Referring back to characteristics from Activity 1 in this module, you may believe McCandless is a narcissist. Here are some questions to help you understand this term better. Ask a question: What do you think narcissist means? Word Associations: Of these four options, which word is synonymous with narcissist and why? Derivation: Where have you heard this word before? Who do you know like this? Describe a person you is narcissistic. What behaviors make you think they exhibit this characteristic? Idea Completions: Always needing attention and changing clothing to look his best all day long, it was obvious. . . . Reading (Chapters 1-7) Activity 10: First Reading As you journey through each section of the text, keep your notes, questions, and observations in your Into the Wild notebook. Each assigned reading section will have its own questions to answer, but you will do certain tasks throughout the book. Some of these activities require you to maintain a geographical record of where and when McCandless is in the book. Another is to keep track of the literary quotations that Krakauer uses in his epigraphs. Because you are studying McCandless’s personality to discover why he made the decisions he did, you will keep a log of McCandless’s personality traits. Reading Chapters 1 and 2: The Beginning and the End Note the epigraphs that begin each of these chapters. One is by a friend of Chris McCandless and the other is by McCandless himself, followed by a quotation from White Fang, by Jack London. In your notebook, make note of all the maps that begin the text. What is your assessment of Chris McCandless so far? Keep notes as you read, ask questions of the text, and write down your reactions. Reading Chapter 3: Home Jot down your thoughts on the following questions: What was Westerberg like? What kind of character did he have? What was McCandless like? What kind of character did he have? Would you have liked to know him? Why did McCandless calling himself Alex? Did this make a difference in how he related to people? Reading Chapters 4–7: The Journey
Referring back to characteristics from Activity 1 in this module, you may believe McCandless is a narcissist. Here are some questions to help you understand this term better. Ask a question: What do you think narcissist means? Word Associations: Of these four options, which word is synonymous with narcissist and why? Derivation: Where have you heard this word before? Who do you know like this? Describe a person you is narcissistic. What behaviors make you think they exhibit this characteristic? Idea Completions: Always needing attention and changing clothing to look his best all day long, it was obvious. . . . Reading (Chapters 1-7) Activity 10: First Reading As you journey through each section of the text, keep your notes, questions, and observations in your Into the Wild notebook. Each assigned reading section will have its own questions to answer, but you will do certain tasks throughout the book. Some of these activities require you to maintain a geographical record of where and when McCandless is in the book. Another is to keep track of the literary quotations that Krakauer uses in his epigraphs. Because you are studying McCandless’s personality to discover why he made the decisions he did, you will keep a log of McCandless’s personality traits. Reading Chapters 1 and 2: The Beginning and the End Note the epigraphs that begin each of these chapters. One is by a friend of Chris McCandless and the other is by McCandless himself, followed by a quotation from White Fang, by Jack London. In your notebook, make note of all the maps that begin the text. What is your assessment of Chris McCandless so far? Keep notes as you read, ask questions of the text, and write down your reactions. Reading Chapter 3: Home Jot down your thoughts on the following questions: What was Westerberg like? What kind of character did he have? What was McCandless like? What kind of character did he have? Would you have liked to know him? Why did McCandless calling himself Alex? Did this make a difference in how he related to people? Reading Chapters 4–7: The Journey
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