INTO THE WILD by Ashley Salazar

INTO THE WILD by Ashley Salazar https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh en-us 2021-12-07 17:32:17 UTC 2025-10-07 02:44:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f344.png My experiences in the wild. asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1934153314 The earliest memories i I have of spending time in nature is growing up my father would take me to the park often. My favorite part were the swings because of the rush of going up and down feeling the cold breeze hitting your face cheeks. I liked running around the grass chasing squirrels or feeding the ducks by the pond. I remember i used to go this one park where there was a small bridge over the water and i would lay on my stomach to get a closer look at the small fish underneath swimming.

I've recently taken a trip to Oregon where I was surrounded by beautiful nature. I saw waterfalls, they were loud and you could feel the cold water droplets on your skin. I walked through a forest of giant old red, brown trees. They were all very tall and very wide. I also got the chance to walk in a garden full of colored roses. There were just rows and rows of roses you could get lost it was like a maze. I didn't even know roses could be in so many colors.

A year ago I also got the chance to stay with my grandma in Mexico. She took me to see aztec pyramids which were very tall and wide. I saw many pyramids some were smallest n some were taller. They were all called a different name and they had background information of them. The pyramids were all very unique in their own ways. I just was happy to be able to see these pyramids in person. They were hundreds of years old and they are still standing.

]]> 2021-12-07 17:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1934153314 Chapter 1 : The Alaska Interior asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1936416291 Summary; Into the wild is a novel based on a true story of a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandles. He was known to be a determined(6) but friendly individual.
The story starts off outside of Fairbanks, Alaska where we are introduced to Jim Gallien. Jims driving, then suddenly spots a hitchhiker(3) standing in the snow(3) beside the road shivering with his thumb raised high. Jim picks up Christopher who introduced himself as Alex. They make small talk when Alex tells jim he wants to ride as far as the edge of the National Park where he intends to live off the land for a few months. Jim notices he has a rifle, but not strong enough to hunt large animals, or any gear that will help him along the way to survive. Once they reach The National Park, Alex tries to exchange his less than a dollar change and comp. Jim refused and tells him to take his work boots and some lunch his wife packed him instead. Once Jim drops off alex at the stampede trail he figured alex would come back once he find out how hard it is to live off the wilderness.
#thisisgettingintresting]]> 2021-12-08 17:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1936416291 Chapter 2:The Stampede trail asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1938823662 As we begin this chapter, we’re introduced to a important piece of the novel. The history of the bus on the Stampede Trail in Denali National Park.This bus was bought and turned into a housing for workers. However because lack of funds it was just a bus where hunters and campers stayed to find shelter. Three groups of hunters all encountered this bus when they crossed the difficult Teklanika River in their trucks. When they were at the bus one of the groups decided to check it out but the 2 other groups didn’t because they noticed a foul smell coming from the bus.There was a S.O.S note(14) on the antenna of the bus which read Christopher Mccandles needs help. The note also says that he has gone out to forage for berries and will return. Inside the bus the hunters(11)find a rifle, clothing, a backpack, and other supplies. All the way in the back on a bunk where they see is a dead body shrunken and small one of the hungered didn’t know weather it was a body or not. When police arrive at first they weren’t able to identify the body. As police search more they reveal several rolls of film and McCandless’s diary which contains 113 entries written. When they did an autopsy at the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory in Alaska they also couldn’t determine the reasons why Christopher died. They said the most logical reason was he died from starvation.(14) Then after his body was remained unknown.
#thatscrazy

