...In the narrative, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris, the main character, is both positively and negatively shaped by his family. Chris, as good as he has it, however, does not care for his complicated mainstream lifestyle. He escapes the mayhem of it all by dropping everything and choosing a simpler life. Thus leading us to believe that maybe Chris isn't entering the wild, perhaps he is escaping it. Chris is a phenomenal student, even though he never enjoyed conforming to the rules. Sometimes he retaliates for no specific reason: “Chris thought it was a stupid rule and decided to ignore it. He did his lab reports, but not in the correct format, so the teacher gave him an F”(pg. 109). By not conforming to rules Chris shows his independent...
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...Character traits define who we are as a person. It gives people a sense of who they are, what they want, and what their motivations are. These traits sets people apart from everyone else. In the novel, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, there was a young man who started his life over to venture out into the wild to find himself and his purpose. He was able to do so because of the qualities he had. Chris McCandless had many different traits which makes readers think differently of him and what his motivations were. McCandless had qualities such as self-reliance, courage, and passion to motivate him for his adventure and life philosophy. Self-reliance was one of the many attributes McCandless had. He portrayed how he was self-reliant as a child and growing up. According to Krakauer, Carine, McCandless’s little sister, stated “He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn’t a...
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... Christopher McCandless, also known as Alex, has a wide range of characteristics and personal situations that make it easier for people to connect with him on a personal level. A quality that helps people connect with McCandless is his reluctance to accept one’s belongings even when he needs them (Krakauer 6). No matter what the item is, whether it is warm clothes or hunting necessities, McCandless does not want to accept them because he wants to experience his choice of lifestyle entirely on his own. He believes that if a person wants to accomplish something as drastic as living life on the wilderness, they have to put all of their efforts into it because any missing part would take away from a beautiful experience. A second quality that makes people admire McCandless is because of his ability to connect with them as a family member. This is evident when Jan Burres states that she has “...a son about the same age… estranged for a few years now” (Krakauer 30). Since he is only twenty-four years old, it allows people like Jan Burres to see a reflection of a family member in McCandless. Often times when people are going through hard times, they find it easier to talk with people their age or someone younger because it gives off the feeling that they can understand the situation better than other people. These situations are relatively similar to how Jan Burres feels about McCandless because she sees her son’s reflection in him and hopes that he can fulfill the emptiness feeling...
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...Forgiveness leads an individual down the path of healing and peace. However, what happens if someone chooses against forgiving? Someone who chooses against forgiveness most likely will plummet into emotional trauma and will make some questionable decisions. Chris McCandless is a key example of someone who chooses against forgiveness. Chris McCandless is the main character in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer which speaks of his journey to Alaska. As soon as Chris graduated from Emory, a top university school with a 4.0 GPA, his life was all planned out to be successful. Then came his irrational decision to drop everything and journey to Alaska. On top of that, he also dropped everyone, including his very own family. What kind of sane...
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...It is hard to say what Chris McCandless truly was. Some may call him a fool, a coward, or even just selfish. But McCandless’ experiences illustrate a different story, one I’ve seen before. It is merely a tale of escape from the shackles of an abusive home. To try and find refuge in the nature he assumed would be safer and more accepting of him. I believe McCandless was just searching for solace. He had grown surrounded by scandal and conflict. From the constant bickering and brawling between his parents to the revelation of his father’s cheating with his previous wife. He often tried to shield his sister, Carine, from the abuse, yet even still the problem persisted, lingering overhead like a storm cloud ready to flood out the cities below....
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...Christopher McCandless was one of the most flawed characters in the history of nonfictional literary works. His ignorance and recklessness ultimately led to a miserable death in vain. He was inconsiderate and selfish in setting off on his foolish journey to his death. He didn’t bother to consider the consequences, and the grief that people who loved him would be forced to endure. Chris “…wasn’t a nutcase, he wasn’t a sociopath, he wasn’t an outcast.” He was an ignorant fool who threw away his life, hurting the ones who loved him most in the process. The whole foundation McCandless’s ideology and reason for escaping “into the wild” was baseless to begin with. He based his reasoning off of the Transcendalists, who started their movements in...
