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Moose hunters, Ken Thompson, Gordon Samel and Ferdie Swanson ford the Teklanika river in their all-terrain vehicles to arrive at the bus, where they spot a frightened looking Anchorage couple.
- Epilogue
Epilogue - Into the Wild: Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis -...
- Chapter 10
Through local and national media outlets, Jim Gallien and...
- Themes
When news of McCandless's death of apparent starvation...
- Characters
Characters - Into the Wild: Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis -...
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The Moose. In the Alaskan bush, Chris accomplishes an...
- Author's Note
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Into the...
- Plot Summary
Later that year, in September, a trio of moose hunters, a...
- Alaska
Alaska - Into the Wild: Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis -...
- Epilogue
- Summary: Chapter 1
- Summary: Chapter 2
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Outside Fairbanks, Alaska, an electrician named Jim Gallien picks up a teenage hitchhiker who introduces himself as Alex. Gallien is concerned that Alex, who claims to be 24, is underprepared for the several months’ stay he plans in Alaska’s Denali National Park. Gallien asks Alex questions about his hunting license, since the young man is carrying...
The narrator relates the history of an abandoned school bus located on a remote section of the Stampede Trail in Denali National Park. Once in service in Fairbanks, the bus was bought and converted to workers’ housing, then left behind as shelter for hunters and campers after the construction project was abandoned due to lack of funds. Such is its ...
The opening of Into the Wild establishes a number of narrative expectations and introduces its protagonist, Christopher McCandless. It reveals his objective of living for an extended time in Denali National Park, and also hints at the consequences that may await him. The narration begins through the perspective of a stranger who encounters McCandle...
Two of the hunters who discovered McCandless’ body believed that the large animal he shot was not a moose. What did they think it was? What did it really turn out to be, and what did that prove?
Jan 13, 1996 · "In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later his decomposed body was found by a party of moose hunters." pg 10, ebook. For much of the book, Krakauer tries to figure out what ultimately ended McCandless's life.
A summary of Chapter 17 in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Into the Wild and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Krakauer beings by explaining the scene at which the moose hunters found him, “A few hundred yards beyond the river the trail disappeared” (Krakauer 12). Krakaurer’s use of description enables readers to visualize the scene better and create a major sense of trust between the author and reader.
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