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At first I didnt really like Chris just based on the fact that he left his parents for the wilderness. I did have some respect for Chris though when he donated $24,000 to charity and just the fact that he was able to survived 113 days in the wilderness cause I for sure would not be able to do that. I mean this man literally left everything for the wilderness so I give him respect for that. I also did not like the way Chris treated his sister Carine. Carine and Chris were really close and the fact that Chris just left her out of nowhere is really messed up. I also didnt like the way Chris treatedc Ronald Franz. Ronald really cared about Chris and wanted to adopt him but Chris just vanished. Although no one is perfect I do admire Chris for chasing his dreams and not letting anyone tell him different. He might not have gotten the ideal result he wanted be he will forever be a legend for what he did and accomplished within those 113 days when he was in the wilderness.

#chasingdreams #legend #respect

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So right now I work at Taco Bell. Although Taco Bell is a good job I don't really like the fact of working for someone. I don't really like the fact that I have a certain schedule and I wish that I can have my own schedule and do things when I want to. I wish that I can be my own boss as well and have my own business.

My future odyssey is to become an entrepreneur and start my own clothing brand. I want to be able to use my creativity on clothing and put my own twist too it. I just think it will be cool to be able to wear the clothes that I made. Other people will be able to purchase my clothes too and see the creativity I did with the clothing. I want to have my own store that sells my clothing and any other stuff that I plan on making in the future. I've seen multiple celebrities start their own clothing brand and I want to have my own clothing brand as well. I want my clothing to be versatile too whether you are playing sports, going on a fancy date, or just a casual outfit. I want my clothing brand to be one of the top clothing brands in the world. That is my future odyssey.

#clothing #entrepreneur #bemyownboss

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In this article it talks about how McCandless lived mostly on squirrels, birds, roots and seeds for 113 days (paragraph 1). Krakauer has also been trying to figure out what caused Chris's death from starvation for 23 years (paragraph 3). There was one passage Krakauer couldnt ignore which was "Extremely weak. Fault of potato seeds" (paragraph 4). A lot of plants have a toxin in their seeds to ward off predators for when they go bad (paragraph 10).

Analysis: It looks like Krakauer has a lot of time on his hands to be able to try to solve one case for 23 years. It also looks like the third hypothesis was correct because the plants have a toxin in their seeds when they go bad so that the animals wont eat them. It also looks like Chris did pretty good for living in the wild by living 113 days in the wild just off of squirrels, birds, roots and seeds.

#plants #seeds #starvation

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In this chapter Walt and Billie go to the bus (page 202) where Chris died (page 202) at. They take a helicopter (page 201) to get there. Billie also looks through Chris's belongings inside the bus. Billie also leaves a first aid kit (page 202) and a note (page 202) for the next person that goes to the bus. Then the helicopter comes back and they leave.

Analysis: I can totally understand why Walt and Billie wanted to see where Chris died at. It must be heartbreaking for Billie to look through Chris's belongings in the bus since hes not alive anymore. It must also bring back good memories for Billie as she was looking through Chris's belongings. I also think its nice that Billie left a first aid kit and a note for the next person that goes to the bus cause they won't have to go through the same thing that Chris went through.

#helicopter #bus #firstaidkit

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In this chapter they were trying to figure out what led to the starvation cause Chris had killed multiple animals for food. The first hypothesis was that they thought he had got poisoned from the potato seeds from South Dakota. The second hypothesis they had was that they thought he mixed up the plants . The third hypothesis was that ate wild potato seeds that weren't good anymore and got poisoned. Krakauer also talks about since Chris was without a map Chris didnt realize that he only had to walk a few hours north to find cabins. Dogsledders and rangers thought that Chris messed up the cabin but Krakauer doubts that Chris did it cause Chris's diary never described them. Chris continues to try to hunt and cook food for himself and he leaves a note saying that hes going to go look for berries. Chris didnt want to start an S.O.S fire cause no planes would have flown over the bus and a fire would have harmed the wilderness. Krakauer also describes the symptoms associated with death by starvation and and the last documents Chris left behind. Chris also wrote a goodbye message claiming that he has had a happy life. Krakauer also talks about the last photograph Chris took of himself and describes the peace in Chris's eyes and compared him to a monk.

