22. Chris attempted to abandon his old life and seek a new one as a wanderer through the wild. This statement applies to Chris because he attempted to abandon his old reality and forge a new one, and Chris went into the desert to find this reality that he had tried to create.
23. Jan is a 40 year old leather tramp who figured into Chris’ travels by traveling with him as he went into the wild.
24. Chris traveled down the Colorado River to the Gulf of California, admiring the beauty of the surroundings that he passed along his 400 mile journey.
25. His entries are in 3rd person.
26. Chris reaches the conclusion that real meaning cannot be found through materialism or in some cases tangible happiness, rather the joy of living life to the fullest.
27. Chris lived a very conventional life in Bullhead City in which he separated himself from a life of nomadism and settled down in the city.
28. The people in Slabs are very diverse and somewhat amusing, and this is similar to the surrounding conditions.
29. Jan recounted that Chris was very social at times and had a way with animals and music.
30. Jan Burres concluded that Chris would be fine in Alaska, because he had gotten thus far without much trouble.
Chapter 6 & 7
31. Franz asked Jon Krakauer for a copy of the magazine featuring the story of McCandless’s death in Alaska. He drove Alex to Colorado and left him to hitchhike after that. Krakauer thought that McCandless had the biggest lasting impact of Franz out of anyone Chris met during his travels.
32. Anza-Borrego is a desert state park that Chris camped in.
33. On New Year’s Eve 1957, Franz’s wife and child were killed by a drunk driver. This caused him to spiral into an alcohol-based depression until he finally decided to reform his life and adopt Okinawan children.
34. Franz thought Chris was a well-off young man and that he wanted to help him make something of his life. He asked Chris to be his grandson.
35. Franz was a master in leathermaking and taught Chris the tricks of the trade, and this helped them to bond.
36. The author says the Chris didn’t want to be burdened by friendship.
37. Chris told Franz to live a nomadic lifestyle and to “make every day a new horizon”, and Franz did just that.
38. Franz learned that Chris had died from a hitchhiker that he picked up in 1992. It changed Franz’s life because it caused him to become an atheist and resume his drinking condition.
39. Westerberg was annoyed because he was deprived of sleep and Chris hadn’t shown up for work.
40. Chris said that he got along well with Carine but not with his father.
Chapter 8 &9
41. The purpose of including the story of Gene Rossellini was to show how similar he was to McCandless. The author probably included Rossellini’s story to help the reader better understand McCandless’s own position.
42. Waterman was a commendable mountaineer, and Krakauer respected that.
43. The purpose of including Chris McCunn’s story is to give a parallel viewpoint on Chris McCandless’s story.
44. Everetty Ruess was captivated by the American West after he journey there and found a kind of appreciation for it in himself.
45. Sleight concludes the both Ruess and McCandless are of the same caliber, cut from the same cloth, have identical worlds and have a lot of the same dreams.
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