Wayne's 'Arrived In Alaska'

6. Chris believes that if he too the ticket from Wayne that would be a shortcut, an easy way out. Chris believes that the voyage is just as important as the destination. One example of this is on Page 67 Chapter 7 “Once Alex made his mind up about something, there was no changing it.” This quote shows Chris’s stubbornness and how he is determined to get to Alaska as he intended, the long way. Another quote showing that he lives to his own words, and wouldn’t take a shortcut is on Page 68 Chapter 7, when Chris sent a postcard to Wayne saying “April 18 Arrived in Whitefish this morning on a freight train. I am making good time. Today I will jump the border and turn north for Alaska. Give my regards to everyone.” TAKE CARE , ALEX

7. One quality

that both the father Walt McCandless, and his son Chris McCandless shared was their high intellect. “Colleagues refer to him as brilliant” Page 105 Chapter 11 and in description of Walt’s youth “A bright child, and driven he won an academic scholarship to Colorado State University in nearby Fort Collins.” Page 105 Chapter 11. Meanwhile in a description of Chris’s youth he had experienced something similar “In the 3rd grade, after receiving a high score on a standardized achievement test, Chris was placed in an accelerated program for gifted students.” Page 106 Chapter 11. Another quality these two both possess is that they both take initiative. They both seem to pull the strings, and take charge. “Walt is accustomed to calling the shots” Page 105 Chapter 11. As with Chris he showed that he took charge when he was young and his teacher proclaimed “Chris marches to a different drummer.” Page 107 Chapter 11.
8. One instance of Chris’s youth that showed his adult behavior was that he was an introvert, and enjoyed being alone, yet despite this he was still charismatic and friendly with people. “Even when we were little”. Says Carine, who was born three years after Chris, “He was very to himself. He wasn’t antisocial-he always had friends and everybody liked him. . . . He could be alone without being lonely.” Page 107 Chapter 11. Another example was when he was in Colorado when hiking he came across a dangerous route. “I had it, OK,” Walt explains, “But Chris wanted to keep going to the top” Page 109 Chapter 11. In this quote the behavior of Chris’s stubbornness is displayed as well as his inability to know when to stop.
9. The McCandless family all loved and cared about Chris deeply. The McCandless family was constantly distressed over Chris and the choices he made I life, as they knew they could not change his mind on any decision no matter how much they resented said decision. As shown in the book, “And then he left on his trip. . . We had our hearts in our mouths the whole time he was gone, but there was no way to stop him.” Page 118 Chapter 12. These quotes showed the constant worry they had over Chris fully knowing they could not change him. Chris’s feeling about his family weren’t as strong in return. Chris was more distant from his parents, Chris eventually grew a distaste for his parents when he discovered that his father never told him about his previous marriage. “He seemed mad at us more often