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the authors intentions was to show the reader that tolstoy was a good hardworking manageable
person and mccandless looked up to him and was an role model

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It shows the intentions that the author had and where he wanted to go in life and that is him being in the west to have more freedom

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I would agree with chapter 4 highlighting something, but I would not call it foolishness. This chapter made so many diagnosis of psychological disorders fly through my mind. When McCandless is seen speaking about his alternate persona in third person it gave me chills. I think there was something deeper going on that made him act in these ways, instead of simple rebellion.

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McCandless adopted Tolstoy's practice of escaping a calm existence. In the novel, McCandless says that he preferred the days before he worked on the grain farm when he had no money because he loved the feeling of not knowing when his next meal would be. I would not use the word "merely" to describe anything about Christopher McCandless' motives. I think it was a combination of many things and lots of time and experience in society that prompted him to embark on his journey.

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I think McCandless just wants to live his life, and almost looks up to Tolstoy.

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It may have been this mindset that caused him to want to walk in to the wilderness. It takes determination to work as hard as he does, and to survive in the wild.

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I believe that this chapter does demonstrate McCandless's foolishness. I say this because of how irresponsible he seems by burning his cash and ignoring the sign.

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I agree that he is foolish when he doesn't listen to the rules and crosses the border legally and he loses his rifle.

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i argree that mc candless was being foolish mostly because he burned all his cash ignoring important signs he left his wonderful life for his beliefs and while doing that he was acting ignorant

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When Alex arrived at Lake Mead National Recreation Area on July 6, he ignored a sign that forbid off-road driving, then later on, he eventually had to ditch his car because of it. This led him to ditch most of his belongings and burn all of his cash, this was freeing for him. Also, while he was still near the recreation area, he slept in a tent. While he slept, he was surrounded by chollas, bur sage, and lizards. According to the narrator, Alex was basking in his newly found freedom.

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I agree with the idea that McCandless was being foolish all throughout chapter four. I say this because he ignored the sign that prohibited off-road driving. He also burned all the cash he had on him, and ditched most of his belongings, including his car.

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I think that he wanted to live out his own life and didn't want to rely on anyone else. He didn't want what everyone else wanted he wanted to go out and explore the world. He had found a new meaning to life.

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Chapter 4 shows how foolish McCandless was. He had a great life with an amazing family but just decided he didn't want that anymore and he was going to leave and abandon his old life. He left his great life to live in the middle of nowhere,

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Id like to both agree and disagree i agree that he did those foolish things like breaking the law many times we really see Mcandles reckless behavior and how far his willing to go for his peace i disagree with this because he is doing this to find a new meaning in life and is having a self discovery so everything that hes doing dosent seem so bad when it comes to him trying to become better as a person

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Alex felt challlenges and struggles of not being in the modern world and leaving the modern day shackles and becoming free from society and doing whatever he pleased traveling and seeing the world in a different perspective with a different way of thinking hes found the meaning of living life how you would like to live

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I agree that McCandless was foolish. He did things without thinking that could get him into trouble. He left his car in the woods were he drove past many signs that let him know it was forbidden. He also went over the border into Mexico without a passport and got caught on his way back. He was careless about his choices.

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Alex, felt what it is like to be free, and was able to do so through experiences and meeting new people. He did not require material possessions to find this freedom and happiness.

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Tolstoy influenced McCandless to live off nature and embrace it. He also influenced him to live a simpler life.

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I agree he seems quite foolish as he enters dangerous situations unprepared, risking his life.

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I agree because sometimes he can be very careless which ends up putting himself in danger.

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I agree that McCandles was foolish in chapter four. Abandoning his car and burying the belongings in there is not typically smart, especially when on a journey alone you tend to need everything you have.

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McCandless just wants to live his life to the fullest ad if he can get help form someone like Tolstoy to help him along and make his experience better then he is going to follow Tolstoy.

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I agree. McCandless is very adventurous and sometimes he gets too excited and can put his life in danger.

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I agree that in chapter 4 McCandless was foolish. This is true when he ignores the warning sign and drives off road to set up camp. His thirst for excitement and adventure put his life in danger. His actions shows how reckless he is.

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McCandless adopted Tolstoy's style of living/passion for adventure. Because he couldn't find happiness from his family for the simple fact that they provided him with all the materials he needed and more. which is what caused him to go out for an adventure looking for happiness. Where he found the joy in the life of encountering new people and places and having every day be new, different, and challenging.

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Tolstoy influenced McCandless to live a simpler life, to go into the wild and seek adventure.  McCandless planned to invent a new life for himself.

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I think Alex found his experiences to be invigorating, eye opening, and meaningful in the sense that he found the true meaning of life through the experiences he had with the people he met and places he saw/experienced first hand how life was like with out the material objects holding him back from living life to the fullest

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The quote shows that the writer had to take risk and that someone is going to have to take a big risk in order to get past a certain obstacle. I think McCandless was trying to foreshadow something later in the text. For example in chapter 3 it talks about Alex's backstory and his life before as well as his character traits. So that's why I think someone will have to make a big decision sometime soon.

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I completely agree that McCandless was very foolish this chapter. He drives his car down a dry creek bed where he shouldn't have because a flood could have came and washed him away.

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The Tolstoy's quote in the beginning of the chapter shows how much McCandless admire Tolstoy and his philosophies.  Tolstoy's once said " I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger...". McCandless lives by this quote because he barely stays in one place, he is always looking for exciting things to do with his life.

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Alex found that the true meaning of life didn't reside in the material things that he was once accustomed to. He realized that gaining the experiences and friends that he's made along the way is much more important.

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Alex has begun to find his true identity throughout the chapter. I believe the meaning that he has found is that you can do whatever you want if you put your mind to it. I think that because he has set his mind to traveling and hiking and he has been completing that task and refuses to give up.

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I think Alex has found the meaning of what its like to be free in this chapter. He was able to accomplish hitchhiking all over the western part of the country all without having to worry about a thing besides what his next meal would be. Alex was also occasionally blessed to get a ride, a place to stay, work, and a meal. he did not have to worry about a thing.

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Alex is trying to say there is more to live than money and work, he is saying that you need to be free and have a lot of experiences.

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McCandless definitely shows more of a foolish side in this chapter. In this chapter he shows he is easily frustrated and that his frustration leads to foolishness. A good example of this is on page 26. "He screams and beats canoe with oar. The oar breaks. Alex has one spare oar. He calms himself. If he loses second oar he is dead". Through his frustration and foolishness, he could have cost his life.

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Another practice that McCandless adopted was a somewhat nomadic lifestyle. As he seeks what Tolstoy describes as excitement and a superabundance of life he practices a constantly evolving lifestyle.

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I think Tolstoy's quote shows that the author's intention was to show the reader that Tolstoy was someone that McCandless admired or looked to because at the bottom of the quote it said the passage was highlighted in a book found with McCandless remains.

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I completely agree that McCandless was very foolish this chapter. first he drives his car down a dry waterbed where he should'nt of been just for a flood to come and ruin the car causing it not to work. Then later on in the chapter he crosses into the Mexican border without identification and proceeds to try to get back in the U.S with no ID.