Fear of the Unknown Taking any kind of a risk is a gamble. They have the potential to lead to a harmful or dangerous outcome, yet can still provide the opportunity for an outcome that can perceived as positive. The essay, “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer is his account of Chris McCandless’ search for himself through taking a risk and inhabiting the Alaskan wilderness. Through his lack of survival skills, it is evident that McCandless is a person who likes to take part of risky and dangerous behaviors
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Tuesday Morning, It was Friday,” Martha Stout attempts to explain the excessive mental detachment a number of her therapy patients experience, and the reasons for their prolonged escapes to their mental realities. In his Selection From Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer investigates the travels of a man named Chris McCandless, attempting to explain McCandless’s decision to escape into the Alaskan wilderness in an attempt to go as far away from modern civilization as possible. Juhani Pallasmaa argues that one’s
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the protagonist is a traitor. McMurphy makes a rigged bet and Chief yells, “ ‘You’re always…winning things!’ ” (269). The men are uncertain if McMurphy is a selfish gambler or a helpful friend. He contrasts the protagonist, Chris McCandless, from Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, because Chris has opposing feelings about money: “ ‘…He didn’t seem interested in the money so much as the fact that he was good at making it. It was like a game, and the money was a way of keeping score’ ” (120-121). Unlike
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Three thousand miles of pure western countryside, sixteen mustangs brought from the same land, and four men, all traveling together from Mexico to Canada. The men’s names were Ben Masters, Ben Thamer, Thomas Glover, and Johnny Fitzsimons. These four men adopted sixteen mustangs from the US Bureau of Land Management and trained them to be ridden and to carry pack saddles. Unbranded by Ben Masters is a great book that shows the endurance and trainability of the wild mustangs. There are many people
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Timothy Treadwell was a devoted sustainer for grizzly bears. He had spent each season in the Alaskan peninsula and shoot video about wildlife, especially about bears’ life. When he came back in the city, he told at schools what he had learned about the bears. In his life he had moments of solitude, desperation, looking for a reason for his existence. He found himself in wilderness and was motivated by living for animals. He was driven by love for them and the conviction that animals need to be protected
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The film Dead Poets Society illustrates how belief in transcendentalism can sometimes have a dangerous effect. Mr. Keating a transcendental has inspired his student Neil, who tried to take a dangerous risk and eventually took his own life. During Mr. Keating first day of teaching, he introduces the saying “ Gather ye rosebuds while ye may… Carpe Diem” (?). Mr. Keating wanted his students, including Neil to take out of this quote the importance of seizing the day and seeking opportunities in life
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1 1 Mount Everest-1996 2 2 Executive Summary Background The case study describes a team ascending Mount Everest led by Scott Fischer and Rob Hall. The primary concept behind the case study is to distinguish qualities in the team’s plan, action, and most importantly leadership. The clients and the leaders in the report show lack of readiness to ascend the mountain. Fischer along with Hall led many people to their deaths because of bad leadership skills. The report outlines how the two
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This leads to tragedy. After dinner both of them went to go down to the swamp. The brother was walking a little faster than usual since he wanted to finish his program before school which was not that far off. So the brother had to take more drastic measures.. To me this is one of the biggest stepping stones that lead to the tragedy. Nevertheless Doodle kept up even though his face was a pale white. When they had got to the swamp their plans had to change. A storm had brewed out of nowhere. They
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Going into the wild isn’t something most people would willingly do. Chris McCandless had many reasons to leave his family, he wasn’t crazy. If he was crazy like most people might say, he wouldn’t have been able to survive alone in the wilderness for 113 days. He definitely wasn’t street smart and lacked common sense nut that doesn’t mean he was crazy. McCandless lacked knowledge of where he he was going and wasn’t prepared for the brutality of nature. Chris McCandless wasn't
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The Qualities of Christopher McCandless In the spring of 1992 Christopher Johnson McCandless was in search for truth. Intending to find it, he ventured across the country to the Alaskan brush and encountered people that would be charmed by the young adult's work ethic and knowledge. Christopher McCandless is a nonconformist whose lack of preparedness and need for reflective thought were the leading cause of his death. McCandless had always thought that wealth, society, and the government were unnecessary
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