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Blogging for Christopher McCandless

For each chapter, respond to two or more prompts.

Chapters 1, 2, and 3 Blog Options:

Respond to an epigraph.
Write about Chris first impression of Jim Gallien.
Using the first two chapters, describe how Chris would respond to
arriving at the bus and noticing a real bad smell from inside?

(Krakauer 12)
Respond to the notion that [Chris] sometimes tried too hard to
make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to
each other so often. A couple of time I tried to tell him it was a
mistake to get too deep into that kind of stuff, but Alex got stuck
on things. (Krakauer 18)

Chapters 4 and 5 Blog Options:

Respond to an epigraph.
Decide why Chris abandoned his car, burned his money, and got

rid of his other possessions.


Why did Chris change his pace and settle in Bullhead City,
Arizona in order to maintain a full-time job at McDonalds?

Chapters 6 and 7 Blog Options:

Respond to an epigraph.
What was Chris first impression of Ronald A. Franz?
Describe what Chris camp looked like in Oh-My-God-Hot-

Springs?
Why did Chris limit the information he gave to Westerberg about
his family?

Chapters 8, 9, and 10 Blog Options:

Respond to an epigraph.

How would Chris respond to a negative letter about his journey?


If Chris McCandless and Everett Ruess met, how would their
views be similar to one another?

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