Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Day 17

Let us not worry about the grammar piece today. Again, it is not graded just a way to figure out what to do with grammar. Obviously, a little review may be in order. I hope you are keeping up with your reading and post its. If you have not started using the post its, you need to do so. Get to the store! If for some reason that is a problem, please come and see me and I will help you out.

Give me your impression of Alex/Chris. Talk about his relationships thus far and how these relationships guide him. Maybe touch on the theme of independence and whether he may or may not be taking it to an extreme.

55 comments:

Alexa said...

I think that the relationships that Alex/Chris are bad. I don't think that he likes anybody. I think that he get annoyed by most people. I think that most kids want to be indepentent from there family. But I wouldn't want to go to the middle of nowhere. i think that he is going to extreme. I feel bad that he died.
ALexa Rumpz 6th hour

Lauren Dawson said...

chris/ alex is a very unusual person. i've never realy heard about anyone like him before. i don't think he is crazy or anything. i just think that he was trying to find something he didn't know how to look for. we don't know if he ever found what he wantd because he died. he was a hard worker and never gave up on things he started. it was kind of inspiring how he didn't care about his material things. i don't think he he was taking it to an extreme. i mean it was what he wanted.

Anonymous said...

I think that alex is a little bit crazy. I understand why he would want to get away from everyone but I dont think that he should have ran off into alaska. The guy who drove him around and let him live in his trailer and gave him a job was right in what he did. He didnt know that Alex was just gonna run off into the wilderness. I think that Alex took things a little to far though. I think that he definetly should have took more than what he did with him and should have been more prepared. He defintly took things to the extreme.

kristen said...

I think Chris wants to be independent and hard working. I also think he loves nature and different cultures. However, I think his want for independence got him killed. He wanted help from no one. He expected himself to be okay even though he didn't know the climate or the types of animals. He took independence to an extreme and wanted to do everything by himself. His relationships were very bad. He basically wanted to do the opposite of them.
Kristen Pauly
6th hour

Katlyn said...

I think that alex/chris is a pretty good guy. He was nice to the people he met. Sure maybe hes crazy for going on that trail with out the propper equiptment but he was still a good guy. His realationship with his family could probably use some work on. It seems like to me he doesnt have a very good relationship with his family. Alex/Chris i think likes his independence, he leaves his family and goes out on his own. I think he went a litle extreme though with that independence going out in the forest, or trail whatever it was.

Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour

Cherie Stoll said...

6th hour
From what I have read so far, I have gotten the impression that Chris/Alex does not have a good relationship with his parents. He did not keep in touch with his parents when he left his home. I think that his parents may have wanted a good relationship because they were worried when he went missing. They may have not known how or they might have felt awkward trying to build a relationship. However I felt Chris/Alex did not try to build a relationship with his parents. I do think that he can build a relationship because of the relationship he built with his sister and Wayne Westerburg. Part of why Chris/Alex left his home could be because of the relationship he didn't have with his parents. I think it is good to be independent, but I feel Chris/Alex took it to the extreme. He may have found what he was looking for in a place safer than Alaska. I understand he needed time away, but leaving for Alaska ill-equipped wasn't the best choice.

Tim Wilson said...

Mr Kay,

Chris/ Alex is a one of a kind. I think that he is the only person ever that would ask to be killed. He put himself out there to be killed or just die in the wilderness. Although he did die, I think that independence is an important theme because he wanted to do something on his own and he did. So I give him credit for that, he said that he was going to do something and he stuk to it. I wouldnt totally advise him to go to Alaska, but maybe somewhere a little bit warmer. :)

Tim Wilson
5th Hour

Sean said...

I think Alex/Chris is different. He wants to be by himself and totally disconnected to the world. He had an okay relationships with his parent, although he never really took anything they offered him. He had a good friend named wayne, who picked alex/chris up when he had no where to go. I think alex/chris is taking independence to the extreme. Their are other ways to be independent rather than be isolated from society. I dont understand why he didnt go somehwere warmer, like in sand dunes or something.

