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Jenee Gossard of the UCLA Writing Project (1997) suggests the following sentence starters for
students who struggle with right-hand column responses:
I wonder I noticed
I began to think of I was surprised
I like the idea If I had been
I know the feeling I was reminded of
1 7 I dont want to know what time it This quote has a meaning that is
is. I dont want to know what day it larger than what it represents. It
is or where I am. None of that shows how desperate Alex, the main
matters. character, is to get away from society
and move on away from all the people
so he can truly find himself in a place
where no one else is.
1 6 There was just no talking the guy This quote expresses Alexs
out of it, Gallian remembers. He determination thoroughly as he tries
was determined. Real gung ho to break away from society. It also
represents how persuaded he is on
leaving
1 4 The rivers are big and fast. The This quote symbolizes and helps the
mosquitoes will eat you alive. Most reader visualize the type of terrain the
places there arent a lot of animals land is and how harsh it is. It also
to hunt. Livin in the bush isnt no worries the reader on whether or not
picnic. Alex will be able to survive on the
land under these wretched conditions.
4 32 That you should own nothing but This shows us how Chris is a man
what you carry on your back at a without materialistic things by
dead run. deserting all of his things in order to
live a simple man
5 39 Its a good place to spend the This shows us whats going on with
winter and I might finally settle Chris at the moment because at this
down and abandon my tramping point, he might be getting tired of
life, for good. Ill see what happens running away from society. It also
when spring comes when spring gives us an accurate description of
comes around, because thats why and how Chris gets his urge to
when I tend to get really itchy feet continue on his journey.
5 42 Didnt like to be around too many This quotes gives us more evidence
people though. Temperamental. on Chris personality, which is
He meant good, but I think he had something the author tends not to
a lot complexes... reveal too much of. It also tells us a
little bit of why Chris acts the way he
does, which we now know is in a
complex way.
6 51 I thought he was too nice a kid to In this quote, you can see how Franz
be living by that hot springs with is moved and compelled by Chris
those nudists and drunks and innocence in fact to even go as far as
dope smokers. to take pity on him. He also gives off a
vibe that was different from the other
people
6 48 Nobody, however, was affected This quote shows us how Chris was
more powerfully by his or her brief able to affect many people on his path
contact with the boy than Ronald and his long lasting effect on them. Its
Franz, who was eighty years old also interesting that he was able to
when their paths intersected in affect one of the more elderly
January characters in the book.
6 56 The very basic core of a mans This quote reveals one of Chris
living spirit is his passion for biggest motivation and why it is. It
adventure. also gives us an insight on one of
Chris mottos
10 102 His hair was long and he had a This quote reveals how much
beard. Chris almost always had Chris sacrificed in terms of
short hair and was clean- cleanliness in order to make this
shaven trip. It also tells that he seemed to
have his attention elsewhere rather
than on himself.
11 108 Later, we bought an Airstream This quote shows where Chris had
trailer and traveled with that. gained his hunger for adventure,
Chris loved those trips, the and he showed it until the day he
longer the better. died. It also reveals one of the key
reasons as to why Chris
abandoned everything in his life in
order to make a new one.
13 128 Chris stares at the lens with This quote shows the serious side
the same pensive, recalcitrant of Chris personality. It also reveals
squint, as if hed been to us how reserved he tends to be
interrupted in the middle of an and how he doesn't like to be
important thought and was distracted since he is always
annoyed to be wasting his time thinking
in front of the camera
13 132 I just dont understand why he This shows how Chris had left his
had to take those kind of family stunned and confused when
chances they found out he was dead. It also
reveals how separated he was
from his family
14 134 My suspicion that McCandless The author in this quote gives his
death was unplanned, that it view on Chris death and it shows
was a terrible accident how he believed in Chriss skill to
survive. He also says that he
believes this because of the
journals he read from Chris
16 170 McCandless was a weak This quote that the author says is
swimmer and had confessed to one of the more interesting ones
several people that he was in that he has said as he describes to
fact afraid of the water us on how Chris is afraid of the
water, which is interesting to hear
because the book rarely mentions
anything about fears that Chris
had. It also shows us that even
though he tries to distance himself
from normal human behaviors,
deep down inside, he knows hes
only human too.