Narrative Essay About Scout

He was only 25 years old when he died of starvation. Everyone he encountered and got close to thought he was following his dreams. His adventure into the Alaskan wilderness was all he talked about with his parents when he started college. At the beginning of each chapter of Into the Wild, there are quote(s) that relate to each chapter. The following quote was included at the beginning of chapter three from Wallace Stegner’s The American West as Living Space: “It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us.

In Gavin Carter’s article Between Nothing and Everything, he said “Why people climb mountains is the subject of frequent speculation, and once one steers clear of the red herring ‘because it’s there’, one tends to land on the notion that it has something to do with constructing, embodying and communicating meaning- for oneself or for others” (15). Since this quote talks about how someone either climbs Everest for themselves or someone else for a personally reason, it fits Doug because he climbs Everest for himself. Since Doug climbs Everest because he did not reach the peak the previous year, he proves that he only wants to climb Everest for himself. Ever since the day he could not reach the summit of Everest, Doug only thinks about climbing to the summit of Everest, and fights through extreme injuries (like the frozen larynx and frostbite) to reach the summit. In a way, Everest is a part of Doug because the thought of Everest never left him, and he died after reaching the one goal he

“Into the Wild”, by Jon Krakauer explains the story Chris McCandless’ life in the wild. McCandless leaves everything even his family to set off on adventure to Alaska so he can live of the land. On his adventure to Alaska he meet a lot of new people that help him with reaching his goal of Alaska. Chris eventually reached Alaska where he was living off the land for sometime, but unfortunately die by an accident he had. McCandless was a very intellectual and well-rounded person he left an emotional impact on people he meet on his journey to Alaska.

In the end of the week he had scratched the new skillet more than all the other ones. Despite, I specifically told him that the new skillet was for my use only, because I need to prepare certain kind of healthy meals where a nonstick pan was

For instance, the last time and many other times before, my dad and I saw deer, wild rabbits, and my dad said once he heard what sounded like a mountain lion! I’ve never been really scared of any of the animals, but I surely don’t want one to walk up to me! Hemlock Cliffs is definitely a place to go whenever you want to go hiking or for a walk! I would go there every year to hike or walk. In conclusion, Hemlock Cliffs is a great place to go whenever you want and it has any places to visit in the woods and many caves to explore!

“Scouts Honor”, by Avi is a realistic short story about three kids that go camping all by themselves in the country.In the beginning, the three nine year old kids worried that they weren't tough enough,so they joined boy scouts.They all wanted to get to the next level in boy scouts, so they went camping all by themselves.Soon they discover that they didn't bring the right things to go camping with, they brought things like canned beans, with no can opener.A dull hatchet, and a whole mattress.In the end, they were all very hungry,cold, wet, and tired.The main character finally said, “Let's go home”.And no one objected.The characters change from being tough to changing their minds about being tough. One way the characters change their minds about being tough is, in the beginning, they are all trying so hard to act tough.They are all saying that they want to go camping, because they wanted to prove that they were tough.For example, the main character says, “Look, I don't know about you, but I don't intend to be a tenderfoot all my life.Anyway, doing stuff in the city is for sissies.Scouting is real camping.Besides, I like roughing it.”in paragraph twenty two.In paragraph thirty, the character realized that he had made a mistake, because now he really does have to act tough because his friends are coming with him.And it was too

Throughout his adventures he also learned a lot of important life lessons. Westerberg was the name of the man whom had given him his first job in Carthage. Alex would always talk and tell stories, he enchanted everyone with his charisma. Westerberg gave him employment at a grain elevator and rented him an inexpensive room in one of the two houses he owned. As stated in the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Westerberg claims,” I’ve given jobs to lots of hitch hikers over the years...most of them weren’t much

Deer Hunting As my Dad and I pulled in the driveway around 11am, my Uncle Jack was about to go out hunting in the stand that everyone has been getting deer in. I couldn’t pass that up as he asked, “Would you like to go out with me?” I wasn’t sure I wanted to go out since I already went out this morning and stayed up late last night. Before I knew it, my Dad was getting my gun ready and loaded. I then climbed in the Razor with thoughts going through my head like should I really go out with him and not dad later? All dad can thought about is me getting my first deer?

It all started, when my family and I decided to go hiking at Pinnacle Mountain. We never would have thought that this astonishing achievement would happen. I remember that day, like it was yesterday, the day I faced my greatest fear. Hours went by waiting for my family to finish packing our bags making sure to grab everything that we might need in case of an emergency. With at least two or three bags fully packed and glutted, we rushed out the door, into the car and off we went.

As I was heading down the steep hill, I crashed into my brother and we started descending down at least 20 feet, he got mad at me but I laughed it off because the both of us didn’t get hurt. I got up and starting gliding through the snow, it feels like I’ve never gone that fast on land. The wind was rushing past my face while I was sliding and turning. My experience snowboarding was one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. In the middle of the run there was a fork in the snow, it either lead to a black diamond run or a blue run.