I am excited to have SO many parents joining us with our first Parent Read-Along for the book Into the Wild.
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This Week:
- We will be reading chapters 5 through 9 of Into the Wild this week.
- In class, we have been looking at people who make the choice to live on the fringe of society. We have looked at living "Off the Grid" and we will meet the inhabitants of Bullhead City in this week's readings.
- The biggest question students are asking me now is "Why does Chris cut ties from his family?" For most of our kids, this is a little unfathomable (especially giving away such a large trust fund), and I am not sure they are fully grasping yet how totally unhappy Chris was with the "middle class" lifestyle of his family. What would it take for someone to be so unhappy that they would give up everything for a new life?
Enjoy the reading this week!
Travis Rother
I saw the movie when it came out and found the story intriguing. The book does a much better job of trying to figure out what made Chris/Alex tick. I read through chapter 10 this morning and had a hard time putting it down. Interesting history of others who search for answers in the "wilderness" and rarely seem to find what they're looking for. I also made a connection today that I hadn't earlier. My husband and I were married in Anchorage, Alaska in July 1992 - the same time Alex was struggling there. Strange feeling to have been so close.
ReplyDeleteHow cool that you were in Alaska at the same time! I guess I would think it was cool...maybe a little weird feeling too!!
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