Question 3

Did the main character make good or bad decisions?

Question 2

Why was the story worth telling?

Question 1

What was the significance of the title?

Discussion Director 16-18

1. Gaylord Stucky is the man that gave him a ride into fair banks he tried to tell chris that it was to early to live of the brush and berries there is still 2 or 3 more feet of snow on the ground but McCandless wouldn't listen was that a bad decision?

2. Why is it do you think that McCandless had such a difficult time hunting for Game in the wild?

3.why do you think that McCandless decided to turn around and not go all the way to the baring sea and just use the bus as a base Camp?

4. why did McCandless choose stampeed trail? when in reality there was a highway, 3 unoccupied cabins and a state park all within a 10mile radius of were he was staying in the bus.

5.why do you think that McCandless was unsucssful in perserving the moose meat?

Illustrator chapter 9

This is Davis Gulch a area Chris traveled through when he was going through Arizona and Utah. I choose this because he described it as an oasis all the land around is dry rock or red clay and theres no were to hide from the sun until you enter down into the gulch its a whole new world 900 year old pictographs on the canyon walls and cool but not cold water tall grass on the shores swaying in the light breeze and small cottonwood trees providing slight shade from the sun.

Connector 16-18

In chapter 16 its about Jon Krakauer and when he was 23 it reminded me a lot of Chris McCandless except not quite as intelligent but still outdoor knowledgeable, Krakauer climbed a peak called devils thumb and it took him approx 20 days and lived off of little food but did have plaenty of gear for climbing mountins which is problly while he is still alive but after he climbed the mountian he scaled back down camped out on the beach and eventully caught a ride from a man into town 2 hours away. The reason this reminded me of chris or why jon would of enjoyed Chris's story because that they had similar features in thier personality and what they have expierenced in life, wether it be family problems or there just not happy with thier lives.

Summarizer

Chris McCandless leaves Carthage for Alaska on April 15, 1992. Along the way, he hitches with a trucker named Gaylord Stuckey for nearly a thousand miles in the state of Alaska itself. On his second day hiking the trail, he comes across the Teklanika River. In April, the river is tiny and easy to cross, not anywhere near the rapid it becomes in August when Alex tries to cross back over it. Alex leaves the bus on May 5 to head west, seeking game and hoping to hike 500 miles to the tidewater. Unfortunately, melting snow makes the hiking too hard and he returns to the bus for the summer. The bus is actually only 30 miles from the main highway, 16 from another road and within 6 miles of at least four other cabins.  He decides to return on July 3rd but is stopped by the slew of Beaver Ponds blocking the Stampede Trail on which he hiked in. Only a half mile away there is a basket on cables and pulleys to cross the river, which McCandless had no way of finding without the kind of map McCandless has. Initially annoyed at the company, Krakauer remarks on how lonely the area seems and how much he would have disliked having been alone. When they reach the bus, they find a variety of animal bones and the remains of the moose McCandless was unable to cure. Much of Krakauer’s hate mail regarding his Outside Magazine article was directly related to the fact that the initial moose hunters said the remains belonged to a caribou. However, Krakauer’s party finds that this is not the case. Inside the bus, Krakauer finds books, supplies, and remnants of unmade clothing. There are remnants of his stay everywhere, including clothing, pots and pans, and the knife sheath given to him by Franz.