more open and willing to talk about them? Why do you think he was able to be so open about his dreams and goals with strangers instead of his family? Of the people McCandless formed a connection to in the course of his travels, were there any particular characteristics they had in common that you felt drew Chris to them and/or led him to keep in touch even after he moved on? Do you think that McCandless was aware of how much he impacted the people he encountered? Out of all the people he met on his adventure, whose life do you think McCandless shaped the most? Do you feel that McCandless appreciated the people he met on his adventure as much as they appreciated him? Had McCandless survived the experience in Alaska, do you think “the intervention of time and misfortune” would have transformed the feelings he had toward his father much the same way your feelings changed toward your own...
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...Krakauer shows how transcendental Chris was throughout his life, he had a big personality with many traits but transcendentalism being the main one. Chris illustrates how he was an effective transcendentalist through his inspiration from Thoreau and London. The examples from the story show how much Chris fits into the title of being transcendental. Each trait goes along with some part in his life and that shows that Chris was an effective transcendentalist. The main characteristic Chris shows was his passionate love for the outdoors, he was inspired by Jack London to travel to Alaska for the fascinating views, and so he did. When Chris first disappeared, he knew he wanted to go to Alaska because of the beauty. Nature had become important to him. He had read the passages Jack London and other transcendentalists had wrote about, and wanted to experience that feeling of being alone with nature. One of Chris’ friends from his cross-country team shared that Chris “was born into the wrong...
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...While Mccandless himself does have some flaws, it’s blasphemous to say that he doesn't have any transcendentalist attributes. Throughout the whole book, Mccandless’ words and actions can clearly show that he does indeed have transcendentalism inside him. One of the main and obvious examples is how Mccandless decided to leave his home for a journey to Alaska. “Two years he walks the earth, no phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road.” This clearly shows that Mccandless embodies transcendentalism because one of transcendentalism’s major beliefs is on anti-materialism, as seen in “no phone, pool, pets, and cigarettes,” and on departure from society, as seen in “whose home is the road.” Body paragraphs for Synthesis: Body paragraphs 1 and 2 should include a topic sentence followed by the position you are taking. Your body paragraphs should be supporting your position and should include quotations or evidence from the given sources you read. This...
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...life has held. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the novel displays Chris McCandless’s life as a journey from his younger years to his adult years until he passes away. It is a life of wanting freedom of solitude once events awaken his perspective on life. The author, Krakauer identifies his slow but prominent sliding into solitude. Krakauer develops this theme by explaining the characteristics of Chris and the many events that lead up to his venture in the wilderness. Krakauer establishes the theme of freedom of solitude by displaying Chris’s troubles with his family, settling and resettling, and his...
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...animal Books by Elliot Aronson Theories of Cognitive Consistency (with R. Abelson et al.), 1968 Voices of Modern Psychology, 1969 The Social Animal, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004; (with J. Aronson), 2008 Readings About the Social Animal, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004; (with J. Aronson), 2008 Social Psychology (with R. Helmreich), 1973 Research Methods in Social Psychology (with J. M. Carlsmith & P. Ellsworth), 1976 The Jigsaw Classroom (with C. Stephan et al.), 1978 Burnout: From Tedium to Personal Growth (with A. Pines & D. Kafry), 1981 Energy Use: The Human Dimension (with P. C. Stern), 1984 The Handbook of Social Psychology (with G. Lindzey), 3rd ed., 1985 Career Burnout (with A. Pines), 1988 Methods of Research in Social Psychology (with P. Ellsworth, J. M. Carlsmith, & M. H. Gonzales), 1990 Age of Propaganda (with A. R. Pratkanis), 1992, 2000 Social Psychology, Vols. 1–3 (with A. R. Pratkanis), 1992 Social Psychology: The Heart and the Mind (with T. D. Wilson & R. M. Akert), 1994 Cooperation in the Classroom: The Jigsaw Method (with S. Patnoe), 1997 Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion After Columbine, 2000 Social Psychology: An Introduction (with T. D. Wilson & R. M. Akert), 2002, 2005, 2007 The Adventures of Ruthie and a Little Boy Named Grandpa (with R. Aronson), 2006 Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) (with C. Tavris), 2007 Books by Joshua Aronson Improving Academic Achievement, 2002 The Social Animal To...
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...FAMILY OF SECRETS The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years RUSS BAKER Contents Foreword by James Moore 1. How Did Bush Happen? 2. Poppy’s Secret 3. Viva Zapata 4. Where Was Poppy? 5. Oswald’s Friend 6. The Hit 7. After Camelot 8. Wings for W. 9. The Nixonian Bushes 10. Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup 11. Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 12. In from the Cold 13. Poppy’s Proxy and the Saudis 14. Poppy’s Web 15. The Handoff 16. The Quacking Duck 17. Playing Hardball 18. Meet the Help 19. The Conversion 20. The Skeleton in W.’s Closet 21. Shock and . . . Oil? 22. Deflection for Reelection 23. Domestic Disturbance 24. Conclusion Afterword Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes Foreword When a governor or any state official seeks elective national office, his (or her) reputation and what the country knows about the candidate’s background is initially determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade...
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