Chapter 18 And Epilogue

1.      What was Chris McCandless’s situation when he returned to the bus on July 8^th after finding that he could not cross the river and return to the larger world?  Based on his situation, what do you think he planned to do next?

He decided to wait for the river to go back down and returns to his previous routine of hunting and gathering.

2.      What does Krakauer cite as “the mistake that pulled (McCandless) down”?

The wild potato seed

3.      What makes the author think that McCandless had changed in the previous few days or weeks and was ready to re-enter the world?

4.      What did the author think poisoned Chris?

The wild potato’s  seed  were poisoned Chris.

5.      What was the last achievement McCandless notes in his journal?

I have had a happy life and thank the lord. Goodbye and may god bless all

6.      What else did he include in the same journal entry, and what does this entry reveal about his state of mind?

In his journal entry, it said “Happiness Only Real When Shared.”: a striking sentiment form someone so relentlessly compelled toward solitude.

7.      What are the symptoms of starvation, and how does the starvation cause death?

He was hungry, and his meager diet had pared his body.

8.      Describe the last picture Chris took of himself and explain what this image may reveal about him?

He was emaciated but smiled in this picture and he reveal his life.

Epilogue

9.      Who was on the trip described In the Epilogue and what was the purpose of the trip?

Walt and Billie McCandless travel with Krakauer by helicopter to visit the Sushana River bus.

10.  How did Chris’s parents react when they saw the bus in which their son died?

Chris’s parents  smell their dead son’s jeans.

11.  How did Billie McCandless assess her son’s death?

Billie McCandless was entered the bus .

12.  How did Walt and Billie McCandless memorialize their son?

Walt placed a memorial plaque inside the door. Billie arranged a bouquet beneath the plaque.

Chapter 15

1.      What happened when Krakauer returned to his tent after abandoning his quest to scale the north face of the Devil’s Thumb?

Krakauer was forced to remain inside his tent for three days due to high winds and snow.

2.      What did Krakauer say about his father? : His father was a volatile, extremely complicated person and possessed of a brash demeanor that masked deep insecurities.

3.      Describe his other attempts to climb Devil’s Thumb and what he did once he actually reached the summit.

His attempts were to leave for the coast as soon as the weather broke or make another attempt on the mountains and he reached  Thumb.

4.      What did Krakauer learn when he returned to the town of Petersburg?

Krakauer learned believe McCandless  die in Alaska.

5.      What comparisons does Krakauer draw between Chris McCandless and himself?

Krakauer and Chris McCandless had a similar act.  They were to go Alaska and  a superior outdoorsman.

Chapter 16

1.      How did McCandless get a ride with Gaylord Stuckey?

Stuckey didn’t know where is   Fairbank, so McCandless helped Stuckey to go Fairbank.

2.      What did Stuckey think of Chris?  What did they talk about?

Stuckey was thought Chris was a dandy kid and  he told Stuckey about his anger with his parents, his love for his sister and his dreams of living off the land in Alaska.

3.      What two requests did Stuckey ask of Chris, and what did Stuckey regret later?

The two requests were Chris call his parents and send a letter to Stuckey. . Stuckey regret Chris went into the wild.

4.      What was ironic about McCandless’s route out of Fairbanks, when he passed the Geophysical Institute?

There were had been erected to collect data from satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar of Walt McCandless’s design.

5.      How does the author know about what McCandless did once he went into the wild?

In the book, it tells about McCandless found a bus and hunted an animal in the wild.

6.      Krakauer states that when McCandless crossed the Teklanika, “he was crossing his Rubicon.”  What made his crossing of the river such a fateful decision?

It made McCandless to live in the wild.

7.      Describe the problems McCandless encountered after shooting the moose.

After McCandless shot the moose, it becomes infested with vermin and therefore inedible. His feeling was deeply guilty.

8.      The author says that a sense of well-being had returned to McCandless in July, after the moose incident, but he then experienced “the first of two pivotal setbacks.”  What was it? River

Chapther 13

1.      This chapter open with a quotation from an essay by John Haines.  What is the purpose of including this quotation?

