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Cla (Wednesday 3/4)
1.Why did Chris want to go to Alaska?
The reason Chris went to Alaska was that he was tired of his family and the so called sick society.It’s a kind of escaping.What Chris wanted was absolute freedom.His parents didn’t have a good relationship.Chris’s memory about his family was filled with quarreling and violence.The memory was just like a nightmare that he couldn’t get rid of.He thought his parents were living their life with masks.Further more the whole society was sick in his eyes.It was full of obligations laws and hypocrite.He was a perfect student who was being admitted by Harvard law.However, he himself just treated his school work as dull and boring duty.It’s just a kind of obligation.He just completed his school work under the preure of his family, religions and society.He wanted to get away from all of these.He wanted to be Alaska living with nothing, just being there in that moment, in that special place and time.Chris wanted to be Alaska to get rid of his family and the society so as to acquire absolute freedom.
2.Is Christopher McCandle an inspirational hero or a naïve fool? Why?
Christopher Mccandle is an inspirational hero.He is an inspirational hero both physically and mentally.First, he had striking physical strength.He had been in South Dakota and tried rapids in Colorado River all the way down through the Grand Canyon.He even went to Mexico before reaching his spiritual destination Alaska.Second, he could distinguish love from hatred, good from bad.He knew what he wanted clearly.He could spare no efforts to seek his dream.Third, in my opinion a man who can put his great dream into practice is a hero.No doubt Chris made it! To some degree, it was a sick world.Many people may saw the evil side of the world.However rare persons could speak out, let alone showed off their blood and fire.Chris made it! Chris was a strong giant who was bold enough to have a dream against the society.He was also a person who had faith and strength to realize his tough dream.Chris is a super hero!
3.After Chris graduated from college, he decided to travel to Alaska.If you could travel anywhere in the world after graduation, where would you go? Why?
When I graduate I would like to go to Holland, because I love the atmosphere of north Europe.It’s quiet, clean and romantic.Definitely, so many places of interests are charming to me.The USA is prosperous and full of magic.However, in my impreion, American is crowded and noisy as well as the main part of Europe.I want to travel to someplace which can clear my spirit and bring me the beauty of nature.I would like to live in a farm in Holland.There will be a windmill on the farm.I would get up early to breathe the clear air.I will lose myself in the scenery of sun rise and the countle roses on the farm.All of these scenery will bring me absolute relax throughout my whole body.I would like to travel to Holland to clear my spirit and feel the quiet beauty of nature.
4.In his notebook Chris writes, “Happine [is] only real when shared.” Do you agree? Why or why not?
I believe in“Happine only real when shared”.No one can live out of the society, even if you may dislike it or hate it.Everyone is a member of society.There you own your parents, your partner and your friends.With all the people who love you and whom you love, you can
share your bitterne and happine.When you are happy someone may laugh out loud with you.That’s good and that’s enough.In my opinion, what we do in life is partly for ourselves.We are seeking a better and more comfortable life for ourselves.The left part is for the guys we really care.We won’t want to let them down.We want to bring them happine.Maybe we could just get great happine from their happine, even just a happy word or a smile.So only by being with the ones you care, only by sharing, can you acquire real happine.
5.Write an alternate ending for Into the Wild.Be creative!
I’m dying! Chris thought.He was extremely hungry.He was faint.He closed his eyes and waited the bus to the Heaven.Suddenly, something flew down to his face.He opened his mouth with all his strength unconsciously.Some liquid flew into his mouth.Oh! It’s milk! Then he touched something like breast, he greedily sucked the milk flew out of it……
After a period of time, he struggled to open his eyes.Everything is indistinct.To his great surprise, a deer! It’s a deer! A deer saved his life! He saw tears in the deer’s eyes.She looked despairing.Then the deer got out of the bus.Chris also climbed out of the bus following her.The deer just walked around following some small footprints, and called with sorrow every now and then.
Chris seemed knew what happened.Her children got lost and she followed the small footprints here.But she still couldn’t find her children.Then Chris saw the deer moved to the cliff.She called out to the Heaven and suddenly disappeared! He could do nothing with a strengthle body.Tears flew out of his eyes.I know what I should do.He said.
Two days later, Chris recovered completely.He packed his baggage and went to the cliff where the deer falling down.He bowed over deep for a long time.Then Chris raised his head and shouted out to the sky “Thank you Alaska! Good bye!” Then Chris headed for south without looking back.
