“Hey there viewers, welcome to episode 322 of All In The Martian Family. Kelly here with my *smooch* husband Rick. We are about to pass the halfway mark from Earth to Mars. Woohoo! Look’s like Chris is trying to come through on the intercom. Hey Chris, what’s up?”
“Actually, sis, it’s going to be 12 minutes and 17 seconds till we pass the halfway mark.”
Kelly and Rick both sighed at the same time. With a quick glance of understanding between them, they continued the broadcast back to Earth while Chris signed off. For the next few minutes, Kelly and Rick walked their audience through the results of some of the more recent experiments. Eventually, they made their way to the common area and turned to the face the camera.
“Kelly and I want to share some big news right when we pass the halfway mark.”
“We should we wait until your sister and my brother join us, honey.”
“I am sure they’ll join us in common area at the halfway point, that is, if my sister is feeling up to it.”
Eventually, Chris arrived. The audience had grown accustomed to the ship captain’s dedication to his job as an engineer. He always floated through the vessel with tools strapped all over his body, ready for any occasion. Just as the audience expected Chris to be covered in tools, they were not surprised when Mae showed up with her easel and paints.
As the vessel got closer to the halfway mark, the extended astronaut family sat down for their celebratory meal. The camera lens captured it all.
Kelly looks at her husband, staring deep into his eyes, thinking. She turns her attention back to the group. “Rick and I have been married for over six years. I know we said that we weren’t planning on having children, but,” Kelly looked around at her older brother and si...
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Yet Chris never abandoned his position as the ‘expert’ of the settlement. So when a dust storm destroyed their solar array, Chris took it upon himself to fix it. So consumed with the desire to bring power back to the settlement, Chris did not notice that another storm was brewing on the horizon while he was walking to the array. When the first dust particles swarmed around him, he pressed on, confident in his ability to navigate back. Eight hours later, Mae became worried when he failed to return. When she saw his body through the eyes of a drone, she broke down as he pictured what Chris’s last, dust-choked breaths must have been like. All she could think of was painting. She painted Chris, Kelly, Rick, and herself before they left for Mars. When she was finished, she brushed herself off and walked into the Martian desert.
away” impulsively as it made his “entire childhood seem like a fiction.” When Chris was near
I fast forward to after practice JC Caroline has to have a meeting with Gale. He notifies Gale the him and Brian will be rooming together. T...
While he stays at Shallow Creek, his conversation with Vanessa about his views of God shows his perception of the life: he questions how such a brutal God could exist, because Chris has a lot of pain and the world in his mind is not as bright as he appears. As his responses to adversities shape his perceptions, he no longer sees the world as a place full of hopes and he cannot hide his feeling of helplessness anymore, but although he shows his emotions to Vanessa, a thirteen-year-old girl like her cannot give him much help. Chris once again tries to solve his adversities with an unreal solution because he has no one else to talk with. Later in the story he joins the war to seek for other opportunities, however this time he does not only try to escape from the reality, but he also escapes from his nature, because his nature is never a solider: as he reveals on his letter, “[He does not] live inside [his body] anymore”. One day he is sent home from the battlefield because of a mental breakdown; this event marks his total lose of perceptions: insane people do not have perceptions. Since Chris always tries to escape from the reality and never really looks for a real solution to the problems, his perception becomes irreparably
Seeing that Chris did not have a sturdy relationship with his father, he was driven by anger to go out to the Alaskan wilderness, he may have survived this adventure, or ev...
In the beginning, we learn that Chris McCandless is not like anyone else. Chris planned to “live off the land for a few months” (Krakauer 4). My initial thought was that Chris planned to die at his destination, after exploring the beauty of the area. I say this because Chris brought a minimum supply of food and gear for a great adventure. The author, Jon Kraukauer, ended the first chapter with Jim Gallien, a friend of Chris, saying, “I figured he'd be OK…I thought he'd probably get hungry pretty quick and just walk out to the highway. That's what any normal person would do" (Krakauer 7). By ending the chapter with this quote, Kraukauer gave me an ominous feeling because we know that Chris is not just any ordinary or normal person;
Chris is able to implementing certain events from the present and past to explain his problems. He was able to identify the origin of his behavioral problems, by working through his current story to re-author a new story (Murdock 2013).
Chris’ youth was defined by a sort of cabin fever, one that instilled him with an unshakable desire to escape the monotony of average life in pursuit of greater meaning. He hated that everyone pushed the traditional path on him, school to college, college to career, career to retirement. Why should others dictate the way he chose to approach life? This feeling of entrapment heightened his disdain for societal pressures as he grew to be appalled at the state of the world:
Chris was bitter at his family life. Angry that his parents had lied to him his whole life,he resented them and perhaps they were the reason for his odyssey. Although, McCandless set out alone on his journey he met many people along the way to provide him comfort. Surprisingly, this is the case. Looking at the statement made by the author in the novel, “McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it”(Krakauer). This quote illustrates McCandless’s contempt for anything emotional and his wish to isolate himself from family and friends, whose closeness challenges his wish for separation. He describes any form of intimacy as “messy,” escaping before anything is asked of
“Ok, I’ll do it, just when does the mission start?” “Right now” responded Chip as he tapped his watch. “WHAT” shrieked Cyrus “I’ve got
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“Miss Ryan,” It seemed as everyone was holding their breath, “You have Lung Cancer, but the bad thing about it is; the Cancer has spread around too fast for us to catch it. It seems as though the spreading has been there a while.”
All in all, it is interesting how the trials of life can lead a person into an awakening that inspires millions. Many people believe that walking “into the wild” to live off the land and find himself alone in nature was arrogant, foolish and irresponsible. Chris lacks of knowledge about the wild was a major factor in his death. Chris did not plan how he will survive in the wilderness without proper equipments. He misunderstood that he would have no problem in setting in the wild. Chris immature manner and decisions lead him to starvation and ultimately death. If he planned it out in the beginning he would have saved his life.
I smiled with an uncertainty of having not given him what he wanted. He gathered up his camera and turned to go ask the same question to the other cast members. Their answers were short, and silly.
Just after this quick bend, the crew became visible helping people on. Just before I entered the transportation unit, I looked down at the gap left between the door and I. The metal around the entry door was rusted and worn, which gave me an eerie feeling. Reluctantly, I stepped aboard and felt uneasy as I saw those responsible for taking us to our destination. I would soon know for sure, how I felt about my now plausible career.