May 12, 1990: Christopher McCandless graduates from Emory University with honors. He tells his parents he is going to spend the summer in his Datsun driving around the country. June 1990: Chris mails his final transcript to his parents and a short letter. This will be the last time they hear from him. July 6, 1990: At Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. July 10, 1990: Leaves his car on the side of the road after a flash flood. He gathers a backpack of items and sets out on foot. July–August 1990: Hitchhikes to California where he meets Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob. Later takes off and ends up in Cut Bank, Montana where he meets Wayne Westerberg. August 1990: Chris’s parents drive to their son’s apartment to find that it has been vacant for some time. August 10, 1990: Receives a ticket for hitchhiking in California. October 1990: The police will find his car and use it for drug deals and sting operations. October 28, 1990: Chris reaches the Colorado River. He walks south through the desert, arriving in Arizona where he buys a used canoe. October–November 1990: Canoes on the Colorado River. Sends a letter to Westerberg. December 1990: A private investigator is hired by Chris’s parents and discovers that he gave $24,000 to OXFAM. December 2, 1990: Reaches the Morelos Dam and the Mexican border. December 6, 1990: Comes across dangerous waterfalls on the Colorado River.  December 12, 1990: Gets a ride to the Gulf of California from some duck hunters. December 14–24, 1990: Pulls his canoe out of the water. Sets up camp. December 25, 1990: Finds shelter from high winds and stays there for 10 days. January 11, 1991: Gets back into his canoe but is almost drowned in a storm. January 16, 1991: Ditches his canoe and head north. January 18, 1991: Chris is caught by immigration while trying to get back into the U.S. and spends a night in jail. February 3, 1991: Goes to apply for a job and an ID in Los Angeles but changes his mind. February 9, 1991: Camps at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. February 24, 1991: Digs up some items he buried when he ditched his car. February 27, 1991: Buries his backpack and hitchhikes into Las Vegas. May 10, 1991: Leaves Las Vegas. July–August, 1991: Maybe living in Oregon and sends a postcard to Jan Burres. October 1991: Arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona, where he works for two months at McDonald's and is given an RV to live in by an old man named Charlie.
Ernesto Arturo Miranda was born in Mesa, Arizona on March 9, 1941. During his grade school years, Miranda began getting in trouble. His first criminal conviction was during his eighth grade year. The following year, now a 9th grade dropout, he was convicted of burglary. His sentence was a year in the reform school, Arizona State Industrial School for Boys (ASISB). After his release from the reform school, he got into trouble again with the law and was returned to ASISB. Once released for the second time, Miranda relocated to Los Angeles where a few months later he was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and sexual offenses even though he was not convicted of these crimes. He was eventually extradited back to Arizona a couple
Chris believes that if he too the ticket from Wayne that would be a shortcut, an easy way out. Chris believes that the voyage is just as important as the destination. One example of this is on Page 67 Chapter 7 “Once Alex made his mind up about something, there was no changing it.” This quote shows Chris’s stubbornness and how he is determined to get to Alaska as he intended, the long way. Another quote showing that he lives to his own words, and wouldn’t take a shortcut is on Page 68 Chapter 7, when Chris sent a postcard to Wayne saying “April 18 Arrived in Whitefish this morning on a freight train. I am making good time. Today I will jump the border and turn north for Alaska. Give my regards to everyone.” TAKE CARE ,
The time this book takes place is the late 90s. Most of this book takes place in the western united states, which is not very populated at the time of the book. “after departing Las Vegas in May 1991.”p.38 “we know he spent July and August on the Oregon coast, probably in the vicinity of Astoria.” p.39. “In September he hitch down US highway 101 into California and then headed east into the desert again. And by early October he had landed in Bullhead city, Arizona.” p.39. These are the places he visited along the West Coast of the United States.
