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What is Buck, or Buckley, was the McCandless’s dog. He was important because Carine believed that if Buck accompanied McCandless that there would be “...no way he would have taken the same kind of chances if Buck had been with him.” (128).
Who is Buck and why was he important?
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What is Chris Fish. Carine screamed and Chris worried the neighbors would think he was beating her. (137)
100-Who told Carine that Chris died? How did she react?
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What is an itinerant carpenter.
“I was working then as an itinerant carpenter, framing condominiums in Boulder for $3.50 an hour” (Page 135)
What was Krakauer’s original job?
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What is being more social and wasn’t embarrassed by wealth. Chris often compared Carine to Ivana Trump and “a rising successor to Leona Helmsley,” drawing attention to her “capitalist zeal.” (129)
How was Carine different from Chris?
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What is burning a hole through the tent. This is ironic because he was on a snowy mountain. (146)
What happened to Krakauer’s tent and why is this ironic?
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What is
How did Krakauer acquire more food during his climb up Devil’s thumb?
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What is Kai.
Her effect on Chris can be described through the following quote: “I had convinced myself for many months that I didn’t really mind the absence of intimacy in my life, the lack of real human connection, but the pleasure I’d felt in this woman’s company...exposed my self-deceit and left me hollow and aching.”
Who was the woman Krakauer stayed with before his climb and what impact did she have on him?
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What is Billie loses eight pounds while Walt gained eight pounds. (131)
How did Billie and Walt’s reactions to Chris’s death differ?
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What is strained due to the high expectations he had on Krakauer. Krakauer was expected to become a doctor. his father never liked Krakauer’s choice of going to a four year college and becoming a carpenter (148). His father suffered in post-polio syndrome, resulting in self medication. When he passed, Krakauer realized that, “His struggle to me in his image had been successful after all. The old walrus in fact managed to instill in me a great and burning ambition; it had simply found expression in an unintended pursuit. He never understood that the Devils Thumb was the same as medical school, only different,” (150).
Describe the relationship between Krakauer and his father? What happened to his father in the end, and what did that make Krakauer realize?
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What is not believing that Krakaeur climbed Devils Thumb (154). The indifference from the other people in Kito’s Kave resulted in sorrow.
What was Freeman’s reaction to Krakauer’s climb, and how did this interaction along with the other interactions in Kito’s Kave affect Krakauer?
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What is a deep crack found in glaciers. They can be hidden from view. He purchased stout aluminum curtain rods, each ten feet long. He lashed the rods together to make a cross, strapped the rig to the belt of his backpack so that the poles extended horizontally over the snow. He hoped it would span the slot of the crevasse to prevent him from falling down. (138)
What is a crevasse and what was Krakauer’s defense against it?
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