Into the Wild Blog #4

To be honest I didn't have a reaction towards Chris getting a job at McDonald's. I just figured he needed money and that was the only thing he could find. I don't think he would have worked there if he had choices. I think that he was trying to settle down because he seemed to take a liking to Bullhead City but it just wasn't right for him. Chris's co-workers didn't know him well and thought he was strange but Chris didn't seem to take a liking to them either. If I worked with Chris I think that I would try to understand him and even attempt to be social. I wouldn't treat him as an outcast and I would definitely want to know his story. I think that Chris got along well with Bob and Jan because they are very similar. They seem to share many common interests and Jan has always wanted what was best for him but ultimately helped him as well as she could. I think that Franz was very attached to him because he had taken people in before and he saw the opportunity to get another kid back in his life. He was so close to Chris and he understood him. When Chris wrote him the letter telling him about life on the road I think that Ron was inspired and Chris was his motivation for a new life. He loved Chris like his own and that is why it affected him.

Into the Wild Blog #3

1. He took a lot of stuff with him but dumped it all.
2. he changed his name
3. he wasn't close to his family
4. Works hard
5. Giving
6. Charitable
7. Optimistic
8. Odd
9. Spontaneous
10. Brave
11. Smart
12. Mysterious
13. Determined
14. Kind
15. Truthful
16. Hidden
17. Solitary
18. Trusting
19. Trustworthy
20. Selfless
I dont think that chris had a very good relationship with his family because he was not too prevalent on the fact that he was donating his money and things then running away. He didn't even let them know he was gone and he didn't want them to know that he was leaving or anything about it. In a way I think that he was trying to hurt his parents because if you leave for a very long time and not come back without talking to your family you should know that you are hurting them.
I think that he removed all of his previous life because he felt ashamed of the life he had lived and wanted to experience more in life. He wanted to remove every trace of his life and start anew. I feel that in a hypothetical sense his family and friends could have thought that the reason he left was because he was running from someone or something, but that is hypothetical.