Blog #5

Just as everyone else in the world Chris McCandless has some positive and negative personality traits. I believe Chris's greatest positive personality traits include:
devoted
giving
adventurous
Being adventurous caused Chris to want to go out into the wild and take this journey. When he made his decision to go into the woods, there was absolutely no way he was going to flake out. He set his mind on the idea and didn't want to give up on it. Chris was devoted to the thought of going into the wild on his own. Before and during his journey Chris gave and cared for many people. I believe Chris has a genuine heart, he just doesn't show it.
Chris's negative personality traits include:
rebellious
irresponisble
reckless
Chris was very reckless and did whatever he wanted even if there were bad consequences. Chris's irresponsibility caused him not to be prepared while he was in the wild. I believe Chris's rebellious spirit caused him death. If he would have listened to everyone and would have done what people told him. He might still be alive.
I think Chris's greatest personality trait that weighed out the rest would be his rebellious trait. I think with this trait, the readers see him as someone who doesn't like authority. Chris wants to be his own person and not someone else.
Part 2:
 Both of them set out on an adventure (135). They were crazy (138). They both had a sence of  unpreparedness; however, Krakauer was more prepared that Chris (139). They both were hard working.  Krakauer went to the most difficult place to climb (135). They both had distant relationships with their fathers and families. (147).
Krakauer did not die on his journey. Krakauer got lonely (138). Also, Chris was umprepared and had lack of supplies.  Krakauer was afraid (140).

Blog #4

My reaction towards Chris working at Mickey D's wasn't very extreme. To be honest, I did not think anything of it. I just thought the guy was running low on money so he wanted to get some extra cash by working for it. But now that I think about it, maybe there was a deeper reason for working at a resturant that is as famous as that one. Chris might have worked at Mickey D's to make a statement of some sort. An experiment almost, to see the reaction of people towards a homeless man working at a fast-food chain like Mickey D's.
Chris's co-workers described as a distant and strange kind of person. It seemed like Chris didn't like them either. He kept to himself and did his part just like the others. Im not gonna lie and make myself seem kinder and nobler then what I am. Let's be honest if I was working with Chris I would think he was a freak show. I wouldn't treat him differently just because he has less then me, that's not who I am. If a man who talked about nature all the time and didn't like wearing socks worked with me I'd think he was off his rocker.
Chris, Jan, and Bob were people with a simialr nature outlook. They seemed to have a lot of things in common and I think that's why they clicked well and stayed in contact after Chris set off for Alaska once again.
Franz was affected by Chris more extremely because it seemed as if Franz was just striving to get a son figure back into his life. He needed someone to take care of and love and to get that feeling in return. When Chris died it was just as if his own son had died all over again.

Into the Wild Blog #3

20 different things about Chris that I learned:
1. Young                                          11. focused
2. High-Strung                                 12. determinated
3. confident                                      13.  He never gives up
4. immature                                      14. He always has to find an answer to everything
5. ignorant                                        15.good morals and values
6. adventurous                                  16. giving
7. rich                                               17. misunderstood
8. he likes to talk about traveling     18. wants to be independent
9. educated                                        19. struggles with who he is.
10. has little common sence              20. hardworker
     I believe Chris's first intentions were to be a different person for a while. I guess he wanted to try out being a different person. See a different perspective of someone else other than himself. His relationship with his parents seem vague at this point. His parents don't listen to what he is saying to them. They are giving him "things" that he doesn't exactly need or want. They are struggling to buy his affection. I wasn't very surprised when I read Chris's note to his parents. I kind of expecting it to read something along the lines of what it said.
     For someone to take that much of an extreme action with their life, they must have had a life-changing or near-death experience. There is a reason for everything. No one randomly thinks to themselves, "Hey, why don't I give away my life savings, burn everything in my wallet, and go hang out in the woods for a bit." It just doesn't happen, unless an event occurred that we don't know about. Like in the old westerns, Chris could have robbed a bank, but got away with it because the sherrif told him to leave the town by morning or regret it forever. Clearly, he picked leave the town but took it to a very dramatic measure and burnt his money along with his identity. Someone could have pulled an Insception and planted an idea into his mind while sleeping to start new and begin a fresh start. But, he couldn't get the idea out of his mind until he actually accomplished it or even tried. Chris also could have just gotten sick of being Chris. Chris being someone he wasn't or didn't want to be anymore. What it looks like to me is that Chris's parents created Chris other then Chris creating Chris. He could have just wanted to start new with a new life and name.