| Chris McCandless's Death | Setting | Theme, Conflict, Symbols, Plot, POV | Characters | Quotes in the Beginning of the Book's Chapters |
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Who discovered Chris McCandless's remains two weeks after his death?
Ken Thompson, Gordon Samuel, and Ferdie Swanson
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What is Bus 142?
It's the old Fairbanks City Transit Bus along the Stampede Trail McCandless lived in until his death, and is now a popular tourist destination.
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From what point of view is the novel being told?
Multiple perspectives and multiple point of views
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Who was Christopher McCandless?
The novel's protagonist and a bright-minded, 24 yr old man who struggled with his own internal conflicts.
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Who said in which novel that "There was some books . . . One was Pilgrim's Progress, about a man that left his family, it didn't say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough."
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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How did McCandless's remains provide a problem in discovering how he died?
They were so badly decomposed that it was near impossible to determine how he died.
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What is the Stampede Trail?
An Alaskan trail that was blazed by legendary Alaska miner Earl Pilgrim that is the site of Bus 142's location.
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What does the plot of the story question about he journey of Christopher McCandless into the Alaskan wild and what led to his untimely death?
Humanity’s extension of curiosity of individualism
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Who are Walt and Billie McCandless?
McCandless’s parents, with the father being a stern man who sometimes conflicts with Chris, and his mother being a loving mom for Chris.
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Who said in which novel that "The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control."
Jack London, The Call of the Wild
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What was McCandless's fake first name?
Alexander
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What significance does Carthage serve in the case?
It is the South Dakota area where McCandless began a hitchhiking journey to Fairbanks, Alaska.
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What are the two major themes of the novel?
Isolation and materialism
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Who is Jon Krakauer?
The novel's narrator and author who attempts to find answers on the motives of McCandless’s endeavors.
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Who said in which novel that "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices."
Henry David Thoreau Walden, or Life in the Woods
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What was the main problem for McCandless's gear that led to his demise?
It was the wrong gear since it not suited for the Alaskan wilderness.
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What significance does Fairbanks serve in this death case?
It is the last urban area McCandless was last seen alive.
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What are the reasons McCandless proved he was going against society?
He never really asked for help or ask for anything from anyone other than rides to places.
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Who was Wayne Westerberg?
McCandless's close friend who helped him at the start of his journey.
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Who said that "For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy"?
G.K. Chesterton
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Why did McCandless go out into the Alaskan wild in the first place?
To live off the land in hope to find answers.
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What significance does Annandale, Virginia serve in the case?
It is where McCandless moved to when he was 8 yrs old and spent his life until graduating college.
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What does Bus 142 symbolize for McCandless?
Solitude, allowing him to contemplate on life and his decisions.
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Who are Chris McCandless's siblings?
Half-brother Samuel, brother Quinn, and sister Carine
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Who said in which novel that " But we little know until tried how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgement forbid as it may."
John Muir, The Mountains of California
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