Sean Deters

Anonymous said...

Mr. Kay,
I think that Alex / Chris is someone who really takes his thoughts, commitments, and his dreams to the highest extreme. He is no ordinary guy. He knows what he wants and he would work as long as it took to get to the bottom of it. Alex / Chris took a big risk by going to Alaska, I'm not even sure if he knew what he wanted to do in Alaska. I do feel bad that he died, but he kinda put it on him himself, I mean he had to pick one of the coldest states in the world.

Danielle Turner
5th Hour

Jordan said...

Give me your impression of Alex/Chris. Talk about his relationships thus far and how these relationships guide him. Maybe touch on the theme of independence and whether he may or may not be taking it to an extreme.
Mr. Kay,
My impression on Alex/Chris is that he is a good kid that just lost his way. It seems that he has good, normal values. It states that he was a good worker, nice person, and didnt quit on anything he started. He got fed up and wanted to be independent. I think he took that to a extreme by trying to live in the wilderness. Alex/Chris put himself in a life threatining situation that was uneccesary. I understand that he wanted to be independent but I think he took it to far.

Jordan said...

Jordan Blanzy
5th hour

Anonymous said...

My impression of Alex/Chris is that he is a little weird. His relationship with his parents was not good. That could be the reason why he left for Alaska. One of the relationships that guided him was with Jim Gallien the union electrican who took him all the way to the park. Also, I think that he wanted his own independence but was not at home. I think that he is taking it to extreme because he went from South Dakota all the way to Alaska just to get away from home. Also, he was in the middle of no where without any other foood except rice which will not last very long. Did not know how to survive in the wild of Alaska.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour

Anonymous said...

I think that Alex is a little strange. I've never heard of anybody just leaving everything behind like that. My predictions for this story is in some way the person that picked him up, James Gallien, will help him if he gets into trouble. In my opinion, Alex is being a little extreme to just burn all of his money, and leave all of his possesions behind to live in the wilderness with nobody. I dont think that Alex knows what he is getting himself into. Living in the wilderness takes a lot of research and study to know what to eat and stuff, and I dont think Alex has that knowledge. Considering he only brought enough food to last him a couple of days.

Anonymous said...

Clare Pathe
5th hour

Anonymous said...

Chris is a strong person and I think that if he puts his mind to something, then he doesn't give up on it. I don't think what he did was unusual, he just made a mistake. I can deffinetly see why he would leave because he was not happy. Maybe if he brought a first aid kit or set something on fire for a signal then he would be alive today. If he were alive I'm sure he would be the happiest person because some people are happier when no one else is around to bother them. He actually reminds me of myself, I like it better if I'm isolated and usually do things myself, just like Chris, he has a good sense of responsibility.
Carolyn Newton Period 5

chris said...

I think that Alex/Chris is a determined and smart kid. But he is to smart and things about things to hard so he makes some dumb decisions. He has a horrible relationship with his family, but has a really good relationship with himself and the wilderness. He seems like he knows what he is doing when he is out in the wilderness. Also he isn't around people that much so he has found who he really is.
Chris
Reid

William Schwartz said...

I believe that Alex/Chris is very weird. He won't open up to anybody and he seems to want to hide everything about him. He has absolutely no family contact. He hadn't talked to them sice after his graduation. He is completely independent. Based on the theme, I believe that he is going way to far. He has changed his name, dropped off the face of the earth, and has no contact with anyone. Even when he does talk to someone, he barely says anything and never talks about himself. He keeps himself away from everything.


William Schwartz
6th hr

Shaun Gerber said...

My first impression about Alex/Chris where that he was crazy but smart at the same time. He is living a very differnet life then most of us. As he moves arcross the country he meets alot of people. Many people are very nice to hime bacause he was nice to them. They take him places and give him stuff inculding jobs. I belive he is taking the though of independence way to far. Its no thing to live by yourself and being prepered and know what you are doing.

