Assignment # 8: Chapter 3, Question 2

Understanding Chris

1. His full name is Christopher Johnson McCandless.
2. He grew up in an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C..
3. He was an elite athlete.
4. He was a very intelligent, bright man.
5. He was said to be a very handsome man.
6. He was nearsighted and wore steel-rimmed glasses.
7. He was a very hard, determined worker.
8. He admired the writing of Leo Tolstoy and follows his asceticism.
9. He had a stubborn idealistic viewpoint.
10. He graduated with honors from Emory University in the summer of 1990.
11. He donated his entire balance of twenty-four-thousand-dollar savings account for college to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger.
12. He burned all of the cash in his wallet before moving away.
13. He hitchhicked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley.
14. The only source of food Chris brought on his hiking trip was a ten-pound bag of rice.
15. He read a lot and used big words when he talked.
16. He had seven brothers and sisters, his mother's name was Billie, and his father's name was Walt.
17. He was really close with his sister, Carine.
18. He was found dead in a bus in the month of August in 1992.
19. He changed his name to Alexander Supertramp.
20. He receieved a job from Westerberg to help him provide for himself.