AP LANG FINAL

List everything Krakauer reveals about McCandless in the author’s note.

Christopher McCandless as an idealistic, privileged young man from Washington, D.C., who, after graduating from University, abandoned his possessions, donated his savings, and adopted the pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp". Driven by a desire for raw, transformative experiences.

In the author’s note, why did McCandless admire writer Leo Tolstoy?

Mccandless admired Leo tolstoy because she believed in transcindeillism and was self-reliant were he abandoned all of society.

In chapter 1, what did Jim Gallien give to McCandless?

-less than a dollar in change

-a plastic comb

-take a pair of his work boots

-some extra food his wife has packed for his lunch.

In chapter 2, how did the bus end up on the Stampede Trail?

ended up on the Stampede Trail after being abandoned there by a Construction Company then left behind as shelter for hunters and campers

In chapter 2, what did the autopsy reveal as the most probable cause of McCandless’ death?

The coroner's autopsy recorded starvation as cause of death, 67 pounds.

In chapter 3, how did Wayne Westerberg help McCandless?

-picking him up as a hitchhiker

-giving him a place to sleep during a rainstorm

-hiring him at his grain elevator in Carthage, South Dakota

At the beginning of chapter 5, where does McCandless get a job?

a McDonald's in Bullhead City, Arizona

Where does McCandless visit Jan Burres in chapter 5?

he visits jan and her bf at “The Slabs”

At the end of chapter 5, what does Jan give to McCandless?

attempts to give McCandless money and supplies for his journey to Alaska, she eventually persuades him to accept a set of knives and some long underwear.

In chapter 6, what happened to Ron Franz’s family?

killed by a drunk driver in a car accident

In chapter 6, what did McCandless create with the help of Ron Franz?

a custom, tooled leather belt.

In chapter 7, what did McCandless have “ambivalent feelings toward? What did he yearn for instead?

He had ambivalent feelings towards wealth, human relationships, and societal norms. He instead yearned for a desire to expeirnce raw, transcendent experience"

In chapter 12, what was the reason for McCandless’s change during his sophomore year of college?

He became more introverted and alone and he found out his dad lived a double life.

In chapter 12, what happened on McCandless’s first solo trip?

• Nearly succumbed to dehydration

• got lost in the desert

• lost lots of weight

List all of the ways McCandless changes in chapter 12

• isolated himself

• became irrational

• had a grudge against his father

• started critizenting politicians

• simplified his life.

In chapter 13, how did McCandless’s death affect Corine and his mother Billie?

Cori and her mother both lost weight and their appetite after chris died.

In chapter 13, who is Buckley?

Buckley is Chris Shetland sheepdog

In chapter 16, why did McCandless feel he was well equipped to survive in Alaska?

McCandles thought he could survive because he had survived off of rice and fish in the gulf.

In chapter 16, what allowed McCandless to successfully cross the Teklanika river the first time (around April)?

A big thaw in April, the weather had turned cold so the river's volume was low and he was able to cross the telknika river.

In chapter 16, where did McCandless find shelter?

Chris McCandless found refuge in Bus 142, an abandoned Fairbanks City Transit vehicle located on the remote Stampede Trail, which he famously named the "Magic Bus".

In chapter 16, what mistake did McCandless make when trying to preserve the meat of the moose he shot?

The Alaskan huntress told Mccandless to slice it in thin strips AND THEN AIR DRY, he did wrong by smoking the meat, and as a result the meat rotted and got moldy which by then he gave up.

In chapter 18, what was McCandless’ reasoning for continuing to stay in the wild?

Until the teklanika would subside enough to be crossed he would wait it out

In chapter 18, what conclusion does Krakauer finally come to about the cause of McCandless’s death?

Krakkauer thinks MC died of mold on the seed (swainsonine). This type of mold prevents the body from eating and drinking since it's difficult to do so. MC did die of starvation but even though the mold causes starvation that wasn't the cause of his desth, Swainsonine does not immediately kill or cause chronic poisoning but since the body can't flush the mold out of the system it accumulated it.

List all of the theories of how McCandless died that Krakauer discusses in chapter 18.

• Poisnoed by a potato seed

• Confuses wild potato & wild sweet pea in which the potato in which the potato kills him.

In chapter 18, what “evidence” does McCandless provide that indicates he had changed?

• “Happiness only real when shared” this impacted him positively, he was ready to go civilization to feel more love for others like his family. 

 the steps to unpack the synthesis prompt,

1. Locate the Prompt and Context

2. Recognize Positions and Assumptions

3. Determine the Prompt Type

how to unpack the sources, and write the essay.

Unpack the prompt, Unpack the Sources, Outline and Write the Essay (bff and enemies)

• thesis

• claim

• evidence

• commentary; what does the quote discuss, significance, implications, who is impacted.