Death of an Innocent.doc

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Running head: PROFILE ANALYSIS AND ESSAY REVISION PLAN 1

Profile Analysis and Essay Revision Plan

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PROFILE ANALYSIS AND ESSAY REVISION PLAN $

Profile Analysis and Essay Revision Plan

!he %hara%"er s"udied in "his analysis is #hris"o&her '%#andless fro Dea"h of an

Inno%en"( )o* #hris"o&her '%#andless los" his *ay in "he *ilds +y ,on -ra.auer/ In "his s"ory0

#hris"o&her0 also Ale0 a nae he &referred +eing %alled0 is a less "han "*en"y "hree year old an

*ho af"er gradua"ing0 li.ed having adven"urous es%a&ades in *ild and deser"ed areas/ )e di"%hed

his faily u&on gradua"ion and s"ar"ed "ouring &la%esranging fro *oods "o deser"s/ )is las" "ri&*as "o Alas.a and af"er s&ending soe "ie "here0 he ends u& dead in an a+andoned +us0 due "o

s"arva"ion/

)is %hara%"er is +uil" on "he %on%e&" of self a%"uali2a"ion as e&lained +y 'aslo* in his

huan hierar%hy of needs %on%e&"/ #hris"o&her0 in his adven"urous hi.es and various 3ourneys0

*as loo.ing for self sa"isfa%"ion and "he feeling and sense of +elonging/ Fro his s"ory0 des&i"e

"he fa%" "ha" he *as in"elligen" and had gradua"ed fro "he Eory 4niversi"y0 he %hose "o give

ou" his %ollege fund "o "he Oford Faine Relief Fund and s"ar" e&loring &la%es/ )e *an"ed "o

fulfill his dreas and &ersonal needs and in "he end he a%"ually did "ha" *i"h referen%e "o hi

*ri"ing a no"e saying ho* he "han.ed "he Lord for his ha&&y life/

One even" af"er ano"her0 #hris"o&her5s +revi"y and o"iva"ed s&iri" is ehi+i"ed/ )e did

no" give u& ho&e ho*ever diffi%ul" "he si"ua"ion %ould +e/ )e .e&" on sear%hing for solu"ions and

ans*ers +efore going "o "he ne" "hing/ An ea&le is "he oen" *hen his %ar +ro.e do*n +u"

ins"ead of giving u&( he a+andoned i" in "he Ari2ona deser" and .e&" on going for an a&&roia"e

"ie of "*o on"hs/ !his sho*s "ha" he *as o"iva"ed "o a%hieve his "arge"s and des&i"e all odds

he anned u& "o "he %hallenges and "as.s/


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PROFILE ANALYSIS AND ESSAY REVISION PLAN 6

!here are soe %on"roversial %hara%"eris"i%s "ha" are ehi+i"ed +y his general +ehavior/

7efore going "o "he Alas.an *oods0 #hris"o&her a+andoned his a& and *a"%h *hi%h eans "ha"

af"er en"ering "he *oods0 he *ould no" have any sense of dire%"ion/ !his is an ignoran" ove

sin%e in "he long run "hese "*o i"es %ould have saved hi fro all "he "uroil and dis"ress/

#onsidering his o"her %hara%"ers0 i" is une&e%"ed for hi "o +ehave in "his &ar"i%ular anner/

!he *ri"er uses various rhe"ori%al s"ra"egies in "he +oo./ Firs"ly0 "he %hara%"eri2a"ion

rhe"ori%al s"ra"egy( *here+y "he *ri"er des%ri+es "he various %hara%"ers5 a&&earan%es0 "hough"s0

feelings and a%"ions/ 7uilding "he %hara%"er of Ale0 *hen %onsidered "hroughou" "he s"ory0 "he

reader ge"s "he &i%"ure of ho* Ale is and his +ehaviors/

Narra"ion is ano"her s"ra"egy "ha" "he *ri"er uses/ )e re%oun"s "he even"s as "hey o%%urred0

"he a%"ual &eriod and he even des%ri+ed "he se""ing of o%%urren%e/ Narra"ion is a &o*erful "ool of

*ri"ing sin%e i" de"erines *he"her "he reader *ill have "he *ri"es a""en"ion or no"/ 4sing "his

e"hod enhan%es "he readers unders"anda+ili"y of "he si"ua"ions des%ri+ed in "he s"ory/

Des%ri+ing "he se""ing and environen"0 "he %hara%"er and all "he a%"ions "ha" are "a.ing

&la%e in "he s"ory0 is a good rhe"ori%al s"ra"egy/ I" enhan%es "he *hole s"ory and gives "he reader

&o*er "o iagine and rela"e "o "his des%ri+ed &ersons and i"es/ I" is one *ay of ain"aining "he

a""en"ion of "he reader and a.ing "he s"ory ore real/

!he %hara%"er0 Ale0 is &or"rayed as o+3e%"ive or goal orien"ed/ !his is an adira+le

%hara%"er sin%e i" ena+les one "o fo%us on his or her goals/ Des&i"e "he fa%" "ha" his &a"h of in"eres"

*as differen"0 leaving i"es li.e "he a& *as no" "he righ" "hing "o do %onsidering "ha" "he *oods

have a ra"her "ri%.y "errain/ )is +revi"y *en" +eyond "he na"ural fa%"s and even"ually led "o "he

ignoran%e of various fa%"s/ 7y se""ing realis"i% daily0 on"hly and annual goals0 and *or.ing


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PROFILE ANALYSIS AND ESSAY REVISION PLAN 8

"o*ards a""aining "he0 i" *ill ena+le "he reader "o e&loy "his %hara%"er in his or her daily

lifes"yle/

!he o"iva"ed s&iri" of doing *ha" one %an "o rea%h "he self a%"uali2a"ion s"age is one of

"he %hara%"eris"i%s "ha" %an +e eula"ed/ Ale dis&layed "his +y going on *i"h *ha" he fel" *as

righ" and ho*ever u%h every o"her &erson "ried "o s"o& hi0 he *as fo%used and %learly

o"iva"ed/ !o i&leen" "his in "he daily se""ing0 one has "o %oe u& *i"h or .no* *ha" "hey

*an" "o a%hieve in "he long run and find "he righ" o"iva"ors "o .ee& "he going/

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