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When I first read about Chris in the book, I was curious how and why did Chris go to the wild, especially when he couldn't come back alive. I feel admire for his decision at the same time I feel pity for him to leave the society.

At first, I thought he wants to go explore, but after I found out that it was because of the family issue. I somewhat understand because when it comes to family trouble, we all want to go away and hide to ignore the situation. However, I don't like how he keeps holding things to himself and even his closest loved one. For example, when he writes the letter to other people, he seems to be reporting whatever happens on a daily basis and what he's thinking instead of communicating with them. Furthermore, I respect Chris for willing to donate and abandon his identity to be able to live the life he wants. I wonder why he burned the money, but he didn't burn his social security though. I hate him the most when he turned down the old man Ron. Chris didn't know that he'll be coming back alive, so why not accept to carry on the old man's surname just to make him happy. I mean he got help a lot from strangers, yet I don't feel like he return anything to them. I also don't like his coldness toward human beings. God gave him a great personality that attracts people though because everyone that interacted with him through the journey really has a good impression of the young boy, yet he somewhat wasted the gift.

His personality is something I am really curious about because I want to meet him and see how he interact with others, and I want to know what if he couldn't run away or turn people down. In the end, it's ups and downs as I read the story so shoutout for his bravery and courage to do what he wants, and praise for his family situation as well as weird behaviors sometimes.

#mixed #yolo #best

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I want to travel with family. We can only travel far distance together during the holidays such as New Year because everyone is busy with school and work on a daily basis. I have the dream to travel to different states and countries with my parents and my brother. I would need to work very hard to have the money and time for myself and also enough money to buy the time for my family. Thus, I want to become a teacher because it is my passion. However, I want to become an entrepreneur on the side to support my finance and help me free myself and my family.

My great dream is to actually build a legacy for myself. As a family-oriented person, I would like to take my family to every place and have good memories together. My parents have been working a lot just for us to travel once or twice a year. Therefore, my goal is to travel with my family once or twice a month instead of a year. In my opinion, I'm on track to achieve the small goals that lead me to my big goals. It is possible and I just have to work smart along with work hard.

#freedom #family #fighting

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Summary: The author, Jon, Krakauer, didn't give up after twenty-two/three years even though scientists (P1)conclude that Chris died because of starvation. They used Chris's diary to traced back and the author's work along with the scientist to do a lot of different research and test (P3). When Krakauer is about to conclude the reason for Chris' death with the lethal (P4) concentration of the beta-ODAP in the seed, he ensures it once more time by paying twenty thousand dollars with the Michigan chemists and ended up discovering the amino acid, L-canavanine. People have been eating the top of the legumes (P6), but they never eat the seed as Chris did. Therefore, the seeds are probably the thing that caused trouble for Chris. As a result, there is no confirmation and the debate (P8) is still going on. However, Chris left a legacy in everyone's mind.

Analysis: I was surprised that the author is willing to spend that much money and time to find out why Christ died. Also, I think it's a waste of time and money to find out what happened to Chris after so long because he ended up dying to starvation, where he didn't die right away which lead to a certain shock or something.

#analyize #update #science

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Summary: It's an update where Chris's parents, Billie and Walt to go through the track that their son went through. At first, they chose to go with the helicopter, but they change (pg. 201) their mind to actually travel like Chris. However, the river is too dangerous, therefore, they go back to the helicopter. It took only fifteen minutes (pg. 201) to reach the location that took Chris four days. Both have different when they got to Alaska. Billie felt calm and no tears come out when she sees the place while Walt felt edgy and appears at ease (pg. 203) in the end. The parents seem to somewhat understand why their son chose to stay at this place and it reminds them that their boy is strong (pg. 202), yet he had died. The ending of this is them seeing the bus slowly getting smaller (pg. 203) and disappear.

Analysis: So this is really the end of the book and the end of Chris's story. His parents will definitely miss him a lot, but as time goes by, they will move on. Luckily, Chris left something back for everyone as a legacy of himself.

