"Unlike McCandless, however; I have in my backpack a 1:63,360-scale topographic map. Exquisitely detailed, it indicates that half a mile downstream, in the throat of the canyon, is a gauging station that was built by the U.S. Geological Survey." (Krakauer 173)
Topic: Inspiration or Fool?
In this quote we see more on how affected Chris was in not bringing something as simple as a map. He did have a map but as described in the beginning of the book the map was old and did not show of any architecture. This makes me lean more towards Chris being a fool instead of an inspiration in my opinion at the least. Once Chris was ready to leave "the wild" he was stuck by the Teklanika River that was scary looking, especially for Chris given he was afraid of swimming. But had he have had a map he would have saw that the river was not as bad just a little further and that on the other side he would have found the station and could have survived. The story in a whole is inspiring to an extent but the fact that he rally did not put any time into being prepared for his mental trip was the part that I consider being a fool.
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Family Love?
Topic: Dynamics of Family
"The hardest part...is simply not just having him around anymore. I spent a lot of time with Chris, perhaps more than with any of my other kids. I really liked his company even though he fustrated us so often." said Walt (Krakauer 104) . This quote really showed to me how his parents were to him. It makes me question why he would have wanted to go alone in the wilderness leaving all of his family. Also I wouldn't know what goes on inside of the household because there is so much a family can keep secret that noboy knows about. This just makes me more curious and the motives of Chris McCandless adn what he was planning on accomplishing. It also makes me curious as to if Walt was lying and why he would be lying. I am not positive but I think I remember in the TED Talk by Chris's sister she had mentioned an abusive relationship with parents, I am wondering if the dad hinted at that with the last line of the quote "even though he frustrated us so often".
"The hardest part...is simply not just having him around anymore. I spent a lot of time with Chris, perhaps more than with any of my other kids. I really liked his company even though he fustrated us so often." said Walt (Krakauer 104) . This quote really showed to me how his parents were to him. It makes me question why he would have wanted to go alone in the wilderness leaving all of his family. Also I wouldn't know what goes on inside of the household because there is so much a family can keep secret that noboy knows about. This just makes me more curious and the motives of Chris McCandless adn what he was planning on accomplishing. It also makes me curious as to if Walt was lying and why he would be lying. I am not positive but I think I remember in the TED Talk by Chris's sister she had mentioned an abusive relationship with parents, I am wondering if the dad hinted at that with the last line of the quote "even though he frustrated us so often".
Greetings From Your Fellow Hobo!
Topic: Inspiration or Fool?
"You don't need to go to San Diego," Franz protested. "I'll give you money if you need some." "No. You don't get it. I'm going to San Diego. And I'm leaving on Monday."(Krakauer 52). This quote was around the topic of the fact the Chris was going to San Diego. The very next page it is shown how he writes letters to Franz and Burres. He explains how he was living on the streets in San Diego and how now he is a hobo in Seattle! This is more of me thinking he is a fool rather than an inspiration, I know I would never want to be in that position in my life even if I wanted to get away I would always want some sort of shelter. He could've at least accepted the money and maybe I would've cut him a little more slack but he didn't take Franz's money and winded up living on the cold, hard streets.
"You don't need to go to San Diego," Franz protested. "I'll give you money if you need some." "No. You don't get it. I'm going to San Diego. And I'm leaving on Monday."(Krakauer 52). This quote was around the topic of the fact the Chris was going to San Diego. The very next page it is shown how he writes letters to Franz and Burres. He explains how he was living on the streets in San Diego and how now he is a hobo in Seattle! This is more of me thinking he is a fool rather than an inspiration, I know I would never want to be in that position in my life even if I wanted to get away I would always want some sort of shelter. He could've at least accepted the money and maybe I would've cut him a little more slack but he didn't take Franz's money and winded up living on the cold, hard streets.
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