Into The Wild - Chap 3 and 4 RRG

Hello Seniors!

Today's Agenda:

1. QW - Watch this clip:
What would Chris have to say about this?  Write his reaction!

2.  RRG - Chapters 3 and 4
* Discuss
* Answer Q's in your NB

3. Begin Film - Into the Wild

Discussion Q's - Make sure to have textual evidence and page #'s

1. Who is Wayne Westerberg and how do Wayne and Chris get along? 

2.   Local color is introduced when a writer uses regional or colorful terms to present an image of a distinct area or culture.  The terms “leather tramp” and “rubber tramp” qualify as examples of local color.  What culture do they describe, and what is the difference between rubber tramps and leather tramp?

3.Why did the author say that McCandless found a “surrogate family in Westerberg and his employees”? 

4.   Why did McCandless leave Carthage? 

5. How does the reader know that War and Peace was important to McCandless? 

6. Describe McCandless’s early years and family life. 

7. What clues did McCandless give that he was out of step with the commercialism of contemporary society? 

8. What change did McCandless make that symbolized the new life he expected to build after he left Athens?

9. The head note to chapter four concludes that people go to the desert “not to escape but to find reality.” How does this statement apply to Chris?

10.  What do Chris' journal entries reveal? How is this different than Krauker's reporting?