Into The Wild #2

5 Things I Understand

1. Jack London is made out to be Chris' Favorite author because Chris is always mentioning him.
2. Everyone that Chris spends time with is changed in some way but in a good way.
3. Chris and his parents did not have that great of a relationship. They did not get along.
4. Chris strongly believed in purity and even though he liked women he would never do anything with them.
5. When people try to call Chris foolish Krakauer brings together evidence and begins to write an article that would proof Chris was not foolish.

4 Questions I Have

1. Is Chris ever going to get to Alaska?
2. Will Chris Change his mind and actually date Tracy instead of just kind of leading her on?
3. Why doesn't Chris just stay with the couple at the slabs they all seemed to be pretty happy together? Why is it that he can't just settle down instead of continuing his trip?
4. Why did Chris stop writing events down after his camera broke?

3 Words I Don't Know

1. Espoused-to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
2. Anachronistic- pertaining to or containing an anachronism.
3. Sinewy- of or like sinews; tough, firm, braided, or resilient: a sinewy rope.

2 Literary Devices

1. "'Was his name....?' 'Yes.......then-'" - Dialogue
2. " as chaste as a monk" - simile

1 Summary

1. Chris is in Las Vegas and works at a McDonalds. He then goes to the Slabs where he visits his friends Jan and Bob. Then a girl Tracey begins to fall for Chris but Chris thinks she is to young and deny's her but still treats her as a friend. Chris then leaves again and decides he needs to head back on the road to Alaska. Chris then meets an old man named Franz. The two become very good friends and develop a strong relation ship but Chris still will not just stay in one place and still heads out to Alaska. Chris' plan all along was to go to Alaska but then return to Carthage and write books about his adventures.