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Itinerant

Itinerant. An  itinerant  is a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home. Into the Wild.

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Itinerant

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  1. Itinerant • An itinerant is a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home.

  2. Into the Wild • After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life..

  3. Christopher Johnson McCandless • Born: February 12, 1968 • Died: August 1992 (aged 24)Stampede Trail, Alaska, United States • Body discovered: September 6, 1992

  4. Into the Wild—A deeper look -Reader will think deeply about human motivation and understand something about the complexity of maturity -Investigate Christopher McCandless—he was an avid reader of American Transcendenalists and Russian novelists. - Transcendentalism: group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in early 19th cent. Known for protest against general state of culture and society. Spiritual “transcends” they physical and is only realized through intuition rather than doctrines

  5. McCandless continued - He used writers ideas such as Tolstoy, Emerson, Thoreau, and Jack London to form his life philosophy and he often twisted their idealism - As you read, you must evaluate and think about the choices McCandless has, the decisions he makes, and the mistakes and misjudgments that resulted…

  6. Author’s NoteGuiding Questions • Should we admire McCandless for his courage and noble ideas? • Was he a reckless idiot? • Was he crazy? • Was he an arrogant and stupid narcissist?

  7. Christopher McCandless

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