Alaska Airlines

from what he already had and while he found true happiness it eventually lead to his demise. The purpose that Chris was looking for in life was happiness with others. He didn’t like staying in one place for too long and when he found the beauty in Alaska it wasn’t the same. He wrote in his journal “Happiness only real when shared.” By the time Christopher McCandless found the true meaning and purpose in his life it was already too late. There was no way Chris was going to be able to make it out alive

The sacred ridge, the summit perched high above the village had come to be their temporary home. Its exposed position offered little protection from the elements. But with Tralore's unwillingness to leave, it left Umonakalisi with few remaining options, and after hammering the last steel pole into the rocky ground, he stood back to admire his handy work. Crude, but practical. Once he'd fixed the patchwork canopy that Ami helped to stitch, it would provide ample shelter from the harsh sun and offer

“But it wasn’t. Or, maybe it was… we never did find the rocket again. That was because as Russell eventually got bored and tired of waiting for Phillip to emerge out of the scatter of trees, he then went off into the woods himself in search of him. That was when he found Phillip out-like-a-light laying in the dirt and among the old decaying foliage from the past autumn. “Needless to say, Russell panicked. The kid sounded scared shitless when he called me up on the phone, hysterically trying to explain

dream. Chris McCandless also left his old life and went on a journey to Alaska. They were both young, educated men who wanted to travel and leave everything behind them in the past and not to look or go back until they did what they needed to do. Adam Shepard was achieving a lot of his accomplishments so he can prove that you can have the American dream. Chris McCandless was a very educated person who wanted to go to Alaska. He gave away his trust fund to a charity it was around $25,000 that he

he had landed in Bullhead City, Arizona.” (pg.39) When Callarman says “ He has no common sense he has no business going to Alaska...” McCandless had every right to go to Alaska. He didn’t want his parents to know where he was going, because he was of age and he doesn’t have to everything by his parents. That's why he changed his name. He wanted to start over by going to Alaska and learning new things along the way. You learn from your mistakes, that's what makes us human. McCandless couldn’t live

for you or manage. Although I agree with Shaun Callarman what he says about Chris McCandless “Really, I think he was just plain crazy.” But I cannot accept his overall conclusion that Mccandless “He had no common sense, he had no business going to Alaska with his Romantic silliness.” I may agree, as Shaun Callarman may not realize, that Chris has freedom to do what he did in his journey and his life. He chose what he did and he maybe didn’t know what he was going through, but he just wanted

Journal Entry One Today was the day we were heading back from Hell. It has been an amazing five days with, Kevin, Corrie, Fi, Lee, Robyn and Homer. I was the only one who was allowed to drive the Landie. It was Dad’s orders and I followed them. It was really weird on the last night of our camp there were these low flying planes with no lights on. They were flying so low that we could see the marks on them. The marks weren’t ours. By the time I’d finished writing that down it was time to go. We’d

He was able to discover how self reliant, brave, committed and confident he truly is. These are all traits he consistently showed through out the book. Chris never gave up or doubted his abilities. No obstacle could get in his way of making it to Alaska where he could finally be his true self. It gave me and many readers every where an urge to accomplish my goals and any journeys I set my heart to, in a society where 'dreaming' is often miss judged as

longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.” (Krakauer 163). Chris McCandless was a smart and adventurous young man who loved to challenge his abilities in the wilderness. He journeyed to Alaska to try and find himself. On this this trip, he donated and burned his money, got rid of most of his possessions, and disconnected from his friends and family

Gates of The Arctic National Park and Preserve is a vast, magnificent, and beautiful park located in northern Alaska which was founded by Congress on December 2, 1980. Gates of The Arctic National Park is a huge park that is approximately 8,500,000 acres or close to 13,000 square miles; the park is the second largest national park in the nation. It mostly encompasses the Central Brooks Mountain Range and the areas lying around it; the name, “Gates of The Arctic” comes from the fact that the national