3. Why might McCandless have remained celibate? 4. What was the nature of McCandless’s relationship with Gail Borah? 5. Describe two clues that McCandless had decided to shed attachments once he reached Alaska. 6. How do the letters McCandless sends at the end of Chapter Seven foreshadow what is to come? Chapter 8 1. Why were many of the Alaskans who wrote letters about McCandless so critical of him? Why were they critical of Krakauer? 2. Why might Alaskans in particular have felt critical of McCandless? 3. What question did Gene Rossellini hope to answer by adopting a primitive lifestyle, and what did he ultimately determine? 4. Who was John Waterman? What happened to him, and why? 5. Describe Carl McCunn. How did he perish, and why? 6. Contrast McCandless with Rosellini, Waterman, and McCunn. 7. What purpose might Krakauer have in recounting the stories of Rosellini, Waterman, and McCunn? Chapter 9 1. Describe similarities between Everett Ruess and Chris McCandless. 2. Everett Ruess wrote to his friend: “But then I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.” What did he mean? 3. Why did Everett Ruess likely adopt the name “Nemo”? 4. What might have compelled Ruess to write his name on landmarks he passed? 5. What did Ken Sleight believe happened to 6. Why does Krakauer include the story of the papar? Chapter 10 1. Why did Jim Gallien think the hiker found dead might be Alex? 2. Why didn’t the Alaska State Troopers take Westerberg seriously when he first called? 3. Describe the difference between the tax forms McCandless filled out for Westerberg in 1990 and in 1992. What might account for the difference? 4. Who was the first person in McCandless’s family to learn of his death, and what about the information concerning the Alaskan hiker’s identity was ironic? Chapter 11
3. Explain how seeing the site of their son’s death gave Walt and Billie solace. Into the Wild Vocabulary Please master the following list of vocabulary on Vocabulary.com. You will get credit for your mastery of the list. List Mastery is due:______________________________________ This will as a vocabulary test grade Chapter 1 • unsullied • sonorous • meandered Chapter 2 • trough • amalgam • permafrost • derelict • oxidized • anomaly • opaque • amphibious • environs • enigmatic Chapter 3 • hyperkinetic • itinerant • estranged • nomadic • unencumbered • emancipated Chapters 4–7 • intermittent • emasculated • indolently • espoused • desiccated • endemic • unalloyed • surfeit Chapters 8–10 • hubris • requisite • contrived • theatrics • equanimity • sinewy • enigmatic • compulsive • copious • circuitous • labyrinth • flamboyant • ephemeral • overwrought • callow romantic • esthete • atavistic • incendiary • brush name • penchant Chapters 11–13 • taciturn •mercurial • entrepreneurial • nuance • inequities • incorrigible • monomania • clemency • lenity • choler •indignation • sanctimonious •hypocrite • obliquely • anomalous • idiosyncratic • extemporaneous • insurrectionists • abbreviated trip • recalcitrant squint • delineating • keening • • fatuous Chapters 14 and 15 • melodramatic • zeal • exfoliated • demarcates • gauzy reverie • desideratum • penitent • inebriated • phantasmagoria • madrigal • extricated • recumbent • chutzpah • epiphany • volition • malevolent Chapters 16–18 • Rubicon • perambulation