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jkronstrand23
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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

I definitely see how Krakauer tries to make nature appealing to the audience, to kind of understand why they both did what they did. However, was it t...

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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

You make some excellent points on how Krakauer is constantly trying to nuance his work. He is constantly trying to pinpoint our narrative and show dif...

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RE: Chapters 10-14

I agree about Krakauer affecting the flow of the story. It seemed like he was trying to convince the audience based on his own agenda. Since it is suc...

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RE: Chapters 10-14

I would like to hypothesize that if McCandless survived his travels, he would either continue more reckless endeavors or settle down and write about h...

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RE: Chapters 6-9

Personally, as a person who is appreciative but independent, I cannot even fathom McCandless's actual character if this was the things he was doing in...

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RE: Chapters 6-9

Amalie, I agree that the author of this novel definitely romanticized this novel, almost to the point of questioning his own personal bias. The author...

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RE: Chapters 15 - Epilogue

As the reader of this novel, I have come to the conclusion that Krakauer, in my opinion, was really aiming to create a debate and almost lift the blam...

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RE: Chapters 10-14

I believe the way that Krakauer inserts his travel stories into the novel was unstrategic and out of place. I could understand if when writing this bo...

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RE: Chapters 6-9

Krakauer constantly overlooks McCandless's mistakes and hardships. Especially in the beginning of the book, with how unprepared we see McCandless is, ...

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RE: Chapters 26-30 (261-325; Finish the book)

Billy- Billy committed suicide after being intimidated and threatened by Nurse Ratched. I think this is where the patients realized what an actual thr...

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RE: Chapters 24-25 (pages 205-258; all of part 3)

McMurphy had plenty of influence on all of the other people on the ward. It got to the point that, if McMurphy was doing it, everyone else would be to...

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RE: Chapters 1-5

Everything you stated was so true. It does seem that these companies who produce a product so necessary seem to be the ones upping the price for a pro...

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RE: Chapters 1-5

I completely understand how you are feeling. Tiktok has been embedded in our generation since our brains really started developing, and I think that o...

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RE: Chapters 1-5

I definitely agree with your stance on electronic dependency. School and society really make it almost impossible to go without these devices, because...

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RE: Chapters 1-5

If I abolish one thing in society, it would be the financial burdens in life. Too often in life, people are burdened by the cost of things for simple ...

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