Gail Borah: Gail is Wayne Westerberg 's longtime girlfriend and has been previously married and has two children from her previous marriage. She became close to McCandless while he was working in the grain elevator in Carthage.
Mary Westerberg: Mary is the mother of Wayne Westerbererg. Wayne had invited Chris to dinner and wanted him to meet his mother, who usually hates everyone Wayne brings form his work, however she really liked Chris. When Chris spoke about Alaska, Mary was worried and sensed that he might not make it back, but extremely hoped he would.
Gene Rosellini: An intelligent man, who comes from a rich family, that decides to take a over a decade long experiment. The experiment is testing whether a man of this century can live a …show more content…
McCandless first donated $24,000 to an organization that is dedicated to fighting hunger. Throughout the story, McCandless is often "hungry, hungry, hungry". (30) Chris would go days without eating and would wander the road always carrying a little amount of food, and is quick to eat when offered a free meal. The constant hunger Chris was experiencing was a drawback to living without society that Chris McCandless had not foreseen. In the end his hunger outwitted him to eating a wild plant in the Alaskan Bush that led to his demise. …show more content…
When Jim Gallien picked up Chris McCandless he was suspicious that "he 'd picked up one of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies". Jack London was an Alaskan man who glorified Alaska, even though he had only stayed there for a short time. Chris McCandless looked at Jack London as his role model and looked over his flaws and wanted to be like him. The allusion is used to show how Chris is able to forgive some for their mistakes, but chooses not to forgive others, like his
Mary Westerberg: Mary is the mother of Wayne Westerbererg. Wayne had invited Chris to dinner and wanted him to meet his mother, who usually hates everyone Wayne brings form his work, however she really liked Chris. When Chris spoke about Alaska, Mary was worried and sensed that he might not make it back, but extremely hoped he would.
Gene Rosellini: An intelligent man, who comes from a rich family, that decides to take a over a decade long experiment. The experiment is testing whether a man of this century can live a …show more content…
McCandless first donated $24,000 to an organization that is dedicated to fighting hunger. Throughout the story, McCandless is often "hungry, hungry, hungry". (30) Chris would go days without eating and would wander the road always carrying a little amount of food, and is quick to eat when offered a free meal. The constant hunger Chris was experiencing was a drawback to living without society that Chris McCandless had not foreseen. In the end his hunger outwitted him to eating a wild plant in the Alaskan Bush that led to his demise. …show more content…
When Jim Gallien picked up Chris McCandless he was suspicious that "he 'd picked up one of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies". Jack London was an Alaskan man who glorified Alaska, even though he had only stayed there for a short time. Chris McCandless looked at Jack London as his role model and looked over his flaws and wanted to be like him. The allusion is used to show how Chris is able to forgive some for their mistakes, but chooses not to forgive others, like his