]]> 2021-12-09 17:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1938823662 Chapter 3: Carthage asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1940832936 In this chapter, Jon krakauer begins the story of Alex and his journey. We’re introduced to a new person in the story, Wayne Westerberg. Wayne said many great things about Alex. He described him as friendly, handsome looking, restless and sensitive. McCandless(Alex) stayed for three days with Westerberg. He even told Alex 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 surprised with how hard working he was. He also learned that Alex was very smart because he liked to read. One time Westerberg remembers finding out from a tax form that McCandless, who had introduced himself as Alex, was named Christopher. Westerberg thought it was best not to ask questions but Alex apparently enjoyed living with Westerberg, cooking for and going drinking with the other people in the house.
Following a criminal conviction for pirating television signals, Westerberg must leave Carthage after only a few weeks, making it hard for McCandless to stay. Before leaving, McCandless inscribes a copy of War and Peace to Westerberg, telling him to "listen to Pierre," the novel's altruist and rebel. McCandless says that he is from South Dakota from this point on. According to Krakauer, McCandless was raised in an upper-middle-class family in Annandale, Virginia. Walt McCandless, Chris's father, was an aeronautical engineer, and Billie, Chris's mother, was his business partner. Chris went to Emory University in Georgia, where he edited the student newspaper and refused to join Phi Beta Kappa Honors on moral grounds. He turned down his parents' offers to pay for law school and a car with the $24,000 left over from his college fund after graduation.McCandless decided to donate all of the money to the charity OXFAM.
In mid-May 1990, the narrator describes Christopher McCandless' graduation ceremony. The following day is Mother's Day, and for the first time in years, McCandless gives his mother gifts. Christopher had just lectured Billie and her husband for their offer to buy him a new car, so Billie McCandless is taken aback. Later, he writes to his sister, Carine McCandless, about how disgusted he is by the concept. "I guess I'm going to disappear for a time," he says over graduation weekend to his parents. Later, he writes to them, enclosing images from his graduation. McCandless' parents got a package containing Christopher's forwarded mail in August of 1990. It was made up entirely of their son's letters. It had been held in Atlanta at Christopher's request, simply to keep them from finding out he had left town. They make the trip to Atlanta to see him. His room is empty. He's already packed his bags and left on his journey.
#expecttheunexpected