Ŝħãûń Ģēŕbēř
5th hour

Unknown said...

I think that alex/chris is a very organized person. Aslo, i think he is pretty smart even though he goes into alaskan wild with basically nothing, he does that for a purpose and still is smart. Also, as Westerberg, said he is very hardworking and does whats needed to be done and so far i agree with that. I think his relationships are bad but help him in terms of guiding him on his adventure. I think that he isn't taking it to the extreme yet. One reason i say this is because he is still some what working when he can and takes advantage of things that can help him. For example, he stayed with westerberg fort three nights instead of the intended one night. Lastly, i predict at times he will take it to the extreme but at others he won't take it to the extreme.

Ty Bouwens, 6th hour

Alanna Nagi said...

I think that Chris/Alex is a very unique character. He went into to the wild, without nearly enough supplies that he should of had. I think that wanting to be on his own, it was got him killed. Maybe, If he could of built a relationship with his parents like how he built it with his sister and Wayne. It may have ended better. It's not always bad to be independent, but sometimes you just need someone there for you. He took his Independence and went way to far with it.

Alanna Nagi
6th hour

Anonymous said...

Chris i think is a very deep person. hes really smart for starters too. hes really independant and brave to be able to go into the forest like he did. chris obviously dosent have a good relationship with his parents. he left without even calling or going to see his parents. it makes me wonder what made his relationship with his parents so bad? so overall i think chris is a very complicated person and itll be interesting to learn more.

Andy B, 6th hour

troy said...

I think Chris is an extremely smart man. It sounds like he had it made for a little while, when he was in college. I think his bad relationship with his family is what made him leave home and go to Alaska. He is really doing a good job with hiding his identity becasue most of the people really bought it. Although, in my opinion I think Chris is taking this way to serious and it cost him his life. I dont maybe thats what he want to do, was to go to the wilderness and live their for the rest of his life and die there. I think Chris could have made better decisions to work it out.

Troy Wojichowski 6th hr

Josh Fugate said...

I think Chris is kind of strange. Chris is a hard worker and he's pretty inteligent. I don't understand why he would just go into the wilderness after he graduated from college. I don't think that Chris is very wilderness smart though. I think this because on his way to the wild he packed close to nothing. Chris's relationship with his parents isn't to good. Chris doesn't stay in touch with his parents and he hasn't talked to them for a long time. I absolutly agree that it is important to be indpendent. Although Chris is independent I think he went a little far. If I got fed up with my life I wouldn't just leave everyone I know. Chris had his own ways to deal with his problems and it was up to him to decide what he does.

RICHARDSON said...

I think that he was trying to find how he wanted to live his life and he didn't know how to do so. No one ever knew if he found what he wanted or what he was looking for due to finding out chris died. He was a hard worker and never gave up on what he started untill he found the deffinet answer. I thought he was very very independent becasue he hardly talked to hes family of friends. For some reason he didnt like where he was going and he thought he would start a new life and br changing his name to Alex. I think he took it to an extreme due to the fact thatr he left everything behind. His scolership his family his money and even his name. I think he did take it to an extreme.

Ryan Richardson
6th hour

chloe martin said...

After reading more about Alex/Chris I have an idea of why he abandoned society. The third chapter explained Alex/Chris's youth. He was too independent, maybe he thought depending on anyone would make him seem weak. He wouldn't take help or gifts, even from the people closets to him, which I believe shows an insecurity of not being able to trust anyone. When he finished school I feel he went into the wilderness to prove the world were all individuals, and independent. To find freedom from the insanity our society creates. He didn't prove we were independent, he contradicted himself. He needs society and relationships, everyone does.

Chloe Martin, 6th hour

ZACK SZAJNER 5th Hour said...

