Bobbys English Blog

 Trust is built on honesty and being who you say you are. In the book, Chris trusted his father because he thought he was a good man with high standards. On page 121, that trust is damaged when Chris finds out his father lived a double life and had a secret family. This makes Chris see his father as a hypocrite, and that big lie ruins their relationship because Chris feels like his whole life was a trick. Today we read chapters 11-12 and did questions on them I learned more about Chris and how he sees his family

 The film uses beautiful scenery and a sad soundtrack to make his trip feel like a meaningful quest for freedom. Seeing his parents fight on screen gives a clear reason for why he had to leave home to protect his mental health. However, the book feels more like a police report. It uses facts to show how unprepared Chris really was since he didn't even have a map. This makes his choices seem less like a cool adventure and more like a dangerous mistake. Today we watched the film "Into The Wild" based on the book. Today I learned the difference between the film and the book

 As I got older, I realized my parents were just normal, flawed people instead of perfect authorities. This shift made me more independent but also more critical of them. This connects to Chris McCandless in Chapter 11 because he discovers his father, Walt, had a secret second family. Like me, Chris stops seeing his father as a moral leader, but he takes it much further by becoming angry and completely cutting his parents out of his life to head into the wild. Today we read chapter 9-10 and did a couple of worksheets about family and connections I connected the book to real life