Analysis: It looks like in this chapter they were trying to figure out what led to the starvation cause Chris had killed animals for food. It also looks like they came up with three hypothesis's that could've led to the starvation. It also seems like since Chris was without a map he didnt realize that he only had to walk a few hours north to find cabins. Dogsledders and rangers thought that Chris messed up the cabin but Chris never describes them in his diary. Chris didnt want to start an S.O.S fire cause no planes would have flown over the bus and a fire would have harmed the wilderness. It also seems that like Chris wrote a goodbye message claiming that he has had a happy life. It also seems that in the last photograph Chris took of himself he had peace in his eyes and looked like a monk.

#starvation #food #poisoned

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Krakauer and three companions crossed the river by using a cable car which Chris could have used if he had a map. Krakauer also wanted to go see the bus where Chris died at. The reason Chris didn't use a map was because he thought using a map was cheating. Chris could have used a cable car to cross the river. Chris also could have crossed the Teklanika at another point only a few hours walk from his original crossing point.

Analysis: It seems as though in this chapter Krakauer and three companions crossed the Teklanika river by using a cable car which Chris could have used if he had a map. It also seems like Krakauer wanted to go see the bus where Chris died at. Chris didnt use a map because he thought using a map was cheating. Chris also could have crossed the Teklanika at another point only a few hours walk from his original crossing point.

#bus #river #car

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Chris left Carthage, South Dakota in mid-April 1992 on the first phase of his trip to Denali National Park. Stuckey picks him up and gives him a ride from a hot springs at the edge of Yukon territory to Whitehorse, Alaska after being impressed by his intelliegence. Stuckey agrees to transport Chris to Fairbanks. In Fairbanks Stuckey tells Chris to call his parents. Then Chris visits a university and buys a book about edible plants. He also purchases a gun. Stuckey searches for Chris in the hopes of finding him again but he is nowhere to be found. Krakauer says that as he walked out of town Chris passed a satellite designed by his own father Walt. On April 28, 1992 Chris is picked up by Jim Gallien who then drops him off outside Denali National Park. Chris then follows a faded snowmobile track into the park and wades easily across the Teklanika River. He falls through the ice at one point along his way but is still fine. On May 1st, 1992 he finds the abandoned bus and records in his journal.Chris continues his life on the bus and shoots several small animals as the days pass and is then overjoyed to kill a moose. In early July 1992 Chris leaves the bus but is unable to cross the Teklanika River and then he headed back to the bus.

Analysis: It seems as though Chris found the abandoned bus and started his new life on the bus. Chris also shot several small animals as the days passed and even killed a moose. It also seems as though Chris left the bus but was unable to cross the Teklanika River so he headed back to the bus.

#bus #life #river

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Krakauer remained in his tent for several days because of bad weather. After three days he gets so tired that he smokes his only marijuana cigarette which makes him hungry. He lit his stove to make oatmeal and accidentally set his tent on fire. Krakauers father forced him and his siblings to excel in hopes that they would attend Harvard Medical School. Instead Krakauer became a climber and a carpenter. His father experienced dementia and the return of polio systems from his youth. He became addicted to medications which he would carry with him in a suitcase. After a suicide attempt his father was consigned to a psychiatric hospital. Krakauer attempts to climb again but a storm force him to go down. The wind ends up shifting which allows him to find his base camp again. Krakauers return to his base camp allowed him to come up with a new plan. Leaving most of his gear behind he climbs up the northeast face of the Devils Thumb and achieves the summit. He takes photographs and then goes down. He visits a bar after his ride back to town where he drinks alone. Back in Boulder, he resumed his ordinary routine.

Analysis: It seems as though Krakauers father forced Krakauer and his siblings to excel and hoped that they went to Harvard Medical School. Krakauer ended up going a different way and became a climber and a carpenter. It also seems like Krakauer's father ended up experiencing dementia and the return of polio systems from his youth. Krakauer's father became addicted to medications and attempted to commit suicide and was cosigned to a psychiatric hospital. It also seems like Krakauer attempted to climb the mountain again but a storm forced him to go down. Then he ended up returning to the base camp where he came with a new plan and climbed and reached the summit of the Devils Thumb.

#medication #suicide #excel

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In this chapter the narrator talks about his own past and how when he was young he lived in Boulder, Colorado and worked as a carpenter. He decided to summit the Devils Thumb in Alaska. Krakauer travleled by car to Washington State then headed north on a salmon boat where he saw a caribou swimming in the Bay in Alaska a mile from shore. Strangers drive Krakauer to the edge of a glacier called the Stikine Ice Pack and he begins his climb. He arrives at the edge of the Devils Thumb three days later. As he was climbing a snowstorm begun and he nearly fell through a crevasse before making it onto a glacial plateau to camp. He worries that supplies he had arranged will not arrive and that he will starve to death. In the morning a plane delivered his food. He began to climb again in perfect weather and climbs nearly 700 feet on sheer vertical ice. Then he failed to find any further footholds and had to climb back down.