]]> 2021-12-10 17:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1940832936 Chapter 4: Detrital Wash asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1947602591
We start off this chapter in October 1990. A National Park Service ranger finds a yellow Datsun in a dry riverbed in Lake Mead National Park. They find a note that read that it has been abandoned and is free. The car had a few loose items like clothing, a guitar, and two bags of rice. A ranger jumpstarts it. A trace leads the rangers back to a Hertz rental car operation, but no further. We then are revealed it’s Christopers car. McCandless arrived in an area of Lake Mead called Detrital Wash on July 6, 1990, and got caught in a flashflood that got his engine wet. He buried the rifle he was carrying and burned all his money.McCandless took on foot around Lake Mead and the two months following, when McCandless hiked to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He worked on a farm in Northern California. A woman named Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob give McCandless a ride. Meanwhile, McCandless' parents are looking for him. They get a Datsun ticket from California and hire a police detective, who discovers that Chris McCandless has donated his money to charity. McCandless finds a ride to Needles, California, where he buys a canoe and devises a new approach to paddle the Colorado River from California to Mexico. He only eats rice and fish that he has caught while traveling. His journey leads him through the desert, stopping at several national parks along the way. He writes Wayne Westerberg a postcard complaining that the money he received from Wayne has made tramping just too easy. He says to be devoting himself to a nomadic lifestyle. He enters Mexico in early December, but as the month progresses, he meets various challenges on the river and chooses to abandon the canoe. At the US-Mexico border, immigration agents apprehend him and then release him. He goes to Los Angeles to get an ID but can't because he's too scared, so he returns to Detrital Wash to collect his belongings. Then, beginning in late February 1991, he lives on the streets in Las Vegas.
#livinglifetothefullest]]> 2021-12-14 17:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1947602591 Chapter 5:Bullhead City asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079242 In this chapter the narrator explains that when McCandless arrives in Las Vegas, there is a period of relative mystery surrounding his location. However, by July or August 1991, he had relocated to the small Arizona hamlet of Bullhead City. He works at a McDonald's and opens a personal savings account. His coworkers and bosses remember him as a diligent worker and a loner with odd behavior including a dislike for socks and an inability to detect bad odor. At least one bad interaction with a coworker results from his odor. McCandless kept his role as a nomad without a house or access to shower facilities hidden from his coworkers. Chris encounters Charlie, a old man who takes him in and gives him a home in his camper trailer.
Chris contacts Jan Burres and her boyfriend, Bob, in early December to invite them to visit him in Bullhead City, then unexpectedly shows up at her trailer. He moves in with the couple at the Slabs, an itinerant's community near the small town of Niland, in mid-December 1991, and helps Burres organize her bookselling business. According to Burres, he enjoyed the work, especially assisting her in organizing the classics. He also takes part in the Slabs' activities, such as playing the organ for other campers and watching football, which leads him to reveal that he supports Washington, D.C.-area teams by accident. Tracy develops feelings for him, but he does not reciprocate her feelings. He begins doing calisthenics to prepare for a longer, more difficult trip into the wilderness. Burres tries to buy supplies in Salton City after she drops him off weeks later.
#stinkyfeet]]> 2021-12-17 17:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079242 chapter 6:Anza-Borrego asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079473 A man named Ronald A. Franz writes to the narrator and author of Into the Wild, requesting a copy of a 1993 magazine article about Christopher McCandless' death. This leads to a meeting between Krakauer and Franz, a Vietnam veteran and recovering alcoholic. Franz tells Krakauer that he and McCandless met while camping near the Salton Sea at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. In exchange for a ride, McCandless shows Franz around the hot springs where he camps. They become great pals. Franz lost his wife and child while serving in the military, and he treats McCandless as if he were his own son. Franz buys McCandless' food and listens to his life and society theories as well as his stories.
Franz tries to convince McCandless to get a job, but McCandless tells him he already has one. He also starts lecturing Franz on how sedentary his lifestyle is. McCandless learns leatherworking from Franz, and he creates a monogrammed belt with symbols from his life as a tramp. Franz eventually drives McCandless to San Diego, where he looks for work. Later letters from McCandless claim that finding work in San Diego is difficult. McCandless writes to Burres and Franz in late February, stating that he has jumped trains to Seattle. After being arrested and released for jumping a train in a small California town called Colton, he makes contact with Franz again. Franz drives to Colton, picks up McCandless, feeds him, supplies him, and assists him in packing to leave for Carthage, where he regularly works for Wayne.
After that, Krakauer stops following McCandless and mentions that Franz received a letter from McCandless in early April, which he quotes word for word. In the letter, Franz is settling for less joy than the world has to offer, urging him to pack his belongings and embark on a life as a traveler. According to Krakauer, Franz followed McCandless' advice. He bought a camper and moved to McCandless's old Salton Sea campsite, where he stayed until a pair of hitchhikers informed him of McCandless' death while he was in town to get his mail. Franz drank a bottle of whiskey, breaking his hard-won sobriety, as he was rocked by grief.]]> 2021-12-17 17:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079473 chapter 7:Carthage asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079628 The narrator meets with Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota, almost two months after McCandless' body is found to discuss McCandless' last period of work at Westerberg's grain elevator. McCandless decided to stay from March to April in order to get more money for his Alaska trip. The narrator also speaks with Westerberg's girlfriend, Gail Borah, who describes McCandless' seriousness and affection for his sister Carine, as well as his family's disagreements. Westerberg's mother also tells the narrator that even with only meeting McCandless once, she felt a special affection for him.McCandless' feelings about his parents being harsh, sneaky, and absurd are described by the narrator. McCandless never had a girlfriend, according to him, and he may have remained single throughout puberty and afterward. McCandless reportedly underlined passages from Leo Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata," a story about physical intimacy. McCandless' character is deeply analyzed by Krakauer, who confirms that he was drawn to nature by a strong desire for human contact that could not be fulfilled by other people.
#natureoverhumans]]> 2021-12-17 17:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079628 Chapter 8:Alaska asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079797 As we begin the chapter, were introduced to a quote by Edward Hoagland that briefly explains," traditions: taking your wounds to the wilderness for a cure, a conversation, a rest,or whatever." When John McCandless was found dead in Alaska, many knew about his story and thought he was mentally disturbed(70). The media, authors, and articles described him to be foolish(71), his actions were pointless(71), and he underestimated(71) the country. One author is of a book, Nick Jans(71), also added that John's ignorance(72) walking into the wilderness ill-prepared(71), gave him no sympathy(72) because he disrespected(72) the land. Krakauer gives biographical snap shots of 3 men, Gene Rosellini, the mountain climber John Mallon Waterman, and the photographer Carl McCunn as a way of deepening his and the reader’s know-how of Christopher McCandless. wealthy and wise, Rosellini earned numerous advanced stages after which have become an exercise enthusiast. He killed himself just earlier than embarking on his plan to live out of his backpack for the rest of his lifestyles. A master climber who had suffered psychiatric breakdown at unique factors in his life, Waterman died whilst trying to summit Denali, one of the maximum difficult peaks in the international. The narrator also attracts parallels between McCandless and Carl McCunn. The narrator then differentiates McCandless from these three men and indicates a fourth comparison, a 20-year-antique named Everett Ruess.
#Mccanlesswasnttheonlyone]]> 2021-12-17 17:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1954079797 Chapter 9:Davis Gulch asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1974773732 We begin this chapter by describing Davis Gulch, a river in the middle of the desert in the Southwest. The Anasazi people left petroglyphs in Davis Gulch, as well as a carving left in 1993 by Everett Ruess, a young man who, like Christopher McCandless, disappeared into the wild. After that, Krakauer tells the story of Ruess' life, such as the trials and tribulations that helped lead him to Davis Gulch, where he left a final inscription of his name before vanishing. Ruess was born in a middle-class family in Southern California in 1914. After a brief stint in college, he worked as an apprentice to photographer Edward Weston, made friendships with California artists, and then went on the road as a tramp. He changed his name to "Nemo," which means "no one," and attempted to withdraw from society in favor of an ascetic or pilgrim's life. Excerpts from Ruess's communication, in which he describes the allure of the solitary life, are included by Krakauer. His correspondents, he claims, would be unable to comprehend how thrilling the wilderness is to him. Ruess's lack of concern for personal safety is linked to McCandless's, according to Krakauer.The letters are then used by Krakauer to track Ruess from a Mormon settlement in California to Davis Gulch. Ruess was supposed to show up in Marble Canyon, Arizona, but never did, triggering his parents to arrange a search party in March 1935. Ruess is never found. Though some locals claim to have seen or met him, the ideas and find continues to remain that he died while climbing in the canyon or drowned. Krakauer speaks with Ken Sleight, who describes Ruess and McCandless as people who like them too much to give them up completely but dislike them enough to never be able to live in society. Both Ruess and McCandless, according
to Krakauer, were like the papar, a group of ancient monks who sailed from ireland toward iceland in the fourth century without knowing they would ever find land.

