Chapters 14 and 15: Krakauer Interjects
Why does Krakauer talk about himself in these two chapters?
I think Krakauer talks about himself in these two chapters because he didn't want the whole book to just be about Chris McCandless and his family problems and how he died. He wanted the book to have some variety about who and what is going on with the world of climbers and people who like to "live off the land".
John Menlove Edwards said that climbing is a “psycho-neurotic tendency.” Do you think that is so? Always?
I only think that climbing is a "psycho-neurotic tendency" when it is freezing outside and you are climbing this incredibly tall mountain that you know not very many people have successfully done in the past but you try anyway.
Do you think that Edwards defines McCandless? How is he psycho-neurotic?
I don't think that Edwards really defines McCandless because each and every hiker/climber is different. The only reason why I think McCandless is a psycho-neurotic is because he went out into the Alaskan wilderness with not much of anything but a twenty pound bag of rice, some books, a sleeping bag, and boots that were two sizes to big for him.
Chapter Fourteen: The Stikine Ice Cap
What is your reaction to his description of his own climbing experience?
As I was reading about Krakauer's climbing experience, I felt as if I was actually there climbing with him. He uses such great details about how scared he is and how dangerous the crevasses are.
Chapter Fifteen: The Stikine Ice Cap
How is Krakauer’s life related to McCandless’s?
Krakauer's life is just like McCandless' in the sense that neither of them got along very well with their father's. Also they are similar in the fact that their father's are the one's who introduced them to climbing at a young age.
Do you like his interjections?
I like his interjections
sometimes. The only time I don't like his interjections is when I get
really into what he is says about Chris and all the sudden changed the
subject to himself.
Thank you.
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