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Writer’s Name
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Their Famous Writings
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Favorite line in the quotation by the
writer from in Into the Wild
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How this author and quotation connects
to Christopher McCandless and his outlook on life
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Leo
Tolstoy
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War
and Peace
Anna
Karenina
Family
Happiness
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“I
wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and
danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a
superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life” Chapter
3 Page 15
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Chris
thought that his life was dull and he wanted to make it exciting by going on
this journey to Alaska.
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Jack
London
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The
Call of the Wild ,
White
Fang,
To
Build a Fire,
An
Odyssey of the North, and
Love
of Life
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“The
dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions
of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn
cunning gave him poise and control” Chapter 5 Page 38
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Chris’
old self was his dominant self, but his newborn person, Alexander Supertramp,
grew and grew secretly, which gave him control like it says in the quote.
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Henry
David Thoreau
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His
Book- Walden
His
Essay- Resistance to Civil Government
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“No
man ever followed his genius until it misled him. Though the result were
bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be
regretted, for these were a life in conformity to higher principles” Chapter 6 Pg 47
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Chris
didn’t go on the journey, until he realized his old life was dull. Pretty
much we all knew it was going to be a bad ending and there were consequences,
but he thought it would be a better path for him.
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My favorite quote is "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough". I really like this quote because it motivates me to do the right things in life and to make something out of myself. I think Chris would get my quote, but i have two separate opinions on how he would take this quote. I don't think he would listen to it or like it because he kind of tried to live two lives, but I also think he would like it because he wanted to start over and live his life right and on the edge.
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