analysis :In this chapter we are introduced to the main focus of mccandless life. The plot is mainly of Krakauer's developing character study of McCandless. Both McCandless and Ruess renounced the world in favor of a solitary life they found thrilling, which was unique to the American west for them. Both McCandless and Ruess left behind loving families who were desperate to find out what had happened to their sons.
#samestories#whatasmallworld]]> 2022-01-04 17:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1974773732 Chapter 10: Fairbanks asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1974774516 In this chapter Jim Gallien, the man who gave Christopher McCandless his last ride into the state, recognizes a front-page news story about the boy's death based on another New York Times story. Gallien calls the Anchorage police because he thinks he knows who the body belongs to. Gallien convinces the cops that he met the dead hitchhiker on the Stampede Trail after struggling to recognize himself from other tipsters and cranks. But there's only so much he can do. When he tells the cops McCandless is from South Dakota, he is accidently repeating a lie McCandless told him. In South Dakota, the police launch an inaccurate search for McCandless' family.A friend of Wayne Westerberg then hears a description of Chris McCandless on a radio show, which Krakauer describes as a "very fortunate coincidence." He dials Westerberg's number, who listens to the show and then dials Alaska State Troopers. They don't believe him and tell him to call them back when he has more proof. He calls them again and gives them McCandless's social security number as well as his name, which he used while working at the grain elevator. Since the rest of the McCandless family has left Virginia, a homicide detective contacts Sam McCandless, Chris McCandless' half-brother. Sam travels to Alaska and realizes McCandless in a photograph. He then returns home to inform his parents that McCandless is dead.

Analysis:This chapter begins to connect plot points and themes. The reader's rich familiarity with the small group of people in the American West who came to know McCandless well is highlighted by the return of Jim Gallien's character. As the search for McCandless' body evolves, Krakauer begins to hint to the reader that his attempts to examine McCandless' mind are about to deepen, and that a link between McCandless' life in the West and his past in the East may be discovered. This is basically what a phone call from an Alaskan private investigator to McCandless's half-brother accomplishes.
#thetruthcomestolight#nosecrets

