What is the purpose of into the wild?
Jon Krakauer’s purpose for writing “Into the Wild” was to explain exactly what happened to Chris on the trail and find a motive for why Chris decided to do this. Jon Krakauer intended to motivate young readers to shed society’s materialism and do what makes them happy by providing justification for Chris’s actions.
How did Carine find out about Chris?
Carine and her husband were notified of Chris’s death shortly after his body was discovered in the Sushana River bus. They traveled to Alaska to bring home Chris’s ashes, in Carine’s knapsack.
How did Carine react to the news that Chris was dead?
He understands Chris. How did Carine react to the news that Chris was dead? she screamed and cried hysterically for hours and refused to be comforted. What was Billie McCandless’s reaction to Chris’ death?
What was the relationship like between Chris and Carine?
Little Sister We also learn that Carine, like Chris, ”is energetic and self-assured, a high achiever, quick to state an opinion. ” The two also share in common the fact that they both fought bitterly with their parents as adolescents.
Who does Chris meet up with again at the slabs?
Jan Burres
Why did Ronald Franz write a letter to Outside magazine?
Franz requested the January 1993 issue of outside magazine, which featured a cover story about McCandless’ death. On page 48, Krakauer says that the writer received the letter because we was the one who was doing the piece on McCandless.
How did Franz learn about Alex’s death?
Franz waits for McCandless’s return, but one day when he picks up two hitchhikers and tells them about his friend “Alex,” they tell him that they just read an article in Outside magazine about it, and he’s dead.
What did Krakauer learn about Chris when he visited Franz?
When Krakauer visits Franz, he discovers how Franz and McCandless meet. It is from Franz that Krakauer learns of McCandless death, news of which Franz heard from hitchhikers while Franz was living in a camper at McCandless’s old camp site.
What did Franz think Alex did not have?
Franz did not think Alex had an education. I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I’m living like this by choice.”
What did Alex Chris abandon at the beginning of Chapter 4?
An abandoned Datsun. What did Chris realize afer he decided to abandon his once beloved Datsun? He is free now that his main possessions are gone.