Into The Wild #5

5 Things I Understand

1. Over his time in Alaska Chris' hunting skills grow greatly.
2. Chris' sees all life as precious and becomes very upset when he kills a moose and wasn't able to fix the meat before it became contaminated .
3. Chris tries to head back but he can't cross the same river he had before because now the river is very deep and wide and uncrossable.
4. Chris ended up dying because he mistakenly eat one plant thinking it was another which caused him to starve and die.
5. If Chris had the right maps he may have been able to survive.

4 Questions I Have

1. Why is it that even though Chris was only 6 miles from some other cabins that no one noticed he was staying in the bus?
2. How come Chris didn't walk up and down the bank to try and find a easier part of the river to cross?
3. Why didn't Chris take supplies and things from his acquaintances when they offered them. The supplies may have been able to keep him alive a bit longer.
4. Why now are there being som many words being underlined in the story?

3 Words I Don't Know

1. Subsisted- to exist; continue in existence.
2. Derelict- left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned
3. Meticulous- taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough

2 Literary Devices

1 Summary

1. These last pages went into detail about the last few days of Chris and how he died from poisoning and some of the other things he was eating to stay alive and his beautiful book collection.