Remember to read chapter 5 of
Into the Wild, and you will have some time on Thursday to work on your
graded puzzle assignment.
I encourage you to look for passages, quotations that you can use on your puzzle in chapter five. An additional copy of the assignment is below for your convenience.
The Enigma of Chris McCandless
The way
this book is written is very similar to a puzzle. The goal of the puzzle is to figure out who
Chris McCandless was and why on earth he would just leave his entire life
behind (a life of wealth and success and friends and family) to disappear into
the harsh and dangerous Alaskan wilderness.
Since Chris died
during his adventure, Krakauer had to get his story by putting together various
clues. He used excerpts from McCandless’s
journals and books he read as well as interviews with people who met him at
various stages along the way. He also
used stories of other adventurers (including himself) to gain insight into the
psychology behind those people who seek out high risk endeavors or who seek out
lives that don’t conform to tradition.
At times, the main story of Chris’s adventures will be
interrupted by other stories. But here
is your job. As a reader, your goal is
to take the different pieces of the puzzle Krakauer provides and to ask
yourself, how does this help me to understand about Chris McCandless?
Questions for your puzzle
The Puzzle Project: To help you with your reading, you will be
working in a group to put together an actual puzzle.
Step 1- Place the questions in the center of the puzzle.
Step 2- Draw in the puzzle shapes on your puzzle map.
Step 3- Chose quotations from the text that shed light on
the question. Write a brief explanation as to how the quotation sheds light
upon the question.
Step 4- Be sure that you have addressed multiple questions
using quotations from all of the chapters.
To prepare for the fishbowl
discussion, please complete the following: 
Krakauer’s
Story
Ted
Talk 
Krakauer’s Story
Ted Talk 