Give me your impression of Alex/Chris. Talk about his relationships thus far and how these relationships guide him. Maybe touch on the theme of independence and whether he may or may not be taking it to an extreme.


I think that Chris is one of a kind. Not many people would be willing to leave everything like he did. Chris seems like he is out to find a part of his inner self. I think he had a odd relationship with his family and friends. I dont think that many people that have good relationships can just pick up and leave. I think that if he had developed a better relationship with family and friends that someone might have been able to supply him with food and warmth on his journey. I think that Chris was cutting it very close to extreme. But however, he had some necesities to help him along the way.

Anonymous said...

I think Chris intelligently stupid.He asthe book smarts but no common sense.Like if you look at life in a way it could seem dull to me.I think he should of went somewhere seclued and off the map like an old home where nobody would find.Thats if he wanted to be alone though.If he wanted to go to the extreme I would advise alternate from alaska go deep sea diving or something.I think he is very friendly and good with people but on the inside doesnt really like his family.He doesnt want the same lifestyle his parents led.I could say hes stupid and irrational but I dont think he was.He just took things in a bad route cold and woods dont mesh very well if he would have went somwhere warmer he may have survived longer.I dont really see what he was trying to get out of this experience though.
Tyler McLeod 6th hour

Hunter White said...

I think chris and his families realationship is bad. The reason why I believe their relationship is bad is because they live in two different worlds. His family lives in a world where people want to live with sweet cars, big houses and live the basic american dream. Chris's american dream is different because he believes that the regular american dream is that people take money for granted. his american dream is to earn money with hard work. These are some of the reasons why chris and his families relationship is bad. Chris just has different ways of life.

Eric Tamm said...

I think Chris/Alex McCandless is a very odd person. However, I also think he is very smart. He has the intelligence to fend for himself. He knew what he was getting into, i think, so he knew what he had to do to survive in the wild. His relationships are very strange too. He does show, in contrast, that he is independent and has the strength to live life by himself. At the same time, it could be a bad thing. Everyone needs relationships at some point to make them happy. I don't think he was taking it to an extreme because that's the way he feels about his life.

Tyler Inman said...

I think Chris is a smart but not very well prepared. He's a hard worker and knows what he is doing. His relationships help him. The truck driver helps him get to where he needs to be and gives him a pair of boots. His fellow workers are like his new family. I think that he is taking independence to an extreme. He wants to go live in the wilderness away from everyone he knows with little food and doesn't know if their will be shelter. I don't think he should of left his family back at home for this no matter how bad it was.

Tyler Inman
5th Hour

Steffie Samuel said...

I think the relationships that Alex/Chris are extreme. I think he should of seeked professinal help. In his mind he sees hes independent and hard working. In other eyes, hes practically crazy. Like, running away to Alaska, thats a little bit off the wall. I think he thinks that nothing bad will happen to him, hes pretty dumb, going off in climate like that. His choices weren't the best, but I think to him he thought he'd be character from that experience, even though it lead to death.

Stefanie Samuel
6th hour

Cody Kabisa said...

Give me your impression of Alex/Chris. Talk about his relationships thus far and how these relationships guide him. Maybe touch on the theme of independence and whether he may or may not be taking it to an extreme.


I think Alex/Chris was a good kid. It sounded like he lived a normal life. It said that he never quit anything and was a hard-worker. I think he just was sick of things and wanted to be independent. I think he took it to the extreme by deciding to live in the wilderness and by giving his money away. There are many ways to be independent other than getting rid of basically everything you have and giving your money away. Its good that he wanted to be independent but he just went to far with it.

Cody Kabisa
6th hour

Anonymous said...

Taylor Dieck
My impressions of Chris thus far are that he is a very intelligent young man coming from a well-to-do family. In relation to his family, Chris diverges in what he thinks life was all about. For them, the concept of making money and being successful was really important. However, for Chris, being broke and an individual was more fulfilling. Chris absolutely went to far with his independence. In being so independent he actually ended up hurting his family. He didn't really seem to understand what money could really do and it isn't linked solely with selfish or materialistic drive.

