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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 15-Epilogue

I agree that Krauker may have used his story addition to relate to McCandless, though there is also a possibility that Krakauer may be comparing his o...

5 days ago
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RE: Into the Wild 10-14

I think that it is interesting that you view Krauker as being ignorant and egotistical for interjecting himself into his OWN story. Yes, the story is ...

5 days ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 15-Epilogue

As a reader, I believe that Jon Krakauer is telling Christopher McCandless's story because he didn't live to tell it. I believe that Krakauer sees the...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 6-9

Although Krakauer is forgiving of McCandless, up until this section we do not know it is because of his personal experiences and own willingness to ex...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 6-9

I agree that Krakauer is decently forgiving of McCandless. He does show him as free-spirited and an idealist, but I understand your view instead of hi...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Into the Wild 10-14

I agree that Krauker's insertion of himself into the narrative allowed the readers to be able to see the author's interest in the case, with the simil...

4 weeks ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 6-9

Hopefully, I don't follow in McCandless' footsteps and end up dead in a bus. However, my "Alaska" is the world. I don't have an ultimate location arou...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild 10-14

I think it is ethical for an author to insert themselves into the story whenever they want to. Literature is an art, and the artist should be allowed ...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 6-9

I think that is very interesting that you dislike McCandless, but I understand the reasoning behind it. He does seem to discard the people that cared ...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 6-9

Although Jon Krauker references Christopher McCandless' (or Alexander Supertramp's) faults, he mainly speaks of him through the views of others, impar...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 1-5

I see a lot of people are addicted to TikTok, though I am not because I don't use this social media. Discarding this app for quick videos would defini...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 1-5

I don't think I could give up my knickknacks, so the fact that you would is eye-opening. I love my clutter, just as you do, and I fear that having a c...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 1-5

I agree that makeup would be a difficult thing to give up, especially when it becomes part of the everyday routine. I wake up every morning and do min...

1 month ago
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RE: Into the Wild Chapters 1-5

In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, he biographies the adventures of Christopher McCandless as he creates a completely new life for himself, apart from ...

1 month ago
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RE: Practice Post--Wants

I agree that having differing views on passionate subjects can cause dissension in a relationship, especially where we see in this writing how investe...

2 months ago
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