Chapter 12

Chapter 12

1.      Where did Chris travel the summer he graduated from high school?  Explain some of his ordeals and could you imagine taking such a trip?

He traveled New Mexico, Arizona, Pacific Ocean , Mojave Dessert.  He stopped calling though and showed up on couple months later, malnourished, apparently has been lost in the Mojave Desert and succumbed to dehydration. If I am Chris, I can’t take such a trip.

2.      Describe Chris’s college years at Emory University?  How did he do academically and socially?

He did very well at Emory, writing for the school paper and spoke of law school often. In summer vacation, he spended his summer at home with his parents working for them . Chris has become much better and succecced while in college and studied often.

3.      What did Chris learn about his father, his mother, and their history?  How did this information affect his relationship with his dad?

He learned about spending the next few years trying to mend the fenced with Billie.

Billie was  a stepmother and she has the another son. He love with Billie and fathered Chris, fathered another son with her.

4.      Reactions to the prolonged absence of Chris McCandless varied in his family.  Describe how his sister and his parents reacted to his absence.  Also, In July of 1992, what sort of moving experience did Billie McCandless have relating to her son?

Billie McCandless have related   her son’s death in 1992.