Anonymous said...

Megan Fraser 6th hour
My first impression of Chris when I started reading the book was that he completely lost his mind and that he needed to grow up and get help. Now, after reading a few chapters, I think that he is very well educated and seemed to be doing well in most parts of his life. In some parts though he could have really used some help. Instead of deciding to drop everything and hitchhike to alaska, he could've like gotten help and not become all independent. It seems like he had some bad relationships with his family but met a lot of good people and had good relationships with them. For example, Wayne and that other guy that let him in his truck and gave him boots. I think Chris should have used his well educated brain and not run off into the wilderness because a few things went wrong.

Conner said...

My feelings torward Alex/chris is that he has takin it to the extreme. I believe this because of many different reasons. One being that he is normaly an intellegent young man. Another being that he doesnt have that bad of aa family. They would probly be willing to support him if needed. So overall i do believe that he took it a little to far. By running off into alaska.

Conner Risi

Hailey Ledgley(: 3rd hour said...

Chris/ Alex seems to be the person who doesn't like anyone. I think he wants to be independent. And doesn't want anyones opinions or anyones help. I think hes trying find something or do something but isn't quite sure what it is. He wants to live life by him self, no money, car, anything. Just live in the wilderness. I think thats very strange. He seems to be very smart, and everything. i just don't get why he would want to live a life like this.

Hailey Ledgley(:
5th

Hannah Ledgley (: said...

I think Chris/Alex took his thoughts and ideas highly too extream. I dont think Chris/Alex has a good relationship with his parents. so i think that kinda made Chris/alex crazy. Hes different from everyone else. He wants to leave his old life by himself. He didnt want to contact anyone. It seems like he wanted to die, living in the wilderness would of had to be hard. He put his mind to leaveing and he made it happen. hes a very independent person, and has a mind of his own.

Hannah Ledgley (: said...

I think Chris/Alex took his thoughts and ideas highly too the extream. I dont think Chris/Alex has a good relationship with his parents. so i think that kinda made Chris/alex crazy. Hes different from everyone else. He wants to leave his old life by himself. He didnt want to contact anyone. It seems like he wanted to die, living in the wilderness would of had to be hard. He put his mind to leaveing and he made it happen. hes a very independent person, and has a mind of his own.

Derek g said...

Chris/Alex is quite strange. It almost seems like he wants to isolate those around him from him. Why he wants to be independent I am almost understanding. The option to go to such is a extreme us unnecessary and insane. But everyone is insane on a level (more some than others)so I won't judge him as harsh. But what he did was the worst thing you can do to a human; extended solitude, humans are the most social creatures at heart, take them away form each other and they really go insane!!

Derek Guckian
6th hour

Anonymous said...

I think chris/alex is confused in his life. He is a good person, but needs to find himself. His relationship with his family is bad, which leads to his leaving. Along the way he meets some friends, but its not enough to save him from himself. He was a hard worker, and very smart and seems to be repectful. So there is nothing to not like about him. Some people may think his actions were extreme, to leave everything behind, but in a way i understand. And sometimes i wish i could do the same thing.

Kaleigh S said...

Alex/Chris is one of the most unique people I have ever heard of. From reading so far, it seems like he had distant relationships from his parents. Also, it seems like he tends to disagree with his parents on many aspects of life as well. Chris's sister and him had a pretty good relationship, but I do not think that the little amount of good relationships he had helped with the negative ones. Although his family relationships might not have been all good, he meets new people in his journey that he becomes fond of. I think that Wayne Westerburg becomes more of an older brother figure to him. The two seem to work well together. When Chris/Alex finally decides to go off on his own and become independent from the world though, I believe he may be taking it to an extreme. He obviously has the potential to form good relationships, so I do not believe that simply cutting himself off from society could do more good than bad. I believe that he is smart, so I still do not know why he made such an extreme decision to do this.