Analysis: It seems as though Krakauer wanted to climb the Devils Thumb in Alaska and once he got to the Stikine Ice Pack he began to climb. He arrived at the edge of the Devils Thumb three days later. It seems as though when he was climbing a snowstorm began and he nearly fell through a crevasse before making it onto a glacial plateau to camp. It seems as though he thought that the supplies he arranged for the plane to drop off to him will not arrive and that he will starve to his death. Then the plane delivered his food and he began to climb again. Then it seems as though he failed to find footholds and had to climb back down.

#climb #food #snowstorm

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In this Chapter Chris Fish tells Carine that they found Chris's body and that hes dead. Then Carine and Chris Fish went to Walt and Billie's house in Chesapeake Beach. Then Carine and Sam flew to Fairbanks to bring home Chris's remains. Then Carine and Sam flew to Anchorage where Chris's body had been cremated. Then the mortuary delivered Chris's ashes to their hotel in a plastic box. Then they took a flight back to Maryland and Carine carried Chris's ashes in a knapsack. Then Carine abd Billie stopped eating and they lost some weight and Walt started eating a lot and gained some weight.

Analysis: So it looks like this chapter Chris Fish breaks the news that Chris's body was found and that hes dead to Carine and Carine couldnt stop crying. It also looks like Chris and Sam went to Fairbanks to get Chris's stuff. It also looks like Carine and Sam took a flight to Anchorage and the mortuary delivered Chris's ashes to their hotel. It also looks like Carine and Sam went back to Maryland and Carine carried Chris's ashes in a knapsack. It seems as though Carine and Billie were sick to their stomach about Chris's death that they stopped eating and they lost some weight but Walt on the other hand started eating a lot and gained some weight.

#death #crying #eating

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After Chris's high school graduation Chris takes a trip through the American West. Before Chris leaves he gives his father a telescope. While on his trip he calls home once in a while before not calling at all. He returns home bearded just before he is about to begin college in Emory in Atlanta. Chris's parents move Chris into college the next week. Chris worked for the student newspaper and had high grades. During Chris's trip he had discovered that his father had maintained a relationship with his first wife and his other children. Chris's father had a son with his first wife after Chris was born before Walt and Bille moved to the East Coast. Chris must have been unable to forgive his father even though he was much more accepting of flaws. After Chris graduated he gave all his money his parents had given him for law school and got in the yellow Datsun and drove away. Chris had been missing from Atlanta for two years and Bille woke up in the middle of the night convinced her son was calling for her help.

Analysis: It seems as though Chris was frustrated and unable to forgive his father because he cheated on his mother and was basically living two lives so he gave all the money his parents had given him for law school and disappeared.

#money #parents #missing

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In this chapter the narrator visited Walt at his home in Maryland. Walt talked about his frustrations with and affection for Chris. He said his son caused his parents great agony despite his kindness. After college Walt went to work in jet propulsion after the launch of Sputnik pushed the United States to pursue space exploration. He married at a young age and was financially successful but his relationship with his first wife and family fell apart. Walt then met Billie who worked as a receptionist at the science park where Walt was employed. She moved in with Walt who already had three children. Fights between Billie and Walt led to closeness between Chris andc his sister Carine. Chris's parents offer to buy him a new car out of the money remaining in his college fund but he tells them about materialism and then donates the money to the charity OXFAM without telling his parents.

Analysis: It seems like Walt had frustrations with and affection for Chris. It also seems as though Chris caused his parents great agony despite his kindness. Walt met Billie who worked as a receptionist at the science park where he was employed. It also seems like Billie moved in with Walt who already had three children. Fights between Billie and Walt made Chris get closer with his sister Carine. It also seems like Chris's parents offered to buy him a new car with the money he had left in his college fund but he told them about materialism and donated the money to a charity named OXFAM without telling his parents.

