Into the Wild #2

