The third and last freaking post! Into the wild.

I thought the book was good up until the part where the author starts talking about himself and shifts away from the main story. Almost be the end of the book, he starts like talking about how once he also had a similar experience like Christopher McCandless had. He is basically saying that he went "into the wild" and made if back alive. I thought that was unnecessary. I didn't really see why he would write about himself even though it relates a little to McCandless's story. I though he was kind of saying, by writing about himself, that he survived the wild because he is better. That is what was going on in my mind while reading that. I thought he was trying to say he did better than McCandless and that was the reason he survived nd McCandless died. That might not be the purpose of that part he wrote about himself but that's what went through my mind. I thought he had it easier than McCandless because he had all the equipment needed to survive while McCandless only had himself and really nothing else. I wouldve liked the book better if the author wouldn't have written about his experience.
I wonder what McCandless would have done with his life, had he survived. I thought maybe he would have gone back to studying and then he wouldve gotten a job and created a family. Maybe. I know that Krakauer writes at the end of the book that he was given permission to write bout such a sad story by the McCandless family but I wondered if Chris would have been happy with the publishment of this book.
This book was kind of weird in the way it was written because the author would start talking about McCandless's story, then something else, then about himself, then something else, then back to McCandless; it wandered around a lot. But in general I could understand the pattern. It didn't really have an order or a way of organization.
In conclusion, the book was good except for the part where the author added his own experiences. The book was written differently than any other book but it was still alright.
If took me a while to finish this book but so far it I the second best I have read this year.
Well, I am sleepy now so I'll finish with this.

Response to Carly's response to "Sleep"

I love to sleep, and what carly said on her "Sleep" post.

 I am doing my post wayyy earlier than I am supposed to because I know I won't have time tomorrow or Friday. So, I found this post especially appealing because it is about sleep. Right now it is eleven something and I yearn to sleep early, at least once. There are many symptoms to lack of sleep, much that I have now and will have tomorrow at school. They include: dark ugly circles under the eyes, slight wrinkles under those, hazy unfocused lenses, dizziness, discoloration, and thirstiness. Without sleep, people can look old and worn out. The cause of this is homework and procrastination. Right now, I have to continue with homework and deal with all these symptoms. I might just take a nap...

I am actually really sleepy right now, but I have to do this. I am really tired because I had a soccer game after school and came home late. I started doing this at 11 but fell asleep :(
Okay, so yeah, I usually get home from school between 4 and 5, and I don't start doing my homework until like an hour after, even though my plan always is to start it right away. I wait and eat, then start on my homework and then I start socializing and getting distracted. Or I am just sleepy and simply can't do it (how convenient).
Then sometimes I don't get all my work done by the time I go to bed or by the time I am really tired ad I end up waking up early in the morning to finish whatever I have left. Then there is a problem; I fall asleep during math class, science class and writing class. Once lunch starts I kind of wake up and feel ready to start my day.
When I sleep a lot, I don't get enough time to do my work. Sometimes I just can't sleep at night and so I don't get enough sleep. Sleeping is one of the things I love to do the most, but I don't like it that my sleeping schedule is ruined because of homework. Or because I'm slow at doing it. That just means I have to put more effort into it and start doing it before. Well, I'm sleepy now..

Into The Wild second Book Response.

I found this book really interesting rather than boring. I like it because I know that the things, as crazy as they sound really happened. I like that feeling I get when something happens in a book and I know it really happened. I think of Chris as a normal person. Even though most people would say he wasted his life, I think that going to Alaska was just the decision he made for his own life.
Another reason why I like this book is bevause I like documentaries. I like knowing about real stories like this one. I think that Chria had his own way of seeing things, and he dis not think like all other humans.
I think that Chris just loved nature and just wanted to pe a part of it. He look for an adventure and he got an adventure.
In our discussion, we talked about how his adventure would have been different if he had taken resources with him. Maybe he wpuldve survived for longer. Maybe not. We also talked about his final goal; was it just to stay in Alaska forever or to go to Alaska and then come back?
I wonder how long his decomposed body spent in the sleeping bag before they found him. I know that in the story they said 2 weeks but I think he had to spend more days. It just doesn't make sense to me.
What about his family? What do they think about Chris's decision? I think they really worried when he was gone. When they got the news that Chris had died, I think that hurt them a lot. I also wondered if Chris regretted having gone on that crazy adventure after he had spent months in Alaska struggling to survive. I think that he didn't because that's what he wanted it seems and he never said anything about regret.