#parents #college #relationship

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Jim Gallien saw a news story about Chris's death based on another story that appeared in The New York Times. Gallien thinks he knows the identity of the body so he calls the Anchorage police. Gallien convinces the police he encountered Chris on the Stampede Trail. A friend of Wayne Westerberg heard a description of Chris on a radio show. He tells Westerberg and then Westerberg calls the Alaska State Troopers. They dont believe him and tell him to call back when he has concrete evidence. He calls again and gives them Chris's social security number and Chris's name. A homicide detective reached out to Chris's half-brother Sam McCandless since the rest of Chris's family left Virginia. Sam goes to Alaska and identifies a headshot of Chris and then heads home to tell his parents that Chris is dead.

Analysis: It seems as though Jim Gallien saw a news story about Chris's death based on another story that appeared in The New York Times. Gallien thinks he knows who it is so he calls the Anchorage police. It also seems like that Gallien convinces the police that he saw Chris on the Stampede Trail. A friend of Wayne Westerberg heard them talking about Chris on sa radio show so he told Westerberg and Westerberg called the Alaska State Troopers. It seems like they didnt believe him and told him to call back when he had concrete evidence so he called back and told them Chris's social security number and his name. It also seems like a homicide detective reached out to Chris's half-brother Sam since the rest of Chris's family left Virginia. It also seems like Sam went to Alaska and identifies a headshot of Chris and then heads home to tell his parents that Chris is dead.

#death #radio #family

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I’m this chapter they talk about Everett and his death. There are multiple speculations about Everett’s death and the ways he could have died. One of the speculations they had about Everett’s death is that he fell to his death. They also talk about some clues like finding Nemo scripted on something. They also said that Everett could of vanished like this one person he looked up to. Everett and McCandless are similar as they both left civilization and society to go to the wilderness.

Analysis: So it looks like in this chapter they talk about Everett and his death. There are multiple rumors or speculations of ways that he could of died. It also looks like there are some clues that might show where he might be last or where hw might’ve went to. It also looks like Everett might have looked up to this one person as his role model and could’ve vanished like how his role model did. It also seems like McCandless and Everett are very alike as they both left civilization and society to go live their own lives in the wilderness.

#death #Nemo #speculations

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This chapter offers examples of three others besides Christopher McCandless which are Gene Rosselini, John Waterman, and Carl McCunn who traveled to Alaska to live off the land and failed, most of them miserably. It attempts to discover why those individuals thought they could live a simple life in a harsh landscape.

Analysis:
It seems that these people who thought they can live a simple life in a harsh landscape ended up failing miserably.

#miserably #travel #harsh

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In March 1992, McCandless appears at Wayne Westerberg's grain elevator in Carthage, South Dakota, ready to work. He plans on staying until April 15th, where he will buy new gear and travel to Alaska. For four weeks, McCandless works at the grain elevator. McCandless also lacked common sense. Westerberg muses on the relationship between McCandless and his father.  Chris was stubborn and independent. Chris also wrote to his father and mother that he was going to divorce his parents. He established deep friendships with Westerberg's mother and long time girlfriend.

Analysis:
It seems that McCandless didnt end up having that good of a relationship with his parents and ended up divorcing his parents.

#divorce #friendship #relationship

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While hitchhiking into town for food and water, he meets Ronald Franz, a retired army veteran who once had a drinking problem. Franz tries to convince McCandless to leave the encampment, which he believes is a bad influence. After a few weeks, Franz drives McCandless to San Diego, where he lives on the streets before leaving for Seattle, jumping trains to get from place to place. Franz hears from his friend "Alex" McCandless is back in California. Franz tells McCandless that he wants to adopt him. McCandless tells Franz that they'll discuss it when he returns from Alaska. McCandless writes Franz a long letter in which he details his time on the road and suggests that Franz change his sedentary ways. Franz takes note of the advice and stays at his abandoned campsite for eight months waiting for Chris to return. Franz then finds out that Chris is dead and denounces God for letting his friend die and withdraws his church membership and resumes drinking.

Analysis: It seems that Chris and Ronald had a good friendship and that Ronald wanted to adopt Chris but Chris ended up going to Alaska so Ronald was waiting for Chris to come back but he never did and Ronald ended up finding out that Chris is dead and he denounced god for letting his friend die and withdrawed his church membership and resumed drinking.

#veteran #drinking #death

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Chris's camera stopped working and he failed to keep a journal  for a while so there is a blank space in his history. He left Las Vegas in May of 1991, and spent at least a couple of months in Oregon that summer, but very little else is known. In October of 1991 Chris arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona. Chris uses his real name and social security number to get a job at McDonalds in Bullhead City. He worked full time flipping burgers in the back. He showed up everyday on time and was well liked while working there. One of his assistant managers remembered he hated to wear socks which McDonalds requires their employees to wear. So Chris complied but as soon as his shift was over he would take his socks off. Another assistant manager remembered that Chris had an unfortunate odor. She had to tell Chris that he needs to shower more often and Chris didn't like that at all and three weeks later he quit.

