After reading Chapter 1 of Into the Wild, consider your first impression of Christopher McCandless. Based solely on the events and details presented in this opening chapter, do you believe McCandless truly understood the risks he was taking when he entered the Alaskan wilderness? Why or why not?

Prompt: After reading Chapter 1 of Into the Wild, consider your first impression of Christopher McCandless. Based solely on the events and details presented in this opening chapter, do you believe McCandless truly understood the risks he was taking when he entered the Alaskan wilderness? Why or why not?

Prompt Response: Based on what little we went over, I feel that Chris McCandless did understand what he would face when he entered the Alaskan wilderness. I think that because he knew of the dangers he almost wanted to die or put himself in a position where death was a likely outcome for a reasons unknown. Due to him traveling across many other places in America with the same resources he had in Alaska, I don't think it's reasonable to assume he didn't know what he was doing.

Summary: Today in class we were introduced to the book "Into the Wild."

Reflection: I think the book is going to be very interesting and I'm excited to find out exactly why he did what he did. I found the activity where we got to choose our supplies to be fun.

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