English 11 AP Journal 9.30.13TURN IN POSITION ESSAY OUTLINES TO THE BIN!A number of books and articles have been written, and movieshave been produced that epitomize the mental and/or emotional struggles, sacrifices, and challenges faced by people who find itoverwhelming, disagreeable, or stifling to conform to theconventional rules of life. Many characters are depicted as such because they add interest to a story, and many authors capitalizeon the idiosyncrasies of inventive minds simply to write novels.

Using the following categories:1) science, 2) technology,3) philosophy/religion, 4) art, and 5) music, identify at least onecharacter from a movie you have seen or a book you have

readwho isan outsider/ eccentric character. (i.e. science: Dr. Frankenstein)Provide a 2-3 sentence explanation for each.

English 11AP Journal 10.01.13

“The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.”-Jane Wagner

Respond in a paragraph: Put the quote in your ownwords. Based on your reading of Into the Wild so far, how vital is delusion to Chris McCandless’ survival onthe road and in Alaska? Use specific examples from thetext to support your argument.DO NOT PUT YOUR JOURNAL AWAY YET.

“How Chris McCandless Died”After reading “How Chris McCandless Died” from The New Yorker, respond to each ofthe questions AS A NEW JOURNAL ENTRY in 6-8 SENTENCES EACH. Use quotes from the“Author’s Note” and the article to support your response.

Based on your reading of the article, and the “Author’s Note”, did McCandless die ofunintentional starvation or from intended suicide? Did he mean to eat the pea seeds ordid he really mistake them for potato seeds? Support your response with evidence fromthe article and book.

After reading the article, and the “Author’s Note,” was Chris McCandless a reckless,irresponsible, self-absorbed traveler, or was he a naïve adventurer who was truly lookingto become one with nature and to find himself? Support your responsewith evidence from the article and book.

(Graded as a journal entry; when done, READ, take NOTES on character, plot, setting,style/diction, and theme for Ch. 1-6, put your journal away, and give Ms. Gibbs Jones thearticle.)

English 11 AP 10.15.13Turn in final drafts to Ms. Gibbs Jones. I do NOT need the rubric.

Respond in a well- crafted paragraph:What is Chris McCandless’ motive for venturing into the Alaskanfrontier? Is he responding to his distaste for his parents and/ orsociety? Is he fulfilling the precepts of his favorite authors? Is heseeking to self-indulge, to find himself, perhaps seeking theultimate form of selfishness, suicide? Is his motive a

combinationof these factors? Take a stance, provide an argument, and

supportyour argument with at least two quotes from the text.