How did Wayne Westerberg meet Alex? He picked him up while he was hitchhiking. McCandless stayed with Wayne for 3 days and rode out with his crew as they piloted their lumbering machines across the ocean of ripe blond grain.

Summary: Chapter 14 An avid climber, he decided to summit an extremely difficult peak called the Devils Thumb in the Alaska. He arrives at the edge of the Devils Thumb three days later. As he climbs, a snowstorm begins. He nearly falls through a crevasse before he makes it onto a glacial plateau to camp.

…, the use of literary techniques including irony, characterization and theme convey the author’s purpose and enhance Into The Wild. The author accomplished his purpose of telling the true story of Chris McCandless. He was an eccentric, unpredictable man that led a very interesting life.

Chapter 15 of Into the Wild allows us to see the culmination of Jon Krakauer’s solo climb up the dangerous Devil’s Thumb mountain in Alaska. We gain insight into his desire to take such a seemingly reckless journey through his challenging relationship with his inflexible, driven father, Lewis Krakauer.

According to Jim Gallien, why was “Alex” afraid of water? He never learned to swim. He almost drowned when a storm swamped his canoe.

Arthur Dent

Where God Went Wrong is the first book in a trilogy by Oolon Colluphid. The other two parts of the trilogy are Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person Anyway?.

Why did Chris steal a bicycle in Northern California? The man he worked for refused to pay him. They received a ticket issued to their son for hitchhiking near Eureka, California.

They receive a ticket for the Datsun from California and hire a private investigator who discovers that Chris McCandless has donated his money to charity.

When Chris corresponds with his sister, Carine, what does he confide to her? – He planned to lull his parents into a false sense of security then cut them out of his life abruptly and decisively 7.