Students received the following handout yesterday…Due at the end of class today. Homework due for tomorrow is at bottom of this blog post.

Wesley

November 18, 2015 …To Be Completed by the end of class tomorrow

Into the Wild- Jon Krakauer

Assignment #7- Chapters 13-14 (127-144)

Vocabulary : On a separate sheet of paper, write down the word, part of speech, the sentence and page # where the word occurs, the and definition.

recalcitrant                               diorite

gregarious                                demarcate

keening                                    madrigal

fatuous                                    strata

Discussion Questions

As you read, answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper. Be thoughtful and thorough in your answers.  You don’t need complete sentences, but complete answers. 

1.        Would having Buckley along have made any difference in any of Chris’s decisions?

2.        What similarities does the author see between himself and Chris?

3.        Is chapter 14 effective?  Does the author’s digression into his own life add to Chris’s story or detract from it? Considering the insertion of this chapter as a rhetorical strategy (longer personal anecdote), consider how Krakauer might have felt it would help the reader understand Chris or people with similar personalities and ambitions.

4.        What about climbing a peak/mountain appeals to an individual?  Does it appeal to you?  Why or why not?

Homework:

Into the Wild- Jon Krakauer

Assignment #8- Chapters 15 (144-156)

Vocabulary: Vocabulary : On a separate sheet of paper, write down the word, part of speech, the sentence and page # where the word occurs, the and definition.

Demeanor

Hectored

Calamitous

Insubstantial

Discussion Questions

As you read, answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper. Be thoughtful and thorough in your answers.  You don’t need complete sentences, but complete answers. 

1. What type of relationship does Krakauer have with his father?  How is it similar to Chris and Walt’s relationship?  How is it different?
2. How does this chapter relate to the rest of the book? 
3. A quote on page 155 says, “It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.”  Does this quote seem to have a ring of truth to it?  Does it apply to you?  Why or why not?
4. What similarities and very important differences with Chris McCandless does Krakauer list in this chapter?
5. Krakauer believes it is not some suicidal tendencies that cause Chris and himself to push the boundaries of nature but rather something infinitely more important, what is it?  Do you agree with him?