Kaleigh Swanson
6th hour

alex martin said...

Chris/ Alex is a one of a kind. I think that he is the only person ever that would ask to be killed. He put himself out there to be killed or just die in the wilderness. Although he did die, I think that independence is an important theme because he wanted to do something on his own and he did. So I give him credit for that, he said that he was going to do something and he stuck to it. I wouldnt totally advise him to go to Alaska, but maybe somewhere a little bit warmer.

imnewandur2 said...

i was not in class today mr. kay so i do not know what the question for today is about. ill be in class tomorrow to learn...! yay learning>alex warner 5th hour<

Anonymous said...

I think Alex/Chris's relationships were bad because he seemed to cut off relationships with people before he really got to know them. I do not understand why he gave up all of his money and going to college. I do understand why he left his parents because they fought all the time. I can see why he did not have good relationships because his parents did not set a good example on how to get along. Inevitably, this left him really independent and wanting to be left alone. I beleive he went to extremes when he went to Alaska without the right supplies to live in the wilderness. Alex/Chris lived his dream but the dream led to his demise.

Rob Keller
5th hour

Anonymous said...

I think that Chris/Alex is a nut case. The first reason why is just because he left everything behind. He hitch hiked all the way to Alaska and ran away from someone who let him live in his trailer and gave him a job. I think that shows how crazy he was. That and how he always wanted to move on. He was willing to work to find what he was looking for if he was even looking for anything. I think Chris/Alex took it a little too far.

Alex Thickstun
6th hour

Anonymous said...

I think that Chris/Alex is a nut case. The first reason why is just because he left everything behind. He hitch hiked all the way to Alaska and ran away from someone who let him live in his trailer and gave him a job. I think that shows how crazy he was. That and how he always wanted to move on. He was willing to work to find what he was looking for if he was even looking for anything. I think Chris/Alex took it a little too far.

Alex Thickstun
6th hour

Taylor Wattles said...

I think Alex/Chris is very extreme with his actions. He seems to be a very head strong person. He thinks of something to do and he sticks with it and doesn't let any one get in his way. I also see him as a very independent person. Although he is an independent person I think he is being way to extreme. Any person that can go into the forest and know he's dying and doesn't try to find help is an extreme, headstrong person.

Taylor Wattles
6th hour

Anonymous said...

Chris/Alex seem's like a headstrong and smart person. He seems to have a bad realtionship with his parrents but a good one with the people in Alaska. It also seems like he wants to be as far away from anyone or anything material. Like he wants to go live on hi own and prove something to himself. He is going a bit overkill with the whole independance thing. Becuase he is doing it unprepared properly and without the right things. That is probably the reason he died becuae he was unprepaird and under geared for it.

kevin anderson
6th hour

Nicholas Visger said...

"Let us not worry about the grammar piece today. Again, it is not graded just a way to figure out what to do with grammar. Obviously, a little review may be in order. I hope you are keeping up with your reading and post its. If you have not started using the post its, you need to do so. Get to the store! If for some reason that is a problem, please come and see me and I will help you out.

Give me your impression of Alex/Chris. Talk about his relationships thus far and how these relationships guide him. Maybe touch on the theme of independence and whether he may or may not be taking it to an extreme."

I believe, that alex was a very competent person, who knew what he was doing nearly all of the time. he valued himself as a person who was independent from everything, including what others cared about him, which i think is the greatest thing to be independent from. anyways, i believe he values what he accomplishes a lot more than i think we as a class, or as a school, or maybe as us many americans. i know at times, i to do not care about things, but man, alex/chris was just into everything as much as he could be. which, i could only guess, was his passion to do. i believe his relationship with his parents made him be very independent from others.

as for an extremes, I do think its an extreme, but it is an acceptable amount.

huh, the ironic thing, which i just will never grasp upon, is that, i talked half of the time as if he was alive. while i fully knew he was dead.
the thing that scares me, and makes me cry, and turns me into an unspeakable person; is that we can look at someone one day, and you can have an extreme conversation, and the next day, you see them in a casket. it brings tears to my eyes, not only because they are gone forever, but that, well, i just talked to them yesterday. It shakes me to the core, and even as i type, i think of all of those who i knew were close to me, and i am crying right now.

