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The flaw needs to be partly noble or related to nobility in some way though, stupidity doesn't count.
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Yes, traditionally it is a characteristic that might otherwise be positive. So not stupidity (though some tragic heroes seem stupid. *cough* Oedipus). If someone was arguing for McCandless as tragic hero, they'd have to argue for idealism, or independence.
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http://www.ktvz.com/news/Sheriff-Mis...k/-/index.html Dustin Self is still missing. |
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And like firefighter_raven said, it's a different person from the one that was in the OP- this kid was just reported missing last week and there was a big hunt for him. I agree with the possible suicide angle, since according to the report in the paper last night his car was in good condition and, despite what it may look like to people who are from big cities, he wasn't anywhere close to the wilderness, he was in someone's back yard. Unless he'd decided to try his wilderness survival skills by eating a rough-skinned newt it seems unlikely that he could have gotten himself into trouble accidentally without being within shouting distance of help. |
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It appears the young man found in Oregon (also inspired by Into the Wild) was known to be suicidal.
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What's beyond me is why people take McCandless as a role model. But apparently, "Into the Wild" is not the sole source of inspiration for people who like to put themselves in danger (see the "127 Hours" part of this Cracked article, which also tells about fans of Into the Wild completetly missing the point of the story - and sometimes dying for this). http://www.cracked.com/article_20543...s-stories.html |
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It's been a while since I read ITW, but I seem to recall that McCandless had no few redeeming qualities. Not everything he did is worthy of emulation or adoration, but neither is everything he did deserving of scorn.
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ETA: Just using your post as a jumping-off point, SM. I am not sure why the press feels the need to play up this angle when it doesn't seem relevant. |
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Wanderwoman, please call me Seaboe. SM sounds rather bondage-like. Thanks.
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Ahh but Muffinchucker is the best part of the name. It gives such an awesome visual.
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But SM is not Muffinchucker.
Yes, I've heard that a lot, smittykins. I confess I picked the name for the visuals. On one board I used to put a different muffin every week in my signature (carrot-raisin, for example). Seaboe |
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What's so special about the Muffinchuckers?
Well obviously, its not to be taken literally. It refers to any hurler of baked products. |
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But apparently, the young man in the OP wasn't doing this. Sad story, really. |
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The debate over why McCandless perished, and the related question of whether he is worthy of admiration, has been smoldering, and occasionally flaring, for more than two decades now. But last December, a writer named Ronald Hamilton posted a paper on the Internet that brings fascinating new facts to the discussion. Hamilton, it turns out, has discovered hitherto unknown evidence that appears to close the book on the cause of McCandless’s death.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...edium=facebook Krakauer's latest on McCandless's death. |
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He just doesn't give up.
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