Book By: Jon Krakauer

1. Into the Wild
By: Morgan Whitehead

2. Vocab
Section 1
 Altruistic- motivated purely by
charity
 Asceticism- lack of luxury
 Bourgeois- materialistic
 Contrite- to feel sorry for
 Desolation- empty/barren
 Divergent- Two or more
different paths
 Enigma- mysterious
 Ominous- warning of danger
 Unsullied- Pure/clean
Section 2
 Ambivalence- neutral agreement
 Anomaly- not normal
 Astute- sharp
 Banality- meaningless comment
 Esthetic- characterized by beauty
 Hubris- arrogant
 Idiosyncratic- unpredictable
 Ostensibly-apparently or purportedly
 Scrupulous- very concerned to avoid
doing wrong

3. Section 3
 Acrid- harsh or bitter smelling
 Autocratic- of or relating to a ruler who has absolute power
 Castigate- yell or scold harshly
 Feral- wild or uncontrollable
 Leery- skittish
 Precipitous-steep
 Surreal- extremely irrational
 Transcendent- beyond the bonds of normal

4. Characters
And their relations to Chris MCcandless

5. Characters
Character
 Billie Mccandless
 Walt Mccandless
 Carine Mccandless
 Jan Burres
 Ronald Franz
 Jim Gallien
 Gray Lord
 Wayne Westberg
Relationship to Chris
MCcandless
 Mother of Chris
 Father of Chris Younger sister of
Chris
 Girlfriend of Bob
 Pick up Chris on side of the rode and
takes him to hot springs. Also wants
to adopt Chis
 Picks up Chris from road and gives
him a job
 Picks up Chris from side of the road
 Friend of Chris. Employs Chris

6. Themes
Of into the Wild

7. Themes
 Man vs. Nature
 Father vs. Son
 Young manhood
 Survival
 American frontier