]]> 2022-01-04 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1974774516 Chapter 11:Chesapeake Beach asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979080301 The past of Walt McCandless is then told by Krakauer. After the launch of Sputnik pushed the US to pursue space exploration, he went to work in jet propulsion after graduating from college. He married young and made a lot of money, but his first marriage and family fell apart. Then Walt met Christopher's mother, Billie McCandless. Walt McCandless worked at a science park, and Billie McCandless worked as a receptionist there. Walt McCandless had three children when she moved in with him.As his parents worked together to build a satellite systems , Christopher McCandless grew up in an environment of thriftiness and striving. Billie and Walt McCandless' fights led to a bond between McCandless and his sister, Carine. Camping trips, which started Christopher's love of the outdoors, helped to relieve the tension. Christopher's paternal grandfather's passion for camping and rock climbing may have also played a role. Carine and Christopher were talented musicians who loved the family dog. McCandless also ran cross country and proved a strong mindset in all of his efforts. Anecdotes from his classmates showed his dislike for his parents as well as his conflicting lack of desire to complain. Christopher's intensity and strong-willed independence are proved in other anecdotes from his parents, such as after a run-in with a physics teacher, he was expelled for refusing to follow arbitrary rules. On the family's property, Christopher also secretly housed a homeless man. The McCandless family was well-off. Billie and Walt McCandless, for example, eventually bought a sailboat and took their children on a cruise as their business grew.The narrator then explains Christopher McCandless's extraordinary success as a construction firm manager before college. McCandless then buying the Datsun that he will use to travel to the American West. McCandless' parents offer to buy him a new car with the money left over from his college fund after he graduates. He hides the money and donates it to the charity OXFAM.

Analysis: In the story Christopher McCandless, the reader sees a gifted but lonely boy who dealt with frustration badly, internalized his anger and hurt, and still found ways to have fun and enjoy others. Billie McCandless and her father are described by Krakauer as having other humanizing characteristics, including a possible source for her son's love of the outdoors. Krakauer lets anecdotes about Christopher McCandless' character arise naturally as the story of his childhood progresses into his adolescence. His determination and amazing focus can be seen in his pursuit of running and music, though he eventually gives up both.
#outdoors#positivemindset ]]> 2022-01-06 16:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979080301 Chapter 12:Annandale asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979080769 In his search for an explanation for McCandless's act into the wilderness, Krakauer offers a range of anecdotes. McCandless takes a long trip through the American West after graduating from high school. He gives his father an expensive telescope as a gift before he leaves. He calls home infrequently while on his trip before completely losing contact. Just before starting college at Emory University in Atlanta. McCandless will start college the following week, according to his parents. He is a top student who works for the student newspaper. However, he begins to becomes anti-social. The narrator explains why McCandless has changed. During his journey, he discovered that his father had maintained a relationship with his first wife. He is the head of two households, with his first wife and his other children. Before Walt and Billie moved to the East Coast, he had a son with his first wife after McCandless was born.He believes McCandless was unable to forgive his father, even after being much more accepting of other people's flaws. McCandless became irrational two years after learning his father's secret. After graduating in 1990, he gave his parents all of the money they had given him for law school, got in his yellow Datsun, and drove away.

Analysis: Christopher's friends and the McCandless family provided the basis for this research. They continue to develop the deeply negative, selfish acts of McCandless' decisions as Krakauer shows for the first time how deeply his death affected his family at the time, as well as the long-term effects of his disappearance. This chapter also focuses primarily on McCandless' college experiences, picks up the story the weekend Christopher McCandless left his Emory apartment in 1992 and started on the journey that would eventually lead to his death in Denali National Park.
#why#whatwerethereasons]]> 2022-01-06 16:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979080769 Chapter 13:Virginia Beach asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979081024 Carine McCandless, Chris's younger sister and confidante until he graduated from college, is interrogated by Krakauer in this chapter. Carine can't go a day without crying about her brother, even ten months after his death. Chris's death was announced to Carine and her husband shortly after his body was discovered in the Sushana River bus. They traveled to Alaska in Carine's knapsack to bring Chris's ashes home.

Analysis: Carine, Chris's sister, eats "every scrap of food the cabin attendants set in front of her" on the plane ride home with Chris's remains. However, she soon loses her appetite and loses so much weight that her friends believe she is becoming anorexic. Chris's mother, too, has stopped eating and has lost eight pounds. Walt, his father, reacts in the opposite way, gaining eight pounds. Though both compulsive eating and loss of appetite are common reactions to stress and grief, it's hard not to see the McCandless family's eating habits as a factor in Chris' death. It's as if Billie and Carine are trying to identify with him, feeling Chris's pain, while Walt is apologizing for his son's death
#losingabestfriend]]> 2022-01-06 16:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979081024 Chapter 14:The Stikine Ice Cap asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979081816 Krakauer comes to realize that McCandless' death was not suicide or even the result of an unconscious death wish, but rather an accident, based on his own experiences in Alaska when he was a stubborn, hotheaded young man. His outcome is based on evidence from McCandless' journals, as well as the author's own personal experience.Krakauer spends most of this chapter about his own childhood and his obsession with mountain climbing. At the age of 23, Krakauer decided to climb the Devils Thumb, a rock formation on Alaska's Stikine Ice Cap, for reasons similar to those that drove McCandless into the wilderness.After arriving in Alaska on a fishing boat, Krakauer meets a woman who offers him a place to stay for the night before attempting to climb the Devil's Thumb. Krakauer makes progress during his first two days of climbing, along a glacier at the base of the rock formation. High winds, stinging sheets of snow, and heavy fog cause a series of dangerous mishaps on his third day. Krakauer sets up camp on a plateau after nearly falling into a glacial crevasse. Krakauer has had supplies air-dropped to him ahead of time so that he can continue his climb. However, the pilot hired to deliver the supplies misreads the height and misses Krakauer's camp almost entirely. Krakauer keeps moving up the glacier.