#complete #time #memories

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Summary: Back to Chris' story, he went back to the bus and stayed there for around two to three months with hunting (pg 188) and gathering. He didn't kill large animal like the moose he did last time, where he only kill small animals such as squirrels (pg. 188) and frogs. Chris's health went down significantly as he didn't feed himself enough food to have the amount of calories his body need for the energy to live. In the end, he died with the note leaving behind in his journal was due to the potato seed. The author gave out many solution to why did he died, but there is no exact answer to it. People predicted there probably is the toxic (pg. 193) in the potato seed that he ate or the mold outside of the potato seed that kill him slowly, and maybe he had mistaken the sweet pea (pg. 191) with the toxic wild potato seed because they look alike. Chris did leave pass around hundred day in the wild though, and sadly he missed so many things that could save his life, i.e. the cabin (pg. 196) nearby, if only he have the map. As a result, Chris died because of starvation mid-August.

Analysis: I don't think Chris would damage the cabin because he wouldn't have the strength to do it, and neither does he thought about it since he doesn't like wasting food. I don't think Chris died because of the potato seed, he's just too weak for his body to work properly and overtime it shuts down in which he comes to the end of his life. It's a sad ending, but I think it's the best journey for Chris and he probably learned a lesson about civilization before he dies.

#open-end #starvation #history

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Crossing the Teklanika River to the Stampede trail. 

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Summary: Chris has already died for a year and the narrator, Jon Krakauer, tried to traced the track that Chris has went through with three other people as his companions (pg. 173). He figured out there is a basket for the hydrologists and used it crossing the river. If only Chris has a map, he would've cross the river easily. When Jon got to the bus, he was surprised by the bone of the moose that Chris killed, and he also provided that the hunters who have found Chris' body claimed it's a caribou (pg. 177). So, it proves Chris is not prepared at all to them, but in the end, it's a moose. Then, Jon went in the bus and described the display that Chris left for the readers to picture his life in the bus. From the feather of the bird to the grafitti (pg. 179) people left on metal walls. Chris wrote down most of the thing he did in his journal (pg.183). The three guys stay pasted midnight to figure out Chris' death and how did he live his life (pg. 186) and they fall asleep.

Analysis: It's somewhat funny when the author yelled as he crossed the river on the basket. Also, I would feel so scared to be sleeping near where Chris McCandless died because I just don't like being near stuff with death related. Anyway, it's very suspenseful to feel what they went through and traced back.

#life #death #memories

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The Alaska Interior that has Teklanika River

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Summary:  In this chapter, Chris McCandless leaves South Dakota and headed toward Alaska. He hitchhiked smoothly without any delay (pg.158). He decided to have hot water bathing at Liard River campground, and then his luck (pg.158) went out. However, Stuckey, an early sixty Hoosier, decided to help Chris all the way to Fairbank even though at first he said he couldn't lift Chris to the destination. Later, Chris bought a rice bag at the grocery store. Stuckey tried to tell Chris to contact his parents but failed as expected. Chris went to the library (pg. 162) at a university to study about the edible plants and also bought a gun. Stuckey also looks for Chris after he is done with his work, and Chris is nowhere to be seen. Gallien picked up Chris and let him off at the Park, where Chris began his journey. He cross the Teklanika River when it's somewhat low and frozen. He then found the famous bus (pg. 166) we all know, and excited with his hunting when he killed a moose. After two months in nature, Chris decided to go back. But, he couldn't cross the river and with no map, he lost his chance of crossing the river with the gorge (pg. 170).

Analysis: I feel so sad for Chris because if only he's willing to walk along the river to figure out a way to cross it. I mean as a smart guy if he wants to go back bad enough, he'll try to do anything, and he was close to the high way too.

#overjoy #mind-changed #comeback

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The Devils Thumb, Stikine Ice Cap (red line).

