... , no phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes, ultimate freedom. An extremist, an aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou Shalt not return, cause the West is the best." (Krakauer 207) I feel that this passage expresses how McCandless feels about his journey so far. You can tell that he is very proud of himself and everything that ... . He suddenly felt trapped by being tied down to a steady job, so he looked into several different options. He strongly considered taking a job on a cruise ship, so that he could travel and see the world. He was days away from acce...

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• Grade Level: High School

... because everything just seems to fade away and I'm only focused on what I'm writing about, which in this paper, and my sense of pride. "Can this be the same Alex that set out in July 1990? Malnutrition and the road had taken their toll on his body. Over twenty five pounds lost, but his spirit ... is soaring." Sometimes I have been so self absorbed between what I'm trying to do and my pride. I loose focus on any other necessity ... body needs and my pride ends up driving me to complete my goal. This in of itself, is a double edged sword because on the one side I'm getting to my goal, yet...

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• Grade Level: High School

... by challenging limits, by jumping into the unknown. Based around the life of Christopher Johnson McCandless, Krakauer takes the reader on a journey deep into the life of an idealistic, energetic, stubborn, and adventurous young man who overestimates himself and underestimates the harsh challenges of the wilderness. He also explores subjects that deal with the grip wilderness has on the American imagination and the allure high risk activities hold for ... successfully opens up the doors and lets in the light of the youthful, undisciplined imagination and the grip wilderness has on these y...

• Word Count: 2090
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School