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ahamilton24
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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

I'm curious, do you think that Krakauer was intentionally trying to point the viewer in one direction or another when it comes to their perspective of...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

I never saw it this way, with him trying to emphasize that McCandless is just a case that managed to get famous, but is one of many. I'm curious now i...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

I like that you included this because I think it's interesting to consider the perspective of the author vs. McCandless when it comes to what they wou...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

I think that the author was attempting to relate McCandless’s story to the natural call for adventure most have when they’re young. For many teens and...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 10-14

I liked the points you made about the moral insensitivity of including his own story into McCandless's, and that seems to be a shared opinion througho...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 10-14

I think the point you made about McCandless’s purpose being more important than the authors was an extremely good one to make. For the author’s story,...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 10-14

I totally agree with this! Morally, it feels wrong, and for the story, it just feels distracting. I appreciated the author's input towards the end of ...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 10-14

Truthfully, I’m slightly appalled by Kraukauer’s choice to insert himself into the book. There’s a moral reason to it; because inserting yourself and ...

1 year ago
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RE: Chapters 6-9

I think that Krakauer's description of McCandless is too forgiving of McCandless faults, and if this is intentional, it's done well. The way that McCa...

2 years ago
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RE: Chapters 1-5

Yes! I know you're an artist, so you'd definitely understand this perspective more than most, but AI art feels like almost an insult to artists. Artis...

2 years ago
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RE: Chapters 1-5

I definitely understand the desire to leave alcohol and people's dependency on it. As you said, there doesn't seem to be any benefits for anyone who d...

2 years ago
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RE: Chapters 1-5

This I feel like is such a universal one, but no one ever wants to talk about it (really talk about it) so I appreciate this. It always baffled me tha...

2 years ago
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RE: Chapters 1-5

This one is honestly so wholesome and I love it. Food automation is an interesting and semi-complex topic because you think about all the ways it's...

2 years ago
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RE: Chapters 1-5

If I could get rid of one thing, I think it would be extreme automation and consumer use AI. I think the use of tools like Chat GBT, AI art programs, ...

2 years ago
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RE: Chapter Responses

I thought about that too, citizen journalism is a pretty thankless job. As someone who would be curating people's perspectives under a public view, it...

2 years ago
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