"Into The Wild" and "The Accidental Asian"

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This paper offers a comparison and contrast of Jon Krakauer's tale "Into The Wild," and Eric Liu's "The Accidental Asian." "Into The Wild" is about Christopher McCandless, a survivalist who perished in the wilderness and Eric Liu's "The Accidental Asian" is an autobiographical account dealing with race and ethnicity as an Asian American in mainstream U.S. society.

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"Despite being vastly different in subject and scope both Eric Liu's "The Accidental Asian" and Jon Krakauer's "Into The Wild" are quite similar in theme. For though Liu's work focuses on the assimilation experiences of a second-generation Asian American and Krakauer's focuses on the wilderness experiences of an upper-middle class White American, both at heart are an exploration of the protagonist's search for meaning and identity."

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