Analysis:As a result of reading this chapter the reader moves closer to McCandless and his perspective. Not only Rosselini, Waterman, McCunn, and Reuss have shared McCandless's acts, but the author himself. Behavior that seemed crazy.
#bizzare ]]> 2022-01-06 16:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979081816 Chapter 15:The Stikine Ice Cap asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979082020 This chapter explains the author's attempt to climb the Devil's Thumb. Due to high winds and snow, Krakauer is forced to stay in his tent for three days. Krakauer decides to smoke a celebratory marijuana cigar he had been saving, despite the fact that he hasn't yet reached the summit and may never do so. He almost burns down the tent that he borrowed from his father in the process. The temperature inside the tent drops 30 degrees due to fire damage.The author then recalls his father, who was autocratic but generous and loving. Lewis Krakauer, a physician, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and groomed him for the profession since he was a kid. As Jon grew into his teens and then young adulthood, he and his father had a falling out. Lewis, who had polio as a child, is now experiencing symptoms of the disease in his middle years. He became addicted to a variety of painkillers and attempted suicide as a result of his self-medication.

Analysis: This chapter grows on the topic of fathers and sons, implying that sons frequently rebel against their fathers while also being powerless to resist fatherly traits they have inherited. Clearly, Krakauer believes that McCandless' actions were motivated in part by his relationship with his father Walt.And this is just a small portion of what Krakauer believes he told McCandless. They also had the same level of arrogance.
#strongheaded ]]> 2022-01-06 16:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979082020 Chapter 16:The Alaska Interior asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979082447 Christopher McCandless takes a break from his journey to visit the Liard River Hot Springs on the Yukon Territory's outskirts. Before making friends with Gaylord Stuckey, a truck driver who reluctantly gives "Alex" a ride, he spends two days at the Liard River. For the few days it takes them to drive, they talk about McCandless' family, his father's divorce and remarriage, and his own desire to live off the land. On April 25, Stuckey buys McCandless a bag of rice and drives him to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks library, where McCandless wants to look up books on edible plants. McCandless stays in Fairbanks for two days and three nights, mostly at the university. He buys a used gun he found in the classifieds, writes postcards to Wayne Westerberg and Jan Burres, and finds a field guide to the area's edible plants. He leaves the university campus and sets up his tent on frozen ground near the road leading to the Stampede Trail. McCandless hitches a ride with Jim Gallien on April 28, 1992, to get him there.While tramping through the bush, McCandless comes across an abandoned bus along the Sushana River, which he names "Magic Bus Day" in his journal. He has some troubles killing small game at first. After about a month, McCandless is shooting and eating squirrels, porcupines, and spruce grouses on a regular basis. He eats lingonberries and rose hips from the area and climbs a nearby butte. McCandless kills a moose on June 9, 1992, and is so proud of himself that he photographs the carcass. He spends days trying to cure the moose's meat so he can eat every part of it. However, he incorrectly preserves the meat, causing it to become vermin-infested and inedible.

