When I finished "Into the Wild", I was kind of sad. When I read that he was finally ready to give up living in the wild, and go back home, but couldn't because of the river and then he died, I was about ready to cry. That is incredibly sad. But I am proud of him as well. Not many people can say they lived there lives how they wanted to, without anyone or thing pressuring him to change his mind. All those people who were trashing him, saying that he was stupid and that he wasn't prepared enough, I say let's see them do what he did. I am not saying that they wouldn't make it, but they have not tried it, so they have no right to bash Chris. I do agree with what some of them say though, if he would have just had a map or compass, that is the difference between life and death with Chris.
There were two things about this true story that I found incredibly weird/ironic. The first thing is that he donated his life savings to a charity to stop starvation, and yet he died of starvation. That is horrible irony. The other thing I found weird was that his mother claims she had a dream of him whispering her name incredibly close to the day he died. That is so weird.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Blog #16
In the book "Into the Wild" the author give stories of other men who didn't survive in the wild. I feel that he put these stories into the book to show that Chris wasn't as insane as everyone said. Everyone made Chris out to be this stupid and naive boy who couldn't survive in the wild. He made it almost two years in the wild with very little help from people and civilization. The other stories were about men who died in the wild on their very first trips. Those men were not as mentally prepared as Chris was and I feel that Krakauer put those stories in to show that. Those men were naive and stupid, Chris was not.
When Chris changed his name, he was looking for a new begining. He wanted to leave behind everything of his old life, name included. A name is just a name, if someone doesn't like there name, or it doesn't fit there personality, they can always change it. I have so many family members who don't go by their actual names. There is a Sandra that goes by Sam, a Desiree that goes by Dez, a David that goes by Dave, and so on and so on. Most of these names are changing formal names into less serious because honestly, my family is never serious, so it fits.
When Chris changed his name, he was looking for a new begining. He wanted to leave behind everything of his old life, name included. A name is just a name, if someone doesn't like there name, or it doesn't fit there personality, they can always change it. I have so many family members who don't go by their actual names. There is a Sandra that goes by Sam, a Desiree that goes by Dez, a David that goes by Dave, and so on and so on. Most of these names are changing formal names into less serious because honestly, my family is never serious, so it fits.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Blog Number 15
If I could reinvent myself, I probably would. I feel like that would be a really fun adventure. If I could reinvent myself anywhere in the world, it would probably go to either Australia or New Zealand. I have always loved both of these places. They are both incredibly beautiful and have many options as to what I would do while reinventing myself. I could explore the wilderness, but I feel like I would not survive long in those conditions. I feel like if I did go to Australia though, the first thing I would do would be to learn to surf. I have always wanted to do that, but the only beaches I have gone to do not have big enough waves to try that. I also am to afraid of injuring myself to do that now.
In my life, I kind of have already "reinvented" myself. I have not really changed myself at all but since I have hit the age 18, I have been able to do the things that I have always wanted to do, but my parents have no allowed me to do. My family was not really strict growing up, they just worried a lot. If I wanted to do something, they always had to come with, so when I hit teen years I just didn't want to do anything. Now that I have freedom, I have started doing the things that I want to do again. It is really nice.
In my life, I kind of have already "reinvented" myself. I have not really changed myself at all but since I have hit the age 18, I have been able to do the things that I have always wanted to do, but my parents have no allowed me to do. My family was not really strict growing up, they just worried a lot. If I wanted to do something, they always had to come with, so when I hit teen years I just didn't want to do anything. Now that I have freedom, I have started doing the things that I want to do again. It is really nice.
Blog Number 14
Brooke Walls
After reading “Death of an Innocent: How Christopher McCandless Lost His Way in the Wilds” and "Into the Wild", I do not believe that Christopher McCandless is foolish. I believe that he is following his dreams. He is living his life how he wants to. From these two readings, I got out that he couldn't stay in one place for very long. When he lived a "normal" live, he wasn't as happy as he was when he was in the wild, living off of anything he could find. He found pleasure in knowing that he is surving because of himself, no one is helping him survive. Now don't get me wrong, people did help him out along his adventure, but most of his survival was on his own. He enjoyed living the simple life like most people in the world like living the technology based life. I know for a fact that I would not have survived as long as he did in those situations. I would have either given up very quickly, or died very quickly.
Christopher McCandless was most definately a Transcendentalist thinker. He was incredibly intelligent, but chose to but that behind him and live the simple life. He believed in miracles, mostly because of all the miracles that occured to him during his adventures. His simple life, way of thinking, and overall adventures make him a Transcendentalist.
After reading “Death of an Innocent: How Christopher McCandless Lost His Way in the Wilds” and "Into the Wild", I do not believe that Christopher McCandless is foolish. I believe that he is following his dreams. He is living his life how he wants to. From these two readings, I got out that he couldn't stay in one place for very long. When he lived a "normal" live, he wasn't as happy as he was when he was in the wild, living off of anything he could find. He found pleasure in knowing that he is surving because of himself, no one is helping him survive. Now don't get me wrong, people did help him out along his adventure, but most of his survival was on his own. He enjoyed living the simple life like most people in the world like living the technology based life. I know for a fact that I would not have survived as long as he did in those situations. I would have either given up very quickly, or died very quickly.
Christopher McCandless was most definately a Transcendentalist thinker. He was incredibly intelligent, but chose to but that behind him and live the simple life. He believed in miracles, mostly because of all the miracles that occured to him during his adventures. His simple life, way of thinking, and overall adventures make him a Transcendentalist.
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