The author’s purpose is  visit Carine McCandless in Virginia Beach and she show him picture of Chris at both seven and seventeen and describes how much she loved her dog

2.      Describe Carine McCandless’s life and how did she react when she found out the news about her brother’s death? 

She was working with her husband Sam on their auto repair business, working almost constantly, found irony in how much she disliked her parents for doing the same thing.

3.      What task did Carine and her husband take on for the family after learning that Chris McCandless had died.?

Chris’s death and how he grief persists.

4.      A month after Carine returned from Alaska, her mother looked at snapshots from McCandless’s life.  What is it that she could not understand? She couldn’t understand how Chris cause of death affected their diets, he starved to death  and  family’s grief.

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.

Chapter 6 and 7

Vocabulary

39.  Arroyos – dried creek beds

40.  Bajada – plain, open land

41.  Creosote – a desert plant with a thick, sticky resin

42.  Desiccated – dried out

43.  Geothermal – heated by the temperature of the earth

44.  Hegira – a pilgrimage

45.  Ocotillo – a flowered dessert plant

46.   Snafu – a disaster

47.  Grubstake – money and/or supplies for a trip

48.  Maw – a large, intimidating opening

49.  Succor – aid and comfort

50.  Surfeit – an excess  (Remember Shakespeare’s use of this word in MND)

Reading Interpretation Q & A

31.  Who was Ron Franz, and how did he enter the story?  What does Krakauer think about the relationship between Franz and McCandless?

: Ron Franz is an eighty year widower.

32.  What is Anza-Borrego?: Anza-Borrego  is a desert nature reserve, primarily within the Colorado Desert region of San Diego County in United State. Anza-Borrego is a desert park.

33.  What was the tragedy of Ron Franz’s life?: His son and wife passed  away forty years earlier while away in Japan for the military, leaving him an empty man.

34.  How did he feel about Chris and what request did he make of Chris? :  Franz was thought Alex was  lonely and Alex didn’t have a car ; Franz took Alex’s advice and sells everything he owns, buys a camper and takes Alex’s former camping spot outside the city.

35.  What role did leathermaking take in their relationship?

:  Franz bought him a meal at a local steak house, and McCandless stayed with him for a day, after which Franz drive him to Colorado.

36.  The author gives a brief character analysis of McCandless after recounting that Franz dropped him off in Colorado.  What does the author say about McCandless?

  The author described Franz as a healthy man who had spent the time following Alex’s death in nature.

37.  When Chris sent Franz a letter from Carthage, what advice did Chris give to Franz and how did Franz respond to this letter?

: Chris told to Franz :  “ When I  arrived in Alaska, I will die in the bus in Alaska.”

38.  How did Ron Franz learn that McCandless had died and how did this death change Franz’s life?  Franz heard two hitchhiker arrived in Alaska and died.  He promptly drains a bottle of whiskey in an attempt to die  quits his church and denounces religion.

39.  Why was Wayne Westerberg annoyed at the beginning of chapter Seven?

Because Wayne Westerberg  didn’t know where is he and  worried about  him. 

40.  What is the author’s analysis of the relationship between McCandless and his father?  How did Chris feel about his sister Carine?

His father’s hubris in expecting such perfection, Chris could no longer deal with life. His sister, Carine, she has much better relationship with her parents now and having forgiven them. Chris is able to share his feeling with her.

Chapter 2

11. Why would Krakauer include a quote form another author such as Jack London as the heading for this chapter?
There were referring to the cold hard winters of the wilderness and small change of survival in such circumstances.
12. What is the purpose of the detailed descriptions of Mt.McKinley,Denali, and the Stampede
Trail?
Well, the among of  places are  national park and a lot of animals are staying in there . Many of hunters killed  animals in among of the place.
13.  What was considered to be the cause of Chris McCandless death?
In the book, h e couldn't find food and  he died in the wild.