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Summary:  After the author, Jon Krakauer, failed climbing the Devils Thumb on some attempts, he decided to get high on marijuana (pg. 146) and accidentally burned the tent he borrowed from his father. Then, he talked about his father, Lewis Krakauer. Similar to Chris, Jon didn't have a good relationship with his dad. Both young boys are forced to follow the successful path of becoming doctors and lawyers, where Jon went to a normal college (pg. 148) instead of Havard. There is a family issue too that he stated as a secret (pg.148) and he went climbing the mountain as a part to prove to his father and going out of his rage. His father ended up suffering from post-polio syndrome and tried to suicide (pg. 149) once, where he cosigned in the psychiatric hospital. He finished climbing the mountain, where he got to the summit (pg. 153) by the easier path. He compared himself to Chris, that he is still more understandable and predictable than Chris.

Analysis: The author has a very interesting trip, where he is somewhat smarter than Chris for not trying to actually go into the wild. I wonder what's the family secret that causes him and his father's broken relationship. I feel sorry for both of the fathers because they're so successful, yet they can have a nice time with their son.

#father-son #rage #mountain

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Summary: The author, John Krakauer, talk about his past and somewhat connect to Chris McCandless' story with the wilderness. He climbed the mountain (pg. 133) called Devils Thumb when he was twenty-three, which is one age younger (pg. 135) than Chris when he goes in the Alaska wilderness. He made different connections such as the masculine relationship and youth (pg. 135) energy. Krakauer traveled to the Devils Thumb by his car, where he take a rest from his job, and it's up north (pg. 136). He sleeps on the floor in Kai's, a woman he met at the library (pg. 137) house in Petersburg. He started his climbing at the Stikine Ice Cap and he paid the helicopter to come to give him food with some money. He ended up going down when the hazard got harder after it knocks him down once.

Analysis: I think the author uses a very high vocabulary to tell his story compared to Chris, which it makes difficult for the understanding readers.

#yolo #youth #cold

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Chris's early age with his dog, Buck, and relatives.

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Summary: This chapter give a close up on Carine's point of view when she knows that her brother is dead and went to pick up his ashes (pg. 131) with Sam. They even printed his name wrong with the middle name initial as "r" instead of "j". Chris has been very attached to Buckley, a Shetland sheepdog (pg.128). They all wonder what would happen if the family let Chris takes Buck with him to the journey because he wanted to, but the family stopped him since the dog was badly hurt (pg. 128) after being hit by a car. The moment Carine found out about Chris's death, she was broken down and keening (pg. 130) out loud for five hours straight. Carine was eating after she knows that her brother died of starvation, yet later she and her mother lost (pg.131) ten pounds.

Analysis: I think Buck would have save Chris's life if they let the dog goes with him. I wonder what would happen if they actually did. I can't imagine how the family let Chris go without worrying what would happened to him for so long.

#lost #wonder #end

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Summary: The reason why Chris has not really connected to his family was that he found the truth about his dad, Walt, that he was living a double (pg. 121) life with two completely separate families. Before he found out about the truth, Chris was nice to his dad, and he gave Walt a telescope as a birthday present. Because he couldn't forgive his dad, he grows apart from and his resentment (pg. 123) grew over time. He slowly stopped the interaction with everyone else, and started to go on the trip (pg.118). One time he came back with just skin and bone that worried their family, but they know that he is overconfident (pg.118) since he is always good (pg.118) at anything he does. He slowly separated from everyone and started to go on the long trip until he graduated and went on his Alaska journey.

Analysis: It makes sense how he acts toward his parents now, but it's weird that he also ignored his sister, who is very close to him. He shouldn't be mad as his mother either because she didn't do anything wrong.

#doublelife #furious #withdrawn

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Christ McCandless with his sister, Carine

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Summary: In this chapter, Chris's past along with his childhood and family are introduced to the reader. His dad, Samuel Walter McCandless, is a jet engineer and sensor expert who work with the launch (pg. 104) of NASA's satellite. Chris is a smart and gifted boy when he was little, where he got place in the accelerated (pg. 106) program in third grade, but he tried to get out of it because he doesn't to do the work. He went to his first trip traveling when he was eight, of course with his family. Later, Chris is known as the best runner (pg. 111) and he's serious about it, or anything that he does. He helped homeless people and hate following the instruction (pg.111). He hate the aspect of wealth and money, yet he was always a capitalist (pg. 115) ever since he was little.

