Into the wild book chapter 4 free#

He worked for Westerburg until Westerburg was jailed. Alex then went on his way and continued up into Montana where he met Wayne Westerburg. They gave him a ride and he stayed with them for about a week in Orick Beach. The next was a couple named Jan Burres and Bob, who were rubber tramps that Alex met near Oregon. His unwavering commitment toВ follow his own dreams made an impression on people.В The first person he metВ was Crazy Ernie, a man who gave him a ride and offered a ranch job to him. Many people thought he was kind of crazy but he was also very intelligent andВ polite, with interesting stories of travel that made him a personВ people would remember and want to be friends with.

Into the wild book chapter 4 free#

Throughout chapters 4, Alex meets some people whileВ on his journey.В He had a very magnetic personality, and a passion for living a free life that attracted people to him. This area is essentially a desert, which is why the quote about the desert was selected for the start of the chapter. The Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, the 4 Corners, the Detrital Wash, and the Imperial Valley are some of the labeled features on this map. It is a bird's eye view of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Mexico.

There is a map of the Southwest at the beginning of Chapter 4 as well. This quote adds a sense of mysticism to the desert.

The passage goes into great detail to relate the openness and emptiness of the desert and the desert sky to the uninformed reader. This passage describes the desert landscape as, 'the environment of revelation.To the deserts go prophets and hermits through deserts go pilgrims and exiles.'. Chapter 4, called the Detrital Wash, begins with a quote by Paul Shepard, from Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature.