Into The Wild Chapter 10 Analysis

In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, he tells of a story of how Chris McCandless dropped everything he was doing and left for the wilderness. Chris goes on this crazy trip where at the end he ends up dying in an abandoned bus. During the story Krakauer tells of his thoughts of Chris. Krakauer opinion of Chris is that he thinks that Chris has a valid reason for going into the wilderness and he believes that he wasn’t a nutcase.

Nazi racial ideology has baffled the cultured mind since the atrocities were first made known to the world with the end of WWII. Though the inconceivable horror Jews and other nationalities endured under Nazi reign is common knowledge in our culture and is found in almost any modern history textbook, the mindset that made such atrocities acceptable to Nazis under Hitler’s regime remains a mystery to many. Maxine Kumin admirably conveys the thought process behind this oppressive outlook through the seemingly simplistic poem “Woodchucks”. The purpose of the poem is to align the readers with the narrator’s apparently reasonable yet somewhat sociopathic view of the woodchucks as an inferior life form while building an

Into the Wild, is a spiritual quest about Christopher McCandless, also known as Alexander Supertramp, dropping out of society and finding his sense of 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) In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as self-reliant and reckless.

Before Holden returns to his dorm room, he decides to have a word with his former history teacher Mr. Spencer. Holden intends to clarify why and how he was expelled to Mr. Spencer, because he will not have the chance to talk to him until christmas break.

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer provides a diverse protagonist named Chris McCandless. Many people have different opinions about how he reacted to his situation and how he dealt with his life. Shaun Callarman claims that he had, “No common sense, and he had no business going to Alaska.” Callarman argues that Chris made a lot of decisions based on arrogance and that he was plain crazy. I disagree with his analyses because I believe that Chris was doing what he thought was the right thing to do for himself, was not arrogant because he did not think highly of himself even though he had graduated college, and if he had no common sense he wouldn’t have lasted as long as he did.

As I sat down, I noticed the intense look that Mr. Rainsford had about him. His eyes were almost wild as if he had actually been hunted, they were wide and constantly moving as if he was watching for Zaroff, his imaginary hunter. Though he has insisted in many cases that his story is indeed not fiction, but in fact true and quiet frightening. The only proof that has presented has not supported his story being non-fiction, but instead proves a fiction story based on an island. Of course this leads to my first question which was, “Mr. Rainsford I noticed in your book that you mention in the foreword that your story was true and the only reason that the book

In the first chapter of this novel, we get introduced to the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Holden Caufield, from a rest home in which he has been sent for therapy. He refuses to talk about his early life, although he does explain that his older brother “D.B” sold out to writing for Hollywood. His story and breakdown begins in the school of Pencey Prep, a boarding school set in Pennsylvania. The setting for the early chapters in the narration is his "terrible" school, to which he describes the atmosphere to be “as cold as the December air on Thomsen Hill”. Holden’s student career at Pencey Prep has been destroyed by his refusal to apply himself. We know this after Holden explains he failed four of his five subjects, passing only English. Due to his lack of effort and determination, he was forbidden to return to the school after the term. The Saturday before Christmas vacation began, Holden overlooked the football field, where Pencey usually

This passage was important to the novel because it confused me and took me a few times to understand it and I still don’t fully. When Wolf talks about women not being about to think of life after this one I’m not sure what Wolf is trying to say. My guess was because back when life revolved around religion they didn’t everything in plan for the after life and now women and men don’t live like that. However, also in this passage Wolf talks about who dies the thinnest and wrinkle free meaning that women spend most of their lives trying to reach that goal. In away woman are thinking about their death and afterlife because they want to be the thinnest when they die, implying they “win. Wolf uses the technique of lists twice in two back to back sentences.

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a Visual text about a 13-year-old boy named Ricky. Ricky changes and develops in the bush and at his new home throughout the whole story. He had never had a real family; he'd been thrust aside, from home to home, getting pushed to the side and abandoned. He never knew what it was like to have a real family who loved him. Since he never felt loved it caused him to retaliate and do many bad things.

After Hester is released from prison Hawthorne leaves us wondering if her choice to stay in Boston was even a choice she could make. Chapter five opens with Hester coming into the light and leaving the cell in which she had been punished in for so long. However, once she is out, she decides to stay in Massachusetts, in the same community which has shamed her for so long. Hawthorne describes the decision when he writes, “it may seem marvelous, that this woman should still call that place her home… But there is a fatality… which almost invariably compels human beings to linger … the spot where some great and marked event has given the color to their lifetime” (71). In this quote Hawthorne is not only speaking of Hester, he is speaking of

In chapter eight Nye asks if technology is selected, and who should select it? Nye gives examples of technological regulations. He begins by stating we should consider three examples; continuous with the scenario of a homeowner that wants to do an add on, how they must have permission and pass inspections. He states “in such cases, both design and workmanship are subject to government controls” Nye pg 8 Continues with the scenario of a person who paid a company $50,000 to clone his dead cat. He states “in this case the government plays a lesser role. “Nye pg 8 He then questions how the government has more control over a person’s house remodeling than a cloning of a cat. Then describes scenario number three, how it is required that drugs are tested and approved before they go on the market. However, congress has relaxed on the standards and the approval so that the companies can get the drugs on the market faster. He also gives several examples of how the market sometimes it may or may not steer technology.

This poem written by Forrest Fenn contains nine clues that if followed precisely, will lead to the end of his rainbow and the treasure. Happy Hunting!

In Chapter 2 of John Steinbeck’s novella, The Pearl, Juana reveals her distrust in her beliefs and thus shows the conflict between her religion and society around her. For example, when Kino and Juana were on their beloved canoe searching for a pearl in the ocean, Juana does not pray for the recovery of her son Coyotito; instead, “she had prayed that they might find a pearl with which to hire a doctor to cure the baby” (15). Juana’s prayers show that she would preferably pray for a way to purchase a cure for her son, rather than trusting her faith in God to cure Coyotito. Her respect for societal traditions proves that Juana has contradictory beliefs regarding her cultural heritage and the social norms in the

I can't live in something, I don't believe in it. Not just because I don't believe in communism, it's good in book when you write it, sounds beautiful, but in life doesn't work. Will never work because of human nature, because people aren't perfect you can't make a perfect world [inaudible] we're living in a beautiful [inaudible] because of the beautiful thing people are taking advantage of it. It's the wildest jungle the best beautiful [country?] but it's the wildest jungle. That's the ways I see it.

Things usually do not go as planned, and most of the time, the results are unexpected. Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods is a novel about a great journey. Usually when hearing that, first thing that comes to mind is the ending of this great journey; whether it is completed or given up. However, writing a novel about an extraordinary journey, usually refers to a great ending. In this story, Bill’s inspiration and confidence truly shows ambition. He also shows that he is genuinely able to finish the Appalachian Trail. However, the outcome is the complete opposite. Bill and Stephen’s journey is a representation of how all journeys come to an end; their determination shrivelled the further they walked, by experiencing physical, friendship, and mental difficulties.