Into the Wild Flashcards
(38 cards)
- author of the book
- has many parallels to McCandless such as their father-son relationship
Jon Krakauer
- graduates Emory University in 1990
- goes to Alaska and changes name
- found dead fourth months after leaving home
intelligent, stubborn, easy-going
Christopher McCandless
- the last person to be in contact with McCandless
- drives McCandless from 4 miles out to Fairbanks to Denail
Jim Gallien
- owner of a grain elevator
- picks McCandless up hitch hiking
- gives McCandless many jobs
Wayne Westerberg
- McCandless’s father
- very much like McCandless
- had musical talent, intelligent
Walt McCandless
- McCandless’s mother
- passionate, strong temper
Billie McCandless
- McCandless helps this woman sell books at the flea market
- sees McCandless as quiet, but outgoing when he is with a crowd
Jan Burres
- McCandless’s younger sister
- very close to Christ
- Married to Chris Fish
Carine McCandless
- 80 year old man who pick McCandless up while hitch hiking
- lost his wife and children
- offers to adopt McCandless
- stops believing in God after the death of McCandless
Robert Franz
- husband of Carine McCandless
- tells Carine McCandless of her brother’s death
Chris Fish
non-fiction
the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay
fiction
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
epigraph
an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc
diction
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
connotation
the suggesting of additional meanings by a word or expression, apart from its literal meaning
denotation
the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it
tone
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
epilouge
a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel
characterization
a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story
biography
a written account of another person’s life
autobiography
a history of a person’s life written or told by that person
Name of Chris McCandless when he arrives in Alaska
Alexander Supertramp
What did Chris McCandless do with his college fund?
He donated it to OXFAM, a charity to support the famined
What type of car did McCandless own?
Datsun