Analysis: This chapter reconstructs McCandless' climactic Alaska adventure, following him into the bush and observing his survival skills.The reader cannot help but be moved by the enormity of the young man's despair over wasting his kill in the moose episode, which reveals McCandless to be highly ethical and deeply sympathetic.Similarly, McCandless's lack of foresight and hubris, which had been visible at a low level prior to this time, have now resulted in consequences. He hadn't expected melting snow to swell the bodies of water he passed through on his way into the park.
#survivalofthefittest]]> 2022-01-06 16:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1979082447 Chapter 17:The Stampede Trail asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1997227184 One year and one week after Christopher McCandless decided not to cross the Teklanika River, the author returns to it. Krakauer, on the other hand, is well-prepared to cross the river. The author is accompanied by three accomplished outdoorsmen and has a detailed topographical map, which reveals a measuring station built by the US Geological Survey a half-mile downstream from where McCandless attempted to cross. The station is not visible from the Stampede Trail, but Krakauer and his friends find it after hiking through dense bush and discovering a steel cable. The cable connects a 15-foot tower on one side of the river to an outcropping on the other.The author wonders why McCandless didn't try crossing the Teklanika again the following month, in August, instead of starving to death inside the bus. Krakauer and his companions cross the river and arrive at the Sushana River bus after a long journey. The author lists the contents: a bag of bird feathers, possibly for insulating McCandless' clothes; a kerosene lamp; Ronald Franz' machete sheath; books; a stove made out of an old oil drum; silver duct tape-padded jeans; hiking boots; toenail clippers; a nylon tent spread across a gaping hole in the bus's window.

Analysis: In this, the book's penultimate chapter, the ironies multiply. The basket found by Krakauer and his companions at the USGS station was secured by hunters to the side of the river where McCandless camped to make crossing the Teklanika more difficult for outsiders.Another ironic part was that McCandless was not only close to the abandoned gauging station, but also to three empty hunting cabins. Is it true that he went "into the wild" after all? During the months he spent in Alaska, he was surely in a harsh environment, but some would not call the area he lived in the wilderness at all.
#thetower ]]> 2022-01-18 07:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1997227184 Chapter 18 :The Stampede Trail asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1997227343 McCandless returns to the bus on July 8, 1992. He resumes small-game hunting and foraging for edible berries and wild potatoes. He finishes Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago and reads Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich.Nothing indicates that McCandless is in danger of starvation until this journal entry, according to Krakauer. He is in good health, despite his hunger. He will be dead in less than a month.
McCandless may have eaten some potato seeds he bought in South Dakota, according to Wayne Westerberg,once sprouted, potato seeds can be toxic. However, he would have had to eat many pounds of these seeds, which he does not appear to have done. There is, however, a wild potato that McCandless may have foraged for and mistook for the poisonous wild sweet pea.McCandless becomes intoxicated after mistaking one plant for the other, according to the author. His body, already worn down by a subsistence diet, couldn't survive the plant's effects, and he died as a result. However, as time passes, Krakauer begins to doubt this theory.Krakauer discovers that a toxic mold can grow on legumes four years after McCandless' death.

Analysis: Did McCandless, as evidenced by the inscription "HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED" he wrote near the end of his life, finally come to forgive his family? Perhaps, but note that he makes no explicit reference to his parents or sister, Carine, in any of his writings. Even when they say goodbye, McCandless never acknowledges them.
It's also important to note that Krakauer's theory about McCandless' death, that it was caused by mold on wild potato seeds, is just that: a theory. It is not convincing. To some point, it's irrelevant, because one could argue that it was arrogance and not starvation, that killed McCandless.
#whatkilledhim#wewillneverknow]]> 2022-01-18 07:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1997227343 Epilogue asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1998532629 At the start of the epilogue were taken back to the stampede trail (200)after 10 months(200) of Chris's death. Chris's parents Walt and Billie pay a visit to the bus where chris was staying. The writer mentions that it takes the helicopter(201) 15 minutes to cover the distance it took McCandless four days to walk.Chris's parents walk around the bus for 2 hours before actually entering the bus where his son passed. Billie enters the bus first and sits on the mattress(202) looking silently(202) around. She sees her sons boots(202), his handwriting(202) on the walls, and his toothbrush(202). They wander going in and out the bus for some time. Walt , chris's dad, places a memorial(202) plaque inside the door while his mother , Billie, arranges a bouquet beneath the plaque. She also leaves survival supplies and a first-aid kit under the bed. This visit brought close to Billie and Walt before permanently leaving. This was some of the last memories his son had here. They make their way to the helicopter and fly away seeing the bus get smaller and smaller as they go farther and farther away.

