Question for Into the Wild Discussion

Please remember that you must bring your Into the Wild book to class with the completed sticky notes. I will grade your notes as part of the preparation for the graded discussion.

The following are some of the questions that we will discuss in the graded discussion on Monday or Tuesday, depending what block you are in:

1. Is McCandless a Transcendentalist? Or does he misunderstand their ideas?
2. What does the "wild" mean to McCandless?
3. Why is Krakauer so fascinated with the young man's life?
4. Was Chris running away from society or was he seeking something?
5. What does Chris' story reveal about the American ethos of individualism and self-reliance?
6. Who is Chris McCandless?
7. What does the writer want us to think about him and his choices? 
8. What do we think about him?  What is accomplished by his journey?  What meaning can we take away from his life?
9.  What does it mean to be your own person, to be an individual?  What does it mean to live meaningfully?