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Chris McCandless ignored instinct through his entire life and only relied on his knowledge. He went to Alaska unprepared and ended up dying.

http://www.christophermccandless.info/

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"It flattened its ears at the sound of the man’s voice; its uneasy movements and the liftings of its feet became more noticeable.

But it would not come to the man" (76).

The dog symbolizes instinct because it relied on its feeling rather than past experiences. The dog saved himself from being killed, yet the man ended up dying.

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"You were right, old fellow. You were right,"  he murmured to the

old man of Sulphur Creek" (79).

Instinct is better than knowledge because the man refused to acknowledge his lack of instinct. He relied on the little bit of knowledge that he had, and he ended up dying.

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"Then it lay down in the snow and began

to bite out the ice that had formed between the toes. The animal knew

enough to do this" (69).

Instinct is better than knowledge because the dog knows to immediately get rid of the ice, whereas the man did not know because he had not experienced it.