| Chapter 1, page 4
| “Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build, he claimed to be 24 years old and said he was from South Dakota. He explained that he wanted a ride as far as the edge of Denali National Park, where he intended to walk deep into the bush and ‘live off the land for a few month.’” | Chris is not physically fit for walking into such a dangerous environment. He seems a little crazy. |
| Chapter 1, page 2-3
| “He didn’t appear to be very old 18 maybe 19 at most. A rifle protruded from his back pack, but he looked friendly enough. A hitchhiker with a Remington semiautomatic isn’t the sort of thing that gives motorists pause in the forty-ninth state.” | Chris is a young and kind looking man. But his gun scares people. He seems a little sketchy to be hitchhiking. |
| Chapter 2, page 12
| “S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of god, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you Chris McCandless. August?” | Chris was ill prepared when he got stranded at the bus. He didn’t think of an escape route for this situation and for this he is dumb. But he did scavenge even when he was near death and he also left a note in case anyone came while he was gone and for this reason he is smart and courageous still trying to scavenge even when he is near death. |
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| Chapter 3, page 19-20 | “McCandless had been raised in upper middle-class environs of Annandale, Virginia. His father, Walt, is an eminent aerospace engineer who designed advanced radar systems for the space shuttle.” | Chris was well off he had money, he lived in a good place, and his parents where successful. I don’t see why he would want to leave. He seems a little bit ungrateful to put his parents through this pain. |
| Chapter 3, page 20 | “There were 8 children in his extended family: a younger sister, carine, with whom he was extremely close, and six half brothers and sisters from Walt’s first marriage.” | Chris had to compete for his parents love and he must have felt neglected. |
| Chapter 4, page 28 | “McCandless tried to start the car thereafter, the engine wouldn’t catch, and in his impatience he drained the battery” | Chris was easily frustrated and impatient. Two things that won’t help him in his Alaskan voyage. |
| Chapter 4, page 31 | “In uncharacteristic lapse, Chris gave his parents’ address when the arresting officer demanded to know his permanent place of residence. The un paid ticket appeared in Walt and Billie’s mailbox at the end of August.” | Chris had moments of stupidity where he did not think things through. Or he thought them through well and they came off as stupid. He could have just wanted his parents to pay the ticket instead of him. |
| Chapter 5, page 39 | “McCandless stopped moving for more than two months- probably the longest he stayed in one place from the time he left Atlanta till he went to Alaska.” | Chris doesn’t like to stay in one place he gets itchy feet and leaves before he gets too attached until now. It’s a mystery why he wants to stay in Alaska. |
| Chapter 5, page 40 | “Frankly, I was surprised he even got hired,” “he could do the job- he cooked in the back- but he always worked at the same slow pace, even during the lunch rush, no matter how much you’d get on him to hurry up.” | Chris Didn’t want anybody telling him what to do. He would get the job done but he would work at his speed and you would just have to deal with it. |
| Chapter 6, page 55 | McCandless, uncomfortable with the request, dodged the question: “well talk about it when I get back from Alaska, Ron” | Chris didn’t want to be disrespectful of mean so he was cleaver and came up with a response. |
| Chapter 6, page 54 | “Franz had purchased a video camera before the trip, and he paused now and the along the way to record the sights, although McCandless usually ducked away whenever Franz pointed the lens in his direction” | Chris was either shy or secretive and didn’t want anybody to see where he was at what time. |
| Chapter 7, page 62 | “during those four weeks in Carthage, McCandless worked hard, doing tedious jobs that nobody else wanted to tackle” | Chris was a hard worker and was not afraid to get down and dirty. This will help in Alaska a lot. |
| Chapter 7, page 64 | “Both father and son where stubborn and high-strung. Given Walt’s need to exert control and Chris’s extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable.” | Chris was strong in the mind. He would not give in once he was set off. Chris had a way of life and he was going to stick to it. Being independent is good for Alaska because he doesn’t have any body with him. |
| Chapter 10, page 101 | “EXEMPT EXEMPT EXEMPT EXEMPT and given his name as iris fucyu. Address None of your damn business. Social security number I forget.” | Chris didn’t like the system. Makes for a good reason to go to Alaska. He seemed to dislike the government. |
| Chapter 10, page 101-102 | “ His hair was long, and he had a beard. Chris almost always had short hair and was cleanly shaven. And the face in the picture was extremely gaunt.” | Chris kept himself well groomed. He didn’t like being raggedy. But when he went to Alaska he felt free and without care so he let himself go. |
| Chapter 11, page 106-107 | When Chris scored high on his placement test and then spent a week getting himself out of it. | Chris was very smart but didn’t want to put his time into the school work. It seems as though Chris is a tad bit lazy. |
| Chapter 11, page 109 | When Chris and his dad went on the hiking trip and reached the 13,000ft elevation and Walt wanted to turn around but Chris wanted to carry on but they still turned around. | Chris seems adventurous and brave. He isn’t scared of a challenge he wants to take it head on. |
| Chapter 12, page 118-119 | “If you attempted to talk him out of something, he wouldn’t argue. He’d just nod politely and ten do exactly what he wanted.” | Chris was a stubborn kid. He did things his way no matter what. |
| Chapter 12, page 119 | “his grades were nearly perfect. He started writing for the newspaper. He even talked enthusiastically about going on and getting his law degree.” | Chris was smart and well driven. He had the smarts to do anything he wanted and he was involved in activities. |
| Chapter 13, page 128 | “Chris stares at the lens with the same pensive, recalcitrant squint, as if he’d been interrupted in the middle of an important thought and was annoyed to be wasting his time in front of the camera.” | Chris doesn’t like to have pictures of him. He seems to be shy in front of the camera. |
| Chapter 13, page 128 | “Chris was crazy about buck. That summer he disappeared he wanted to take buck with him.” | Chris was compassionate and had a loving side. He didn’t plan on not returning to Buck. |
| Chapter 16, page 162 | “The heaviest item in McCandles’s backpack was his library: 9 or 10 paperback books.” | Chris was intellectual and was book smart however book smarts don’t help as much as street smarts in the wild. |
| Chapter 16, page 167 | “I now wish I had never shot the moose. One of the greatest tragedies of my life.” | Chris cared a lot about nature. He wouldn’t want to waste anything he had and did not want to take ore then he needed he was very passionate about nature. |
| Chapter 17, page 174 | “ But Chris, with his idiosyncratic logic, came up with an elegant solution to this dilemma: He simply got rid of the map.” | Chris did not have an emergency plan. He was ill prepared for when things got the worst he needed some common sense. |
| Chapter 17, page 180 | “By design McCandless came into the country with insufficient provisions, and he lacked certain pieces of equipment deemed essential b many Alaskans.” | McCandless didn’t use his head. He thought he could depend on nature to keep him alive and was incredibly naïve. |
| Chapter 18, page 195 | “Day 100 made it but in weakest condition of life. Death looms as serious threat.” | McCandless was not prepared and didn’t have an escape plan or emergency plan so he set himself up to die. |
| Chapter 18, page 198 | “Chris would not intentionally burn down a forest not even to save his own life. | Chris was too soft and caring about nature and couldn’t use his one chance at survival in a way he chose to die.
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