https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph How does the characterization of Chris' family help explain his choices? Use the five steps of quotation citation to embed thoughtfully chosen evidence within your response, and write you and your partner's name as the title of your response. Make sure that you contribute a thought on this topic that is unique and different from those that have posted before you. en-us 2016-11-02 19:34:47 UTC 2025-10-04 19:02:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918293 2016-11-02 19:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918293 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918665 Chris and Carine would spend a lot of time together and construct fort like things. "Chris and Carine, however. They'd been best friends from an early age, spending hours together making forts out of cushions and blankets in their annendale living room" (krakauer 110). He used these fort building techniques to help himself with his choice of living outdoors so he could build shelters for himself. ]]> 2016-11-02 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918665 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918752 Chris and his family took a lot of trips when there was no school. Chris showed wanderlust because him and his family would travel almost every weekend. "When Chris was 8 Walt took him on his first overnight backpacking trip" (Krakauer 109]]> 2016-11-02 19:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918752 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918760 How the family was  really outdoorsy and athletic helped Chris realize that he really likes to run. The book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer says, "At the age of ten, he entered his first running competition, a ten kilometer road race" ( Krakauer 111).]]> 2016-11-02 19:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918760 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918802 Since his family was constantly on the move during his childhood chris may have been acustomed to exploring. This habit most likely lead him to go on his journey around the country. Also ]]> 2016-11-02 19:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918802 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918834 Billie's father didn't fit into society and in many ways was a lot like Chris. "Was proud and stubborn and dreamy, a woodsman, a self taught musician, and a writer of poetry" (Krakauer 108).]]> 2016-11-02 19:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918834 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918848 Chris's parents fought a lot during there marriage and threatened to divorce. Chris wanted to get away from the conflict that was happening in his house leading him to make the decision of leaving and not telling his parents where he was going. "We'd get into arguments about it once in awhile" ( rakauer 113)]]> 2016-11-02 19:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918848 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918874 His dad saw activities as a way to defeat more of a spiritual aspect. "He'd tell us to think about all the evil in the world, all the hatred, and imagine ourselves running against the forces of darkness," (Krakauer 112). His dad used the outdoors as a healing factor, to defeat the demons in your  life.]]> 2016-11-02 19:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918874 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918931 Since Chris's parents aren't around to often, he gravitates to being alone, isolated. "When Chris and I woke up in the morning to go to school they [the parents] would be in the office building" (Krakauer 107).]]> 2016-11-02 19:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918931 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918936 Chris and his parents were alike. Chris learned to be introverted because his parents were not there for him. "When Chris and I woke up in the morning to go to school they would be in the office building" (Krakauer 107).]]> 2016-11-02 19:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134918936 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134919257 Ch]]> 2016-11-02 19:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134919257 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134919615 D]]> 2016-11-02 19:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134919615 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134919679 Devin and Ella 
Chris and his grandfather, Loren Johnson, share many characteristics, such as wanderlust, stubbornness and intelligence. Krakauer says "Loren Johnson was proud and stubborn and dreamy, a woodsman, a self taught musician" p. (108). Chris shows the love of travel and insists that his way was always the right way.]]> 2016-11-02 19:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134919679 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134920024 Christian and katelyn
Chris and his father were always traveling, and always seemed to have an adventurous relationship. "when Chris was a little older, Walt took Billie and his children from both marriages to climb capital longs peak in Colorado- at 14,256 feet, the highest summit in Rocky Mountain nation park."]]> 2016-11-02 19:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134920024 stratus1 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134920182 2016-11-02 19:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134920182 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134920554 Chris and his grandfather shared a lot of the same interests. Their love for the outdoors brought them closer. "The old man's backwoods savvy, his affinity for the wilderness, left a deep impression on the boy" (Krakauer 109).]]> 2016-11-02 19:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134920554 https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134921374 Chris's family has a lot of experience with wanderlust and Chris probably inherited that]]> 2016-11-02 19:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stratus1/tg222qmrqiph/wish/134921374