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...Into the Wild Character Analysis Essay Chris McCandless, the main character in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, is a man with many problem in his life, in which, sets out to find his true self by surrounding himself with nothing but nature in the Alaskan wilderness. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher Mccandless as foolish and determined. Christopher Mccandless is a guy who sought out nature to find the true meaning of life, but in doing so, it killed him because he was foolish. Chris was going to make the long journey to Alaska by foot, but everyone else knew he would end up needing a ride, but ¨… when they see that [machete]¨(Krakauer, 68), no one's gonna want to. He intended to make his long journey and live off nature...
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...Eyeless mutation gene located within the second intron of Drosophila melanogaster Justin Lazarus Genetic 300 Abstract The following experiment was conduct over a several week time span to determine and identify the mutation that is causing the eyeless mutation within the Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies. The experiment included genome sequencing and comparison between the Drosophila melanogaster wild type and the Drosophila melanogaster eyeless type. After combining the two different phenotypes. We determined that we were unable to visualize the mutation at a chromosomal level, as both wild-type and eyeless flies looked similar. The experiment involved electrophoresis and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) through which we were able to isolate and amplify the needed DNA eyeless DNA. The difference between the wild-type Drosophila melanogaster and the eyeless Drosophila melanogaster is approximately only 500-nucleotide base pairs. As we see the eyeless phenotype is approximately 3000 base pairs in length while the wild-type phenotype is approximately 2500 nucleotides base pairs in length, a difference of about 500 base pairs. After completing nucleotide sequencing and comparing our data on the blast website, we determined that the eyeless mutation has being interest exons two and three, but more specifically the mutation itself was located within the second intron at base pairs 8264 to 9212. Introduction In the early 20th century scientists had already been acquainted with...
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...part of a group called “Old West” historians who ascribe to the Myth-and-Symbol School when interpreting American history. This thought-process stresses a collection of popular sentiments of the Frontier era in order to create an environment that has some structure. A result of this approach is that it allows continuity to the reader when studying the frontier. For instance, Slotkin notices in his analysis of “The Adventures of Col, Daniel Boone that: “Filson creates a character who becomes the archetypal hero of the American frontier, copied by imitators and plagiarists and appearing innumerable times under other names and in other guises -- in literature, the popular arts, and folklore -- as the man who made the wilderness safe for democracy” (Slotkin 268-69) This shows how his character became an archetype to himself and all other frontiersmen. Because of this, the circumstances may change in the frontier, but its actors do not. As Slotkin describes the character of he furthers this argument and identifies “the most distinctive trait of Boone’s character was his love for the wild land” (Slotkin 298). While this approach is valuable due to minimal historical documentation, its methodology is intrinsically too simple to be taken seriously. Additionally, “Old West” perspectives usually only interpret the traces of the “white imperialist”. However, starting in the 1960’s a new wave of American historians sought to uncover the “untold” immigrant and minority past as well as exposing...
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...Performance Analysis Hoods by Angela Betzeun, Real TV at the Arts centre on 21st of April. Hoods is a play that is based around a video game, it uses elements such as pause, rewind, fast-forward and play. The play Hoods is about three young kids Kyle, Jessie and baby brother Troy and there wild imaginations. The Three kids wait in the car for their mum and interreges the audience with their past, present and future stories. Identify any themes and issues 1. I believe the message of the story to how to how important it is for families through really hard times. 2. I think the most common concern for the characters was if they were to survive or if one was to or not. 3. The problem of the play was having three young children in a car over night with no adult supper vision. Evaluate one performer 1. Kyle, Jessie, Troy, the mum, the teacher, the counsellor, the man in the shop, the strangers that walk past the car, and the 2 hooded characters. 2. I think the moves were appropriate and suited his character well, as he liked video games and liked being in charged. 3. He used a kids voice when he played the character “Kyle”, when he was the man in the shop he portrayed more of a deeper voice to suit that character and when he was the hooded character it was quite deep too. 4. Yes his voice was very appropriate for all of the characters. 5. They all could be heard and I could understand them. 6. I believed him in all the characters he played...
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...very full pictures. I think Martel uses this to his own advantage. Giving us such a layered story, makes the ending even more of a crash. With such realistic details, it seems impossible for anything other to be true. Pi also seems like a whole and true character, it makes no sense for him imagine it (Shmoop 1). Not only until I sat back ran through my notes did I realise it was staring me in the face the whole story. Almost the whole first part is about the abstraction of religion. The fact that he believes and worships three religions just screams imagination. Pi’s beliefs run wild throughout the entire book, giving his character flesh and blood. In part one, Pi tells us about his childhood. His father owned and ran a zoo, giving Pi a deep...