Analysis: I really admired how smart and talent Chris was. It's such a waste that he died at a young age. However, his behavior seem strange to me because he enjoy being alone, but he also want to interact with others, yet he doesn't like too much interaction and connection.

#gifted #past #strange

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The news of Chris McCandless dead is spread across the country. 

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Summary: After Chris's body was found, the Alaskan troop tries to find out (pg. 99) his identity. Gallien was the first one to contact and help, but due to false (pg. 100) information. Others such as Westerberg and Bobby listen to the news on the radio (pg. 100), where Wayne Westerberg also made the attempt to help the trooper identify Chris McCandless. At first, they didn't trust him, but he was able to provide the real name and social security number (pg. 101) on the second attempt. Nevertheless, the trooper called Chris's parents, but they moved, so Chris's older stepbrother received the call (pg. 101), where he know about the news but he wasn't able to ever think it's Chris and recognized the boy from the first look, thus he drove to tell his parents with his wife about Chris's death.

Analysis: It's so sad that his parents are not the first ones to receive the news. I wonder why Chris put his real name and social security number on the second form of document. Imagine what would happen if Chris didn't fill out the form properly.

#RIP #news #lowtech

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Summary: This chapter begin with the description of the Davis Gulch, where Everett Ruess, a twenty year old guy similar to Chris McCandless, carved (pg. 89) his nickname NEMO. So, now we know that Chris might get inspired by Everett to go with Alexander Supertramp.  Both young guys at around the same adolescence (pg. 91) age are very similar to each other because they love wander alone in the nature. They both have a dream (pg. 90). Everett sent more letter to the people than Chris though. Unfortunately, Everett's ending is similar to Chris', where they both died. Yet, it's more mysterious that Everett vanished (pg .93) from the world because no one is able to find out the reason behind his death or his remains. Many thought that he's murdered, drowned (pg. 96), or living out there under a different identity. In the end, we all don't know what happened to Everett Ruess. The author also connected the story of the monks (pg. 97) called parar to the story of the boys into the wilderness.

Analysis: I really admired him for going to different places and carved NEMO. It gives the hint and evidence to the people, yet he has his ending unopened and it seems like no one will be able to unbox it.

#wasteland #NEMO #mysterious

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Christ McCandless and his friends in Carthage again

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A letter to Ron Franz from Chris saying goodbye and giving advice.

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Summary: Chris McCandless met Ron Franz aka Russ in real life, who wanted to adopt him since the old man lost his wife and only child when he was in service during the war. They spent a lot of time together, and Ron actually taught Chris how to make a leather belt (pg. 36). They got very closed to each other, and Ron actually bought a camcorder (pg. 38) to capture the moment he is with Chris and their short journey together.

Analysis: I think Chris is very cold-heart when he straight up rejected the old man about getting adopted.

#adopt #unbelievable #advice

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Summary: Chris got into the Bullhead City and he stopped taking picture because his camera (pg. 27) is broken. He started working at McDonald with the dislikes of dressing properly and wearing socks (pg. 28). He met Charlie, an old man, where he took Chris back to the campsite (pg. 30). Chris mail a letter (pg. 30) to Burres and Bob telling them to visit them, but he ended up showing up at their door. A girl named Tracey has a crush on him while he was at the place, but he ignores her. He got in an argument (pg. 32) with Burres before he left to Salt City.

Analysis: I'm amazed by Chris's personality because he attracts people, yet he gets away when they try to be close with him. It's weird, but cool at the same time.