then the town and down till he's in the room with Tom and his wife. In "The
further down the river which could’ve saved his life (Krakauer 174). If Chris happened to have
wilderness. Chris searched for a life without the stress of money or government laws. When
There, Chris discovers that his father lives a double life with his ex-stepmother, Marcia. Chris rages about, “ divorcing them as my parents once and for all and never speak to either of those idiots again as long as I live" (64). With an untrustworthy family, he feels outcast and useless. He then only can relate to other outcasts for the remainder of the novel. When he gets a chance at conversing with ‘everyday’ people Chris rants about how ‘fake’ they are. Maybe his trip was his final destination because he eventually realizes he has nothing to come back to. He never plans for the future, just the present scenarios, like sending away $24,000 to charity. When the trip was coming to an end, it overwhelmed him, remembering all the things he still angers him. The trip to El Segundo, California, also arose a very dark: “Two years after Chris’s birth, Walt McCandless fathered another child with Marcia” (64). Chris feels tremendous rage and hurt by this secret. He feels his life is a lie because unveiling this unpublished mystery brings skepticism to everything else surrounding his inner circle and family. Lastly, Chris is extremely heart-broken that his father wasn’t satisfied enough by him. Chris is the type of personality that will go over the edge of sanity if no one is there to stop him. When he leaves his family for good, he was out in the
This fails to be taken into account that Chris had already lived in a hostile environment of a different kind. Both his Father and Mother were constantly working and arguing with one another, “‘I was always on mom and dad’s case because they worked all the time and were never around’...” (Krakauer 129). They failed to give Chris and Carine, Chris’ sister who he adored and loved very much, a healthy environment to grow in. Critics may say that McCandless suffered from psychological problems caused by the abusive environment he grew up in, yet according to the Joyful Heart Foundation “A Child who has been abused can go on to have a healthy and productive life” (“Joyful Heart Foundation”). Chris’ journals and other writing indicates that he lived a rich and productive life, “I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness.”(Christopher McCandless). Chris would continue to hold a grudge over his father for continuing his relationship with his first wife Marcia. Chris resented his father for his lies and immoral actions; direct evidence of why Chris rejects his parents ' spirituality. In a letter to Carine, Chris declared “I’m going to divorce them as my parent once and for all and never speak to either of those idiots again as long as I live. I’ll be through with them once and for all forever”(Chris McCandless). Walter McCandless’ actions were shameful and dishonorable, and Chris’ abandonment of him can be justified by these actions and their consequence. Not only did Walter have a hypocritical attitude when it came to raising his kids, he held them to the strict and unforgivable expectations. I strongly believe that Chris’s actions were motivated by some type of revenge and like Schadenfreude said “If someone enjoys the misfortune of others, then there’s something
in the fields with his dad and brother when he notices that they are going to be moving again to
forever. On this day, MTV first aired with its very first music video by The Buggles
Christopher McCandless came from a rich suburb of Washington D.C. He excelled in school and had been an outstanding athlete. He graduated with honors from Emory University in the summer of 1990, and soon after he dropped out of sight. He changed his name from Chris to Alex, gave his twenty-four-thousand dollar savings account to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, and burned all of the cash in his wallet. He desired to live off of the land and traveled across North America.
twenty years and returns to find his town and life different from how he had left it. I believe he just left one
There are several messages throughout the book, some being prevalently visible and others hidden. Although Wells’ significant concerns of his time were society and class, he also significantly dedicated on Darwinism and evolution. On the course of the book, the author compares between the Eloi and the Morlocks and exposes their weaknesses and strengths, in this comparison Wells is trying to present the negative impacts that the division of society can cause. He metaphorically uses the Eloi people as the upper class and the Morlocks as the lower class, and showed how the Morlocks rebel against the Eloi and began consuming them as their appetite. Another concern Wells seemed to emphasize on is the Evolution, Wells was against Eugenics, and he thought that human beings tend to become weaker and less intelligent as technology tends to improve.
All in all, it is interesting how the trials of life can lead a person into an awakening that inspires millions. Many people believe that walking “into the wild” to live off the land and find himself alone in nature was arrogant, foolish and irresponsible. Chris lacks of knowledge about the wild was a major factor in his death. Chris did not plan how he will survive in the wilderness without proper equipments. He misunderstood that he would have no problem in setting in the wild. Chris immature manner and decisions lead him to starvation and ultimately death. If he planned it out in the beginning he would have saved his life.
Chris is able to implementing certain events from the present and past to explain his problems. He was able to identify the origin of his behavioral problems, by working through his current story to re-author a new story (Murdock 2013).