I am crying for them, i will not let go, i will idolize them, and only then do i get to know them better, and only then, do i cry even harder, because i cant ask why. the human fundamental function. Why.

Why did chris/alex choose to do this, why did he chose to do the things he did. unfortunately, just as i cry for my loved ones, for whom i can not ask questions to anymore, i cry because, i will never fully get to understand the things that i want to ask why to.

"If i don't ask why now, i will cry forever"

Nick Visger
5th hour
nickvisger@mac.com

"I am crying for them, and i hope you take the time to do so to."

sammy baby said...

My impression on Chris/Alex is that he has lost his mind. I have no idea why he would want to run away to nowhere. His relationships so far are not doing him any good. He does not know what love is and what it feels like to be loved. He is taking his independance way too far! He basiclly ran away from home and now has no place to stay.
Samantha Casteel
5th hour

Anonymous said...

My impression of Alex/Chris is that he is a little weird. His relationship with his parents was not good. That could be the reason why he left for Alaska. One of the relationships that guided him was with Jim Gallien the union electrican who took him all the way to the park. Also, I think that he wanted his own independence but was not at home. I think that he is taking it to extreme because he went from South Dakota all the way to Alaska just to get away from home. Also, he was in the middle of no where without any other food except rice which will not last very long. Did not know how to survive in the wild of Alaska.

John Mclean

brittney said...

Mr.Kay,
I think it's really hard to tell what kind of relationships he has so far. But, I think that He might have been the kid who had everything, but there was no love behind it. Like what Im trying to say is that I think that maybe his parents didnt totally care about him like he never had the chance to build a relationship with them. With that i think that is what led him to wanting to be independent because that was probally how things were for him, like he had to protect himself as he grew up. Overall i caould understand why a person would want to just run off into the middle of alaska. He might have just wanted to get away from life. that or maybe he did all this for attention.

Brittney Cooper
6th hour

JK said...

John Kent
5th hour

I think that he takes things defiantly to the extreme. The reason for that is that he wonted to be different than his family but he took things way out of proportion. For that he is a very unusual person for his great mind. But any sensible person wouldn't go into the middle of nowhere of Alaska with only a .22, not many rations, and not a lot of cooled weather gear. I think that the relationships that Chris’ are bad. He likes to be an individual and asks for help rarely. It is a pity that a young smart man died.

Hannah Aittama said...

My impression of Alex/Chris is that he is a very independent person. He obviously likes to do things his own way , and take charge if he doesnt like something. If he didnt then he wouldnt have left his home and family. His relationships are probabley not to good since he left. I think that his parents relationship with him isent very good. Maybe they wanted him to do things he didnt want to do so he decided to leave. Personally , I think that he is taking the theme independence to the extreame , since he left home and gave away all of this money.

Hannah Aittama
5th hour

Luke LaFountain said...

Mr. Kay,
I think that Chris is actually a smart person is some repects. He did wht he felt needed to be done to not be so annoyed with the world the lives in and with. He is also a bit stupid to make this so hard for himself going with nothing but simple neccessities. He didnt really take much food eitther. Thats why he needs people on the way so he stay alive until he goes to Alaska and to make it for a while. His relashionships he has with theese people as far as I can tell are pretty nice. He doesn't fight with anyone, and gets along with them. They all seem to like him as well. That one guy even asked him to adopt him. He sort of took Independance to an extreme when he got into Alaska, but until then he was helped by many.

-Luke Lafountain
6th