Analysis:
It seemed that Chris was a good employee but didnt like the fact that one of the assistant managers told him to shower more often which made him quit.

#shower #odor #job

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Chris abandoned his car. Rangers ended up jump starting his car and drove it away. Chris's car engine gets wet and tries to start the engine but drains the battery. He buried a few possessions and burned his money.

Analysis:
It seems that Chris didnt want to speak with the authorities so decided to abandon his car and belongings.

#abandoned #car #possessions

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Westerberg picked up McCandless while he was hitchhiking. Westerberg remembers him as restless and handsome with a sensitive face and a lean physique. He mentions that women would likely have found him attractive. Alex was engaging and friendly. Westerberg decided to let him sleep in his trailer overnight when it started to rain. McCandless stayed for three days. Westerberg told McCandless to come to South Dakota for a job whenever he needed. McCandless arrived a few weeks later and Westerberg gave him a place to stay and a job on one of his grain elevators. McCandless worked hard enough that Westerberg was impressed. He also learned that McCandless was intelligent and liked to read. Westerberg also found out that McCandless was named Christopher Westerberg. McCandless enjoyed living with Westerberg cooking for and going drinking with the other people in the house. After a few weeks Westerberg had to leave to serve a short sentence following a felony conviction for pirating television signals. McCandless actually grew up in Annandale, Virginia in an upper middle-class household. His father Walt McCandless was an aerospace engineer and Chris's mother Billie was his business partner. Chris also refused his parents offer to pay for law school as well as their offer to buy him a car using the $24,000 remaining in his college fund. Chris also tells his parents that he thinks hes going to disappear for a while.

Analysis:
It seems that Chris was engaging and friendly and women would have found him as attractive. it also seems as Chris grew up wealthy but wanted to go out and explore nature instead.

#disappear #friendly #wealthy

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The narrator talks about the history of an abandoned school bus located at the Stampede Trail in Denali National Park. The bus was bought and converted to workers housing, then left behind as shelter for hunters and campers after the construction project was abandoned due to a lack of funds. Three moose hunters cross the Teklanika River in their trucks and come across two other people who have already discovered the bus. The two other people decided not to go inside it because theres a bad smell coming from the bus. There is a note tied to the bus's antenna that says that Chris is sick and needs help. The note also says that gone out to get berries and he will return. Inside the bus the hunters find a rifle, paperback books, clothing, a backpack, and other supplies. In the back on a bunk is a dead body that is shrunken and small. One of the moose hunters at first had trouble determining that it was a person. The reader knows the body to be Christopher McCandless. The police have not yet been able to identify it. The hunters arrange for the body to be transported to Anchorage. State troopers arrive in a helicopter the next morning. Additional searches of the bus reveal rolls of film and McCandless's diary. The cause of death is starvation. The identity of the body still remains unknown.

Analysis: It seems as though Chris was sick and needed help which led to his death from starvation.

#starvation #sick #death

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Jim Gallien picks up a hitchhiker named Alex. Gallien thinks that Alex is not prepared for the several months he plans on staying in Alaska's Denali National Park. Gallien also asks Alex questions about his hunting license and Alex says he doesn't care about the government's rules. Gallien also notices that Alex's gun isn't powerful enough to kill large animals. Alex gives Gallien less than a dollar in change and a plastic comb for the ride. Gallien tells Alex to take a pair of his work boots and some extra food his wife packed for his lunch. He drops Alex off at the edge of the park on the Stampede Trail. He thinks Alex will leave the park and come back to civilization once things start getting hard.

Analysis: It seems as though Jim Gallien found Alex on the side of the road. Alex also seems like this character that doesn't really care about anything as by showing that he doesn't care about the government's rules. Gallien also seems like he wants to help Alex out by offering a pair of his work boots and some extra food that his wife packed for his lunch. Gallien also seems to believe that Alex will return to civilization once things start getting hard.

#stranded #hitchhiker #hunting

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In the future I plan on going to the mountains or to the mountains or the forest and going on a nature walk and exploring nature. I wanna get on a nature walk and see all the animals and everything that nature has to offer.