Responseto David's book reflection.

During the lit discussion, David had really interesting points. In David's post, I found points I agree with. During the lit discussion, our group, or most if the members of our group said the book and the story were starting to get boring and didn't really seem real.

I believed that Chris had lived an abnormal life because he didn't want to be successful in college but rather explore nature. He ran away from home. He enjoyed being by himself much more that hanging out with the friends that he makes. He donated all his money instead of using it on his trips. On the other hand, I also thought that it was reasonable because he had many family problems. The parents constantly yelled at each other so only his sister was close to him. If his sister wasn't there, then he would be by himself. He was also influenced by a writer named Jack London that expressed the fantasies of living in Alaska.

I think that this book was good, well, it is good so far. I would have predicted different things than what really happened but it is still good. Like David said, I also think that Chris was just one of those persons that just love nature and that doesn't need to be with anyone else except for himself to be happy. I think that some people judge the way Chris was, or the way he decided his life would be because they do not understand that not everyone is the same. People have different ideas of what they want to do with their own lives.
If I were Chris, I would bot have done what he did. He had all the resources he needed to succeed, and I would have used that to become a professional at something. But Chris is not me, or anyone else so there is no reason why he would do what we would have done.
I think that Chris died doing what he wanted. I think he died happy in a way because he reached his goal of getting to alaska. I think he was happy for doing what he did.

Response to "what I want to be when I grow up" by Ruby

I read Ruby's post, and I liked it. She said,

      I was asked once, “Would you rather be poor with the job you love, or be rich with a job you hate?” It was something I had a hard time deciding, and to this day I still don't have my answer. With a job you love, you have the motivation to wake up in the morning and get to work. You don't stress too much on how much money you make because you have an intense devotion to what you're doing with your life. But with a job you loathe, what drives you to keep doing it? Everyday of you wake up and hate your life. Nobody ever sees you happy because...well, you aren't happy! Yeah, your bills are paid, but what then?

She Talks about something I have thought before. I know what I want to be when I grow up, but what if I don't get to be what I want to be? What if there are obstacles that make it impossible for me to reach my goal? I don't want to have a job that I won't enjoy. I want a job I feel proud of. Excited every morning before going to it, like Ruby said.
Like ruby, I love art and it has been and was my passion (soccer has replaced it). I am actually a really good artist buy I feel I have lost some of my skills. I don't feel so confident and good when I draw, (because I rarely draw now). I don't have the time to draw anymore. I stopped taking art classes in 8th grade because there aren't art classes at ASTI. Also, ASTI has been grey but it has taken a lot of time from me. In middle school, I did not have so much work to do. Now, I only have time on the weekends and on the weekends I'm usually busy. Over the last year, I have tried to draw but there just wasn't enough time.
What I want to be when I grow up is an engineer or an architect. I love art, and these two jobs connect to art a lot. That is why I want to work as an engineer or an architect.

Into The Wild reflection

The first part (the first six chapters) of "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer was really interesting. I really liked the first part. Even though the story is true, sometimes it seems like the writes makes some stuff up or kind of exaggerates. I really like the way this author writes, but the book wasn't what I expected. I thought that since I knew it was a true story, that it would have been the actually person telling their story, in this case Alex. I think the book would be much better and more interesting if it was all written by the actual character. Much like a diary.
The story itself seems really good to me and is an adventure I would be interested on doing but not under his same circumstances. I think that his personality really goes with the kind of things he does and the way he sees life is a way different than any other human in the story.
I think that in this book, one of the major conflicts there is is society. Alex seems to have something with society; he isolates himself from it. He lives in his own society. Alex is the one who doesn't like the government and hates rules. He likes to be free and to do whatever he wants, that's why he goes on this adventure unto the wildness.
Another conflict in this book is himself. Not as much as society, but he has or seems to have problems with himself. It seems in the story like he is mentally ill. He might have mental issues and he seems to struggle with his life a little. Even though he enjoys living in the wild.
These are the kind of books I like reading because they are really interesting. The cool thing about books. That are based on true stories is that the events in the story actually happened. There is a feeling when I read and I know that what I am reading happened. I feel impressed sometimes, or sad. Depending on what it was I get different feelings. When I read something fictional or made up, and there are things that impress me, I realize that it didn't happen so I feel disappointed. With documentaries, it is different. That is why I like books like this one.
This book is really good in general. I like the way it flows and everything else, just that if it was written from the character's point of view, it would have been better.