Into the Wild Blog #5

Postive Traits:

• Intelligent
• Polite
• Friendly/Social

Negative Traits:

• Know-it-all
• Headstrong
• Stubborn

Chris's positive traits made him aware of what coud happen in the world to him. Being polite can make people like him and not think badly of Chris. Since Chris is friendly to everyone he meets he has no trouble getting people to help him out or even give him things.
His Negative traits could of held him back at some points. Being a know-it-all no one would want to talk to him because they wouldn't want to be corrected or feel stupid. He was very headstrong; he wouldn't listen to what anyone would say even if it was important for him to know. Being stubborn can make others get annoyed by you and not want to deal with you on a daily bases or even on occasions.
Chris's strongest trait was being arrogant. He always thought he was better than anyone and everyone. Being arrogant can push family and friends away because they don't want to be around someone who thinks their better than them and lets them know every chance he gets.

Similarities:

• "I was twenty-three, a year younger than Chis McCandless..."(135)
• "I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt."(136)
• "...I didn't really mind the absence of intimacy in my life, the lack of real human connection..."(137)
• "I took some pictures to prove I'd been there..."(154)
• "...similarly affected by the skewed relationships we had with our fathers."(155)

Differences:

• "...my plan to climb the thumb, I was dimly aware that I might be over my head."(135)
• "And if I pull it off...I was afraid to let myself imagine the triumphant aftermath, lest i invite a jinx."(135)
• "...anticipating this hazard, I'd stopped at a hardware store and purchased a pair of stout aluminum curtain roads..."(138)
• "...I had paid a bush pilot in Petersburg $150..."(140)
• "As the days passed, I grew increasingly anxios."(140)