Good start Tanner and good for you for being the first blogger. I like how straightforward this thesis is. I'm not quite sure what you mean about nature being "born into everyone." We can work on the details together in class. Overall, good job!
Does anyone know what page in Into the Wild that Alex writes a letter to his parents. I thinks it's in the beginning, but maybe there's another letter that I'm not thinking about. It'll help with my thesis.
To live a life with no one as quite awake as yourself, seems a bit unrealistic. Alex on the other hand preaches these ideals that living a life full of security can damage the "adventurous spirit" within oneself.
Chris McCandless is tired of daily life were he is not fully living and enjoying life. So that gives him the motivation to leave the materialistic world and try to live off the land.
Jack Kerouac's On The Road and Walt Whitman's “Song of Myself” both explore the contrasts of romanticism and realism that are the two parts of Chris McCandless in Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild'.
Into the Wild is a non-fiction novel that relates to many pieces of famous American literature. “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson is critical of society, and John Cheever’s short story, “Reunion” explores complex relationships between fathers and sons, both of which are experienced by Chris McCandless, the main focus of Jon Krakauer’s investigative novel Into the Wild.
In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and the short story To Build a Fire by Jack London there are many themes. Out of those themes two of them are common to both are, lack of experience and tenacity.
Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” and the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer have the same main conflict man vs. nature. McCandless like the protagonist in “To Build a Fire” has to fight against the nature to survive. The conflict in the short story “Reunion” by John Cheever is between a son and his father like it happens in the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer where McCandless. Javi
The journey of Chris McCandless reflects the thoughts and themes believed by Transcendentalist writers such as Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman and the poetry of modern romantic writer, Gary Snyder.
Nature, is born into everyone, but not explored by all. While nature may be beautiful and serene, it has an alter ego, which is unforgiving.
ReplyDeleteGood start Tanner and good for you for being the first blogger. I like how straightforward this thesis is. I'm not quite sure what you mean about nature being "born into everyone." We can work on the details together in class. Overall, good job!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know what page in Into the Wild that Alex writes a letter to his parents. I thinks it's in the beginning, but maybe there's another letter that I'm not thinking about. It'll help with my thesis.
ReplyDelete^^ sorry that was Samantha H.
ReplyDeleteTo live a life with no one as quite awake as yourself, seems a bit unrealistic. Alex on the other hand preaches these ideals that living a life full of security can damage the "adventurous spirit" within oneself.
ReplyDeleteThe major point of Chris McCandless’s journey into the wild was to lead a simpler life that would allow him to get in touch with the world.
ReplyDeleteSociety is corrupted, and nature is the only exit route. Society is questioned all the time, where as Nature is just Nature.
ReplyDeleteChris McCandless is tired of daily life were he is not fully living and enjoying life. So that gives him the motivation to leave the materialistic world and try to live off the land.
ReplyDeleteJack Kerouac's On The Road and Walt Whitman's “Song of Myself” both explore the contrasts of romanticism and realism that are the two parts of Chris McCandless in Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild'.
ReplyDeleteInto the Wild is a non-fiction novel that relates to many pieces of famous American literature. “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson is critical of society, and John Cheever’s short story, “Reunion” explores complex relationships between fathers and sons, both of which are experienced by Chris McCandless, the main focus of Jon Krakauer’s investigative novel Into the Wild.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and the short story To Build a Fire by Jack London there are many themes. Out of those themes two of them are common to both are, lack of experience and tenacity.
ReplyDeleteThroughout Chris McCandless life, he shows signs of being a transcendentalist and at the same time, a realist, even before he goes off on his own
ReplyDeleteJack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” and the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer have the same main conflict man vs. nature. McCandless like the protagonist in “To Build a Fire” has to fight against the nature to survive. The conflict in the short story “Reunion” by John Cheever is between a son and his father like it happens in the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer where McCandless.
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The journey of Chris McCandless reflects the thoughts and themes believed by Transcendentalist writers such as Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman and the poetry of modern romantic writer, Gary Snyder.
ReplyDeleteChris had a similar relationship as Charlie in The Reunion and tried to live his lifestyle according to Emerson’s Nature.
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