INTO THE WILD QUESTION SHEET
Transcript of INTO THE WILD QUESTION SHEET
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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