Annotation Targets: Into the Wild Annotation Guide While reading, annotation is one of the best ways to interact with the text on a deeper level. Using post-it notes, annotate your book as you read. Include the following: New / challenging vocabulary (3 minimum per chapter) Thematic Threads: 1. Allure of the wilderness (NATURE) 2. The relationship of self and society 3. Constructing identity : actions, interests, values, and beliefs 4. Connections between Krakauer and McCandless Organization of the book Ethos, Pathos, Logos Examples of excellent writing: description, diction, syntax Krakauer’s Purpose and/or Writing Style Your own questions / observations about McCandless, Krakauer, or the story itself Significance of the text/quotes at the beginning of the chapters Author’s Note Chapter Nine Startling Chris McCandless Information Everett Ruess and the possible parallels to Chris Hints about the author’s opinion of Chris McCandless Chapter Ten Chapter One How people in Chris’s life found out about his death Jim Gallien’s perspective on Chris/Alex Chapter Eleven Chris’s level of preparedness McCandless family background Chapter Two Chris’s social activism in his youth Exposition (background information) about the Chapter Twelve Stampede Trail Details of Chris’s early adventures across the country The discovery of Chris’s body Conflicting personality traits (of Chris) Chapter Three SECRETS and LIES Wayne Westerberg’s perspective on Chris/Alex Chris’s continues separation from his family McCandless family background & contrasts with Chapter Thirteen Westerberg Comparisons and contrasts between Chris and Carine Chapter Four Familial reactions to Chris’s death The mystery of the yellow Datsun Chapters Fourteen & Fifteen Chris’s feelings about the government and possessions Jon Krakauer’s adventure on The Devil’s Thumb and his The hitchhiking ticket & Hiking adventures connections to Chris Chapter Five Why young people do dangerous things Chris vs. Ronald McDonald, aka “authority” Chapters Sixteen & Seventeen Charlie’s perspective on Chris/Alex Jim Gallien and Chris McCandless, new details Life in the Slabs w/ Jan Burres Chris’s successes & struggles in the wilderness Chapter Six Characterization revealed in diary entries Ronald Franz’s perspective on Chris/Alex The moose controversy Ronald Franz background Sir John Franklin and his relation (or not) to Chris Chris/Alex and his effect on others Chapter Eighteen Chapter Seven Chris’s life lessons learned in the wild Gail Borah’s perspective on Chris/Alex Cause of death? Chris’s issues with his father and his sister Cabins controversy Chapter Eight Epilogue Outside readers’ views on Chris McCandless Familial reactions to the site of Chris’s death Gene Rosellini, John Waterman, and Carl McCunn, aka the Three Wierdos .