Monday, March 21, 2011

Characterization Chart

By the end of Into the Wild. I thought that Chris was unjustified in his trip to Alaska that ultimately ended his life. Chris had reason to mad at his parents but he kept that anger inside and didn't communicate and let his parents know why he was mad. By doing this,Chris seemed like he almost wanted to stay mad at his parents. He wanted to show them that what they did was wrong in a drastic way.

I don't think Chris was at all crazy. He just had a rather big ego. He though that he could survive and take care of himself. He wasn't trying to end his life by going into Alaska unprepared, he was trying to get his parent's attention and respect. He was defying them and all of humanity for their social injustice.


Page
Chapter
Quote/Characterization
Conclusion
4
1
"Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build, he[Chris] claimed to be twenty-four years old."

5
1
"He was congenial and seemed well educated."

6
1
"I won't run into anything I can't deal with on my own."-Alex
He is a proud person because he won't let anyone help him.
16
3
There was something about the youngster's eyes. Dark and emotive...and conveyed a vulnerability that made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing."

18
3
Alex always finished jobs.
He was a hard and dedicated worker.
21
3
He wouldn't accept gifts.
He felt that everything should be earned.
30
4
Ernie didn't pay Alex for working so he left.
He is not naïve.
31
4
"He made a point of staying in touch."
He was dedicated.
35
4
Alex was thrown off course when he was trying to get to the ocean many times. One time he was in a really bad swamp and continued through it to get where he wanted to be.
He is really persistent.
42
5
"Didn't like to be around too many people, though. Temperamental."

44
5
"He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn't a hermit. He did a lot of socializing.

45
5
"He had an amazing voice."

51
6
Alex would lecture Franz about the shortcomings of his life.
He is bold because he didn't care if what he was doing was socially acceptable, he wanted what he felt was the best to be carried out.
52
6
Alex would rant and yell and scream about things that made him angry.
He had a passion for justice.
54
6
Chris called Franz when he needed a ride.
He is not afraid to ask for something. (Though I feel he could have gotten a ride, so this only applies when he knows he could have gotten what he wanted without anyone's help.)
55
6
Chris would not let Franz adopt him and kept him at arm's length away.
Chris didn't want to have anything expected from him and wanted to have nothing keeping him attached to one place.
62
7
"'He definitely wasn't what you'd call mechanically minded.' Nor was McCandless endowed with a surfeit of common sense."

64
7
Both father and son were stubborn and high strung.

65
7
"You could tell he didn't take relationships lightly."
He looked for a deeper meaning in the way people interacted with one another.
67
7
"Unlike most of us, he was the sort of person who lived out his beliefs."
Alex didn't want to be a hypocrite.  He thought that beliefs had no purpose without works to back them.
91
9
"After all the lone trail is the best"-Everett Ruess
Jon Krakauer believed that Chris felt the same way. Chris liked to be alone most of all.
91
9
"I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it." - Everett Ruess
Chris., like Everett, didn't like the way of society and wanted to be fulfilled.
101
10
Chris lied on his forms for a job for Westerberg saying his address was "Non e of your damn business."
Chris has a sense of human but is angered by prying people.
102
10
"Chris almost always had short hair and was clean shaven."

111
11
"He resisted instruction of any kind."
He was strong willed, rebellious, and stubborn.
113
11
He would spend his Friday nights with those living on the streets.
He didn't care about social barriers and considered all people equal.
118
12
Before Chris disappeared, he was drunk and told his father how much he appreciated him.
Chris has respect that he doesn't voice because of his pride.
118
12
"Chris was good at almost everything he tried which made him supremely overconfident."

119
12
"If you attempted to talk him out of something, he wouldn't argue. He'd just nod politely and then do exactly what he wanted."
Chris thinks that he can handle himself and knows what is best for him. He's kind of arrogant.
128
13
"Chris didn't think twice about risking his own life, but he never would have put Buckley in any kind of danger."
Chris has respect for life. He can push his own personal limits but he won't make someone endanger his life for his sake.
129
13
"Like Chris, Carine is energetic and self-assured, a high achiever, quick to state an  opinion."

159
16
"He wanted to prove to himself that he could make it on his own, without anybody else's help."
Alex feels like he has to prove his independence from his family, his father.
166
16
Alex wasn't sure if he wanted to kill animals and was leaning on no.
Alex cares about creatures of the earth and did not consider himself superior to them.
167
16
Alex read something by Thoreau and decided that eating animals was a bad thing.
He is easily persuaded by those that he admires.
170
16
Alex decides not to try to cross the river when he knows it may kill him.
He is able to put his life value in front of pride.
174
17
"He was looking for more adventure and freedom than today's society gives people."

174
17
Chris got rid of his map of Alaska.
He was reckless and didn't think things through.
189
18
"HAPPINESS ONLY WHEN SHARED."
Chris learned to treasure others and the human need for interaction.
199
18
Chris was smiling in his last picture before he died.
Even when he was suffering, he was happy and proud of himself for how far he'd gotten. He followed his dream and didn't look back with regrets.

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