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...AND RABBI-SPERRIT HOUSE”, clearly foreshadow the common theme of greed. Glinton vividly paints a masterpiece on a comical canvas that evokes interest, and reviewers to crave more. Through the extensive use of literary devices such as humour, mental representation, analysis of characters and the vivid sketch of her ingenious and adapt use of illustrative language, proves richness in making common situations throughout the stories clears. Glinton paints an incredibly simplistic portrait of selfish acts and excessive desire which unravels and provokes characters to take on all means of acquiring their common needs. “There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed” Mahatma Gandhi. “A writers magic lies in the imagery which satisfies even without interpretation. It is accepted as easily as it was created” Robert Bridges. The most powerful effect of reading is the actual mental representation of words thriving in our conscious. Glinton utilizes a subtle way of introducing the initial unknown characters. In the story “BER’ BOUKI AND RABBI SPERRIT HOUSE”, Glinton presents the literary device of imagery. The first main image outline in the story was when the writer introduced Rabbi’s distinct character. “He could teach a wasp a better way to sting, he could smell the outdoors from a pot and tell whether the cook had added goat...
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...Bellflower Analysis After watching the film Bellflower I was able to see the difficulties and successes in filming and independent movie. There are many obvious difficulties that seem to come with any independent film. One of the most obvious is the tightness of the budget. It was hard to identify where a studio shot film could have spent more, because the director Evan Glodell’s skills as an engineer. Evan was able to create a more expensive looking film with his homemade pyrotechnics, which include his car and flamethrower. Yet, even with those features, the film still showed instances in which money seemed tight. Glodell seemed to be able to save money by reusing settings. The majority of the film was shot inside his character, Woodrow’s home, and his girlfriend, Milly’s home. A studio made film is able to show its expensive budget through its many locations. Another con in independent filmmaking is the scarcity of time and resources. In Bellflower, many of the scenes had only one take. An example of this would be the beginning and ending of the film. The film starts with Woodrow shooting a propane tank and ends with a wild “Medusa” drifting down the road. It is difficult to get a perfect take on only one shot. For the shot to be perfect a lot of little things have to go right. Studio made films have an upper hand in this instance. With the time and ability to take multiple takes, the director is able to create a perfect scene. ...
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...is much different, the Homeric journey of three would be prisoners of the late 1930s are similar to The Odyssey and its theme of perseverance. The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou however has a comical twist accompanied by great Gospel/Bluegrass music, and scenes that play into an allegorical concept including references to repentance and salvation during the depression of that era. The storyline in this movie the collaborating efforts of the Coen brothers and cinematographer Roger Deakins bring together a musical and adventurous comedy filled with action. This story depicts an era in time where ignorance, poverty, and racism are prevalent among the effected in the rural South in the late 1930s. However, the comical twist and the characters acting skills make this story of a complicated journey filled with obstacles into one of the funniest reenactments ever produced. George Clooney, who plays...
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...Analyse the language of the final chapter of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ to show what is revealed about characters and themes Huckleberry Finn is an American Novel written by Mark Twain which was published in 1885. It is one of the first books ever to be written in dialect. In this essay, I will be specifically focussing on the final chapter of the novel and will be showing how the language reveals key points about the characters and themes. Throughout the novel, Jim is constantly referred to as a ‘nigger’. However Huckleberry calls him by his real name, Jim. This shows how Huckleberry values Jim more as a person compared to other people. It shows how spending all this time together has made a special connection and bond between them. Jim has been a father figure to Huckleberry as well as a friend for the whole journey and it plays a powerful role in the novel. In the final chapter, it is very clear to see that Tom Sawyer is an imaginative individual who is adventurous, and is obsessed with wild plans taken from the plots of adventure novels. This is shown when Huck says “And then Tom he talked along and talked along, and says le’s all three slide out of here one of these nights and get an outfit, and go for howling adventures amongst the Injuns…” The use of the adjective ‘howling’ when describing the adventures shows how wild Tom is as a person and a character in the novel. He wants to experience the extreme and nothing less. It is obvious to us that Tom serves as a foil...
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