20 things I learned about Chris:
1. He's stubborn
2. Doesn't like socks
3. Burries his belongings in random locations
4. Loved books by Jack London
5. Worked at McDonalds
6. Became really good friends with a man Names Ron Franz
7. He's from the D.C. area
8. He had a college degree
9. Canoed on the ocean
10. Lived in Vegas
11. Very Dependable
12. Refused to take a lot of items from people who offered them to him
13. Loved the outdoors
14. Liked being on his own, away from a lot of people
15. A very independant person
16. Changed his name to Alex Supertramp
17. Had a Datsun car
18. Died in an old bus
19. He hitchhiked everywhere
20. Never stayed in one place for too long
My reaction to the note Chris wrote to his parents was that he seemed annoyed with them for whatever reason that may be. He sounds like he's being sarcastic when he's talking to them. It also made me feel like he didn't really care if he ever heard from them again. He didn't say "I love you," or "I miss you guys." He just simply said say hi to everyone for me, so I was confused. I think his intensions at that time were to send the message that he doesn't really need anything from them and wants to be left alone.
I think what really motivated him to get rid of everything he had and to start a whole new life for himself was his Alsakan adventure he was going on. In my opinion, I think he wanted to be on his own without the remarks of what others thought about his descisions, (his family for instance). He comes off as very independant, so I guess he likes doing things on his own. I don't know, maybe he just wanted a change because he was tired of the average lifestyle.
That's a good point, with the note. I was confused when i read it. if he's bascially caying good bye, why wouldn't he at least ackowledge them? Instead, its like completley ignoring them, but in a letter.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when it comes to the note also. It was like he really didn't want to talk to his parents at all, but for some reason he still wrote the letter.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Chris was just tired of his average life. I think he wanted to have some adventrue in his life before he died, little did he know he was going to die because of the adventure! Maybe he wanted to see what the world was like beyond what he knew!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you said he was tired of living and average lifestyle. I thought the same exact thing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when thinking maybe he was just tired of that old same life. Maybe he just simply wanted to start all over and live a life where he could control.
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