Chapter 1 Group Members: Sammy, Abby, Brian Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “The more they talked, the less Alex struck Gallien as a nutcase.” Pg.5 “Alex insisted on giving Gallien his watch, his comb, and what he said was all his money: eighty-five cents in loose change.” Pg. 7 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “Gallien asked whether he had a hunting license. ‘Hell, no,” Alex scoffed. “How I feed myself is none of the government’s buisness. F*** their stupid rules.’” Pg. 6 “‘I won’t run into anything I can’t deal with on my own.’” Pg. 6 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. “Alex admitted that the only food in his pack was a ten-pound bag of rice. His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior, which in April still lay burried under the winter snowpack.” Pg. 5 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) **Choose either the epigram by Tolstoy or Stegner Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences) “Greetings from Fairbanks! This is the last you shall hear from me Wayne.” Alex notifies Wayne that he doesn’t want his mail being sent to his home anymore because he is leaving for an adventure. Alex explains that he will be leaving on an adventure and the chapter shows the ending of his adventure. Chapter 2 Group Members: Georgina, Will, Bailey Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “S.O.S. I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED, NEAR DEATH, AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE OUT OF HERE. I AM ALL ALONE, THIS IS NO JOKE. IN THE NAME OF GOD, PLEASE REMAIN TO SAVE ME. I AM OUT COLLECTING BERRIES CLOSE BY AND SHALL RETURN THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, CHRIS MCCANDLES. AUGUST?” pg 12 “In the very rear of the vehicle, on a jerry-built bunk, was a blue sleeping bag that appeared to have something or someone inside it.” pg 12 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “But because he had been carrying no identification, the authorities didn’t know who he was, where he was from, or why he was there.” pg 14 “Virtually no subcutaneous fat remained in the body, and the muscles had withered significantly in the days or weeks prior to death. At the time of the autopsy. McCandless’s remains weighed sixty seven pounds.” pg 14 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) **Use Jack London Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences) Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had The winter kills everything and the wild laughs at mortality The wild got the best of Chris. been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. Chapter 3 Group Members: Kaelee, Alex, Adrian, Taylor Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “It was a different story with Alex. He was the hardest worker i had ever seen. Didn’t matter what it was, he’d do it...And he never quit in the middle of something. If he started a job, he’d finish it. It was almost like a moral thing for him. He was what you’d call extremely ethical. He set pretty high standards for himself.” Pg. 18 “In May 1990, Chris graduated from Emory University in Atlanta...and has distinguished himself as a history and anthropology major with a 3.72 grade-point average. He was offered membership in Phi Beta Kappa but declined, insisting that titles and honors are irrelevant.” Pg. 20 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “By the beginning of August 1990, Chris’s parents had heard nothing from their son since they’d received his grades in the mail, so they decided to drive down to Atlanta for a visit. When they arrived at his apartment, it was empty and a FOR RENT sign was taped to the window.The manager said that Chris had moved out in the middle of June. Walt and Billie returned home to find all the letters they’d sent their son that summer had been returned in a bundle. “Chris had instructed the post office to hold them until August 1, apparently so we wouldn’t know anything was up.” Pg. 22 “It was the first present she had received from her son [Chris] in more than 2 years, since he had announced to his parents that, on principle, he would no longer give or accept gifts.” Pg. 20 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. “Driving west out of Atlanta, he intended to invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience. To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name. No longer would be answer to Chris McCandless; he was now Alexander Supertramp, master of his own destiny.” Pg. 22-23 This quote embodies why he wanted to leave his old life in Atlanta, and what he wanted to accomplish by starting this new life out west. 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) **Use Tolstoy or Stegner (your choice) Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences) “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. Chris wanted excitement that is current life didn’t provide for him. He wanted the chance to experience the world in a new way and he was going to anything to achieve it. Chapter 3 describes the events leading up to him leaving, so the epigram describes why he wanted to leave and what he wanted to accomplish. Chapter 4 Group Members: Jake, Aaron, Zach, Antonio Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “ For the next two years Alex sent us a postcard every month or two.”pg.31 “Alexander is jubilant.” pg.34 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “McCandless tried to start the car soon thereafter, the engine wouldn’t catch, and in his impatience he drained the battery.” 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences) “The desert is the environment of revelation, genetically and physiologically alien, sensorily austere, esthetically abstract, historically inimical…. Its forms are bold and suggested. The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of aridity, high temperature, and wind.” Chapter 5 Group Members: Laura Beth, Kelly, Chelsea Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “He was a nice kid and a good worker: Real dependable.” (page 40) “He was reliable, though, a body that showed up everyday, so they didn’t dare fire him.” (page 40) 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “It was like he was off in his own universe.” (page 40) “When he first started working, he was homeless, and he’d show up for work smelling bad.” (page 41) 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. “He’d get moody, wouldn’t like to be bothered. Seemed like a kid who was looking for something, looking for something, just didn’t know what it was.” (page 42) This shows Chris’s transcendentalism tendencies and how he is starting to 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) **Use the Jack London epigram Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences) Chapter 6 Group Members: Olivia, Mikaela, Andrew, Dillon Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “He was polite, friendly, well-groomed.” - 50 “Franz grew increasingly fond of McCandless. ‘God he was a smart kid. He directs his gaze at a patch of sand between his feet as he makes this declaration; then he stops talking. Bending stiffly from the waist, he wipes some imaginary dirt from his pant leg. His innocent joints crack loudly in the awkward silence.” -52 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “Look, Mr. Franz,” He declared, “you don’t need to worry about me. I have a college education. Im not destitue. Im living like this by choice.” -51 “McCandless’s face would darken with anger and hed fulminate about his parents or politicians or the endemic idiocy of mainstream American life.” -52 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences) No man ever followed his genius till misled him. Through the result were bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformity to higher principles Chapter 7 Group Members: Mallory, Chandler, Sterling, Caleb Task/Question 1)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent positive personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “ Alex always kept things real neat and orderly” “ Chris’s extravagantly independent nature” 2)Put two quotes from your chapter, and the page # from which you found them, that represent negative personality traits of Christopher McCandless/Alex. “Not speaking to your family for all that time, treating them like dirt” “Im going to divorce them as my parents once and for all and never speak to either of those idiots again as long as I live.” 3)Write a quote and its page number that demonstrates Christopher’s/Alex’s adoption of transcendentalist views, as well as a sentence explaining your rationale for selecting the quote. 4)Complete the chart below for your chapter’s epigram and complete each task. Epigram (if it is longer than two sentences, just copy the first two sentences) **Write on the Anthony Storr epigram “It is true that many creative people fail………” Paraphrase the quote (state the epigram in your own words with a maximum of two sentences) How is the epigram connected to the events and/or theme of the chapter? (answer with a maximum of two sentences)
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