#personality #relationship #work

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The picture of McCandless with his Datsun

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Summary: Chris McCandless left the car he loved along with some of his belongings such as rice, a guitar (pg. 19), a fishing rod, and clothes. The reason behind the abandon of his car was because he couldn't turn it on after the flood (pg. 19). He then hiked by walking (pg. 20) and was discover by a couple, Burres and Bob, where he stayed with them for two months and then give him a ride to his next location.  He also work for a guy, but didn't get pay. Chris made his entry to Mexico, but it didn't go really well and he lost (pg. 24) a couple of times. In the mean time, his parents (pg. 22) were searching for him and found that he has donated his money to charity.

Analysis: I don't think it's a good idea for Chris to abandoned his car and burned his money. He should have wait a day or so to see if the the car is working since the engine has to dry up.

#weird #wasted #lovedcar

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Chris McCandless with his friends in Carthage.

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Summary: Summary: Chris McCandless met Westerberg, who offered him many jobs, in Carthage, a tiny town in South Dakota. Based on Westerberg, Chris has a weird attraction to the people around him, and he is intelligent (pg. 18) because he read a lot of books. He is very connected to the town and Wayne Westerberg, where he left the town after Westerberg go to jail. In this chapter, Chris McCandless's background is unfolding that he is from a middle-class (pg. 19) family in Virginia.  He doesn't have much connection with his family, especially when his parents want to buy him a new car, (pg. 20) and he disagrees. He has been traveling with his beloved yellow Datsun during the summer before this journey, and thought there is no need for a new one. When he went away, the only time they heard from hear is about his final grade (pg. 21) and the weather of Atlanta. As we've known, Chris McCandless adopted a new name, Alexander Supertramp, for his whole new life on the journey to be free (pg. 23) the wilderness.

Analysis: I disagree with how Chris McCandless left his family without saying a goodbye. He seems very cold and reckless when his last letter is about his grade report and some random weather since his parents couldn't contact him because he doesn't have a phone.

#freedom #adventure #connection

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Summary: Chris's body was found by the guys hunting for moose, who were contumacious (pg. 9) Alaskans. He has the help signal outside of the bus in hope that someone passes by will see it, but eventually the hunters discovered him from the smell of his decomposed (pg. 11) body. Chris has been dead for two and a half week, and it's extremely difficult for the police (pg. 11) to identify him, especially when he doesn't have any identification (pg. 11) paper with him. Some sources that come along with Chris's remain are his signature from the SOS note, and the photos (pg. 11).

Analysis:  I wonder how does it feel to die alone in the wilderness without the love ones knowing or anyone nearby. I think Chris might have feel very hopeless because he couldn't save himself.

#RIP #Memories #Life

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Mt. McKinley, this is where Alex intended to go.

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Summary: Christopher Johnson McCandless is the man that Into the Wild refers to; it's based on a real story. In the first chapter of this novel, Chris is introduced as Alex appears as a hitchhiker  (p. 3). Gallien, a union electrician, let Chris have a ride while he was on the way to Anchorage. Chris doesn't have anything besides his rifle and a backpack with a ten-pound bag of rice (p. 5). Gallien tried to convince him that it's dangerous, but Chris was determined (p. 6). They turned to the Stampede trail where it's steep and deteriorated (p. 6) due to the snow. Gallien gave him some food and the boots, then took a picture for him before he head out to the wilderness (p. 5) on Tuesday, April 28, 1992.

Analysis:  If I am Gallien, I will be surprised when I see Alex heading off to the wilderness with nothing prepared. I would rather drive him to town instead of the trail.

#determination #excited #beingnormal

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As a kid growing up in Vietnam, I have never experienced snow in my life. My family does have vacations during the summer to see different lakes, mountains, hills, caves, and bays, but that's all for my experience of nature. My first time seeing snow is when I was twelve; it's when I got to go camping with my school. I have learned many survival skills in the three days, and I'd wish I will be able to have another similar trip. I personally love looking at nature because it has its own beauty that no one can create. Sometimes I'm scared of the wilderness, but I'm curious about what is out there. In the future, I would definitely travel around the national parks before it's too late.