Analysis: This sad, heartbreaking scene, Krakauer brings this adventure story to a close. By this point in the story, the reader has probably gotten to know Christopher McCandless better than many of the people who have crossed his long and difficult path as a result, we share their sense of loss. We are given the sense that this was a misguided young man, rather than simply judging McCandless for what he did and did not do.
#loss#finalgoodbyes#memories ]]> 2022-01-18 17:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/1998532629 Afterword asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/2001036230 Christopher McCandless died in an abandoned bus in Alaska in August 1992. The cause of his death was unknown but there were many theories to what caused his death by krakauer. Many believed he ate something that had gone bad which shut down christopher mccandless body.
Since Mccandless was surviving (P1) by eating squirrels(P1),birds(P1),roots(P1),and seeds(P1).In one of Christopher's journal entries it mentions how 'Extremely weak. Fault of potato seeds"(P4) which caused a hypotheses about how those seeds might have killed mccandless. Krakauer decided to test the seeds for a neurotoxin called beta-ODAP. He wanted to analyze the seeds so he sent them to a lab in Michigan.(P7)The results showed that the seeds had a lethal concentration of a compound called beta-ODAP that has caused weakening and paralysis in famine victims relying on a certain pea. However krakauer kept sending the seeds back and forth for more testing and 9 months later it showed the seeds did have a toxin but it wasn't Beta-ODAP. The seeds did contain a toxin but was another amino acid, L-canavanine.(P9) Althought Kreaukour was correct what caused cristopher mccandless death was wrong because it was the wrong toxin. However this showed there are many plants out there that we don't really know about yet. There are parts of a plant that you can eat and other parts you cant eat. This is why its important to be observant and have some knowledge to living out in the wild.

Analysis: What we can conclude from this is how Christoper Mccandless really died. For a while it was unknown until his journal entries gave us a clue to why he died. They were seeds but not just any seeds they were a seed with toxins in it which eventually took Mccandless life. After so many theories and hypothesis we are finally given the answer to the big questions. How did christopher mccandless die?
#attackoftheveggies]]> 2022-01-19 17:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/2001036230 My future Odyssey asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/2003416362 A future goal I have is to travel the world with my boyfriend and friends. I want to be able to explore the world and see everything our beautiful earth has created. I've been in orange country all my life and once in a while we will visit San Francisco or Las Vegas but those are the same places we always go on vacation.The only time i've actually been out of California was when we took a trip to Oregon.That was the first time i realized how much I would love to travel and explore different states. I saw so much in Oregon, they had beautiful views, surrounded by breathtaking nature, and amazing waterfalls. I believe this is what sparked an intrest in traveling the world and go further in life, exploring all the different types of cultures and people. I want to be able to visit Paris, Egypt, and Miami. Although I want to travel i want to design clothes that i can share with the world too. I want to have my own business and open stores all over the world that are my brand. These are 2 main goals i have planned for myself.

However to actually make my dreams and goals come true I have to do so much more. Traveling isn't always the most affordable so I currently hold a job where I work part time. Although what i'm making isnt alot its a start to save up for the future, since i don't pay any bills or rent at the moment. I'm a senior going into our last semester of the year, so after I graduate what i'm going to start doing is look for a full time job. But at the same time its complicated because i still want to stay in school which would be college for me. I applied to Golden West college, but the thing is they dont have classes for fashion designing at the school. I'm debating if i should even go to college if the major i want isnt even there. This is why i want to start looking into classes that are just fashion designing. Somewhere where they will show me everything there is to fashion and how to start a business. I'm going to start looking into these type of things so i can start my career and get to my goals as soon as possible. ]]> 2022-01-20 17:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/2003416362 Chris Reflection asalazar1061_2 https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/2009275686 In the story , “Into the Wild”, we are introduced to the main character of the story Chris McCandles. This story is based on real events and Chris journey in the wild. At the beginning of the chapters he was known to be hardheaded , stubborn , and misunderstood. At the beginning of the book, Chris is on a trip into the wild without any supplies or food to survive the wilderness. Many believe this was the cause of his death because he lacked knowledge on how to survive the wild . He was described as in simple words dumb for the actions he took and how he disrespected the land. However as we move more into the story to find out why he died. We gain an inside look that Chris was going thought a hard time because he found out his dad had a whole other family. Such big news like this affected him to do what he did. In my understanding i took this as a action to rebel and get away from his life. He wanted his problems to go away and start a new life where he can forget about his hurtful past. This is why he dropped everything and donated all his money to leave and start a new journey. I feel as he was just misunderstood in many ways that no one can understand. I can relate to this because many times when you are going through hurtful times you just want to get away from everyone who remind you of that hurt. I believe he was hurt and this is a way he would cope with it.
#misunderstood]]> 2022-01-24 16:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/asalazar1061_2/4irsj9w8kfgt31mh/wish/2009275686