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Chapter and page #	Quote
Chapter 1, page 4	"Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build, he claimed to be twenty-four years old and said he was from South Dakota."	He lied about where he was from so no one would find out where he was, or who he was.
Chapter 1 page 5	"Gallien thought that the hitch hiker’s scheme was foolhardy and tried repeatedly to dissuade him."	Gallien knew he wasn’t ready for the wilderness of Alaska. He didn’t have any experience or supplies for this hike.
Chapter 2,page 12	“SOS, I need your help I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries and will return this evening. Chris Candles”	This shows that Chris isn’t always fearless and can’t always be independent. He needs help.
Chapter 3, page 18	“…he never quit in the middle of something. If he started a job, he’d finish…”	He was always good at working, he never quit, always determined.
Chapter 3 page	“He read a lot. Used a lot of big words.”	He was very smart and advanced in his studies; he was always top of his class.
Chapter 4,page 29	"McCandless tramped around the West for the next two months, spellbound by the scale and power of the landscape, thrilled by minor brushes with the law, savoring the intermittent company of other vagabonds he met along the way."	He enjoyed being by himself in nature. He embraced the wilderness
Chapter 4, page 31	"He made a point of staying in touch."	He wanted to stay in touch with his family.
Chapter 5, page  44	"He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn't a hermit. He did a lot of socializing.	He liked being by himself, but he did a lot of socializing when he was around others.
Chapter 5, page 46	"He was smart. He'd figured out how to paddle a canoe down to Mexico, how to hop freight trains, how to score a bed at inner-city missions. He figured all of that out on his own, and I felt sure he'd figure out Alaska too."	He was smart and very determined. He never gave up.
Chapter 6, page 52	“McCandless's face would darken with anger and he'd fulminate about his parents or politicians or the endemic mainstream American life."	He was very emotional against certain topics; he had an argument for everything.
Chapter 6 ,page 50	‘He seemed extremely intelligent,’ Franz states.”	He was very smart.
Chapter 7, page 65	remained largely or entirely celibate, as chaste as a monk	He respected his life god gave him.
Chapter 7, page  68	“I noticed he was crying. He wasn’t planning on being gone all that long. I figured he wouldn’t have been crying unless he intended to take some big risks  and he knew he might not be coming back”	He knew he could possibly die in the wilderness alone
Chapter 8 , page 85	"Like Rossellini and Waterman, McCandless was a seeker and had an impractical fascination with the harsh side of nature. Like Waterman and McCunn, he displayed a staggering paucity of common sense. But unlike Waterman, McCandless wasn't mentally ill. And unlike McCunn, he didn't go into the bush assuming someone would automatically appear to save his bacon before he came to grief."	He was just like the others who tried to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. He was intelligent and was obsessed with nature, but was fully aware of what could happen next. Such as dyeing.
Chapter 8 page 71	“Why would anyone intending to ‘live off the land for a few months’ forget Boy Scout rule number: Be Prepared?	Chris didn’t want to be tied down by any rule or limits, just be free.
Chapter 9, page 96	"...it sounds like this McCandless kid was like that: We like companionship, but we can't stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost, come back for a while, and then get the hell out again."	He didn’t mind being with people, until they annoyed home or he wanted to be alone again.
Chapter 9 , page 91	"I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it.	Chris didn’t like the way society was maintined.
Chapter 10, page 101	"Address: none of your damn business. Social security number: I forgot"	He didn’t really care what he was doing or what was going anymore.
Chapter 10 , page 102	'Chris almost always had short hair and was clean-shaven. And the face in the picture was extremely gaunt."-Sam McCandless	Chris changed from when he was with his family, to when he was in the wild.
Chapter 11,page 109	Chris was a high achiever in almost everything that caught his fancy	He was very intelligent.
Chapter 11, page 106	“He was underweight, but healthy and animated.”	He was a little scrawny boy.
Chapter 12, page 118	Chris was good at almost everything he tried,’ Walt reflects, ‘which made him supremely overconfident.’”	He was determined and successful.
Chapter 12,page 120	He would be generous and caring to a fault, but he had a darker side as well, characterized by monomania, impatience, and unwavering self-absorption, qualities that seemed to intensify through his college years."	Chris had a awesome personality but some times could change from his co called dark side.
Chapter 13,page 131	"His name was printed wrong. The label said CHRISTOPHER R. MCCANDLESS. His middle initial is really J. It ticked me off that they didn't get it right. I was mad. Then I thought, 'Chris wouldn't care. He'd think it was funny.'	Chris didn’t get hung up on the little things, he would of actually thought it was funny.
Chapter 13,page 128	Chris was crazy about Buck.” Carine says. “That summer he disappeared he’d wanted to take Buck with him”	Chris loved buck.
Chapter 16, pages 158-159	"He was a dandy kid. Real courteous, and he didn't cuss or use a lot of that there slang. You could tell he came from a nice family." -Gaylord	He was very kind and respectful of others around him.
Chapter 16,page 158	“Alex was clean-shaven and had short hair, and I could tell by the language he used that he was a real sharp fella. He wasn’t what you’d call a typical hitch hiker.”	He was well kept until he came into the wild.
Chapter 17,page 184	"He demanded much of himself- more, in the end, then he could deliver"	He was determined to survive.
Chapter 17,page 173	He was looking for more adventure and freedom than today’s society gives people.’”	He didn’t want to be a part of this human society, with rules and restrictions, he wanted to be free.
Chapter 18,page 197-198	"Chris would never, ever, intentionally burn down a forest, not even to save his life. Anybody who would suggest otherwise doesn't understand the first thing about my brother.	He loved nature to much to harm it in any way, he was very caring.
Chapter 18,page 190	"He is smiling in the picture, and there is no mistaking the look in his eyes: Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as a monk gone to God."	He was ok with dying, because he was dying from what he really wanted in life

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