Chris A Hero's Journey For Alaska

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Chris does not take help from the people he met, he does not want to take things they try to offer, but there is one thing that Chris was given his care and support to them. Other people will take advantage, to make their lives easier, but Chris is different than others. He tries to earn the things he needs for his journey, and bring what's really worth to him. Chris was planning to get some money for his Alaska trip, but Franz offers money so that he does not do it. Chris didn’t like it “No. You don’t get it.”(52) and that he cannot take his money so that he can just go to Alaska, if he did that he would have not gained the experience of traveling and meeting wonderful people. He had his own reason for not taking it. People may think,

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