INTO THE WILD Sean Penn

RUBBER TRAMPS / LEATHER TRAMPS / SUPERTRAMP From the whole extract and the images of the ”Oh-my-God” hot springs camp where the other ‘tramps’ are situated, what is/are the essential difference(s) between Alex and the other tramps?

QUOTES 1. Alex says: ”careers are a 20th century invention”,what does he mean by that?

2. “You’re wrong if you think the joy of life comesprincipally from human relationships”, what does hemean by that?___________________________________________________________________________

RON & ALEX 1. Why do you think Ron gets so attached to Alex/Chris?___________________________________________________________________________

2. How do you interpret Alex’s look in the aerial tramway?___________________________________________________________________________

3. Ron says to Alex: “what are you running from?” What are both of them running from?Alex is running from: _________________________________________________________

Ron is running from: __________________________________________________________

4. Alex invites Ron to climb the hill twice. Why does he accept the second time?Though it is a beautiful image/symbol, what does it show about Alex’s behavior?Why?: ______________________________________________________________________

Alex’s behavior: ______________________________________________________________

RON’S WISDOM “When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines on you.” Why does he say that to Alex? ___________________________________________________________________________

2. What do you think of Ron’s adoption proposal?___________________________________________________________________________

THEMES Give five themes of the extract you’ve just seen:

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