Jack London, author of "To Build a Fire" and "Call of the Wild," was not the adventurer he proposed to be in his books, and Walt McCandless was not the ideal father he claimed to be. Why do you think Chris judged both of these men so differently for their shortcomings? Had Chris lived, do you believe his relationship with his parents would have been different? Support with claims, textual evidence, analysis, and counterclaims. Criteria: Use sophisticated language and rhetorical questions/strategies, counterclaim with a rebuttal, thesis, paraphrase/weave in a couple of quoted words, provide rich analysis bridging the claim and evidence (which shows the depth of thought and leave little questions for the reader), have evidence, and reiterate the point to tie everything together.

This is a question related to Jon Krakauer's famous novel "Into the Wild." I had to derive this question by myself in another assignment, so this question was not given by any instructor I have. Since I chose to use this question, I have to make a response solely on that. Most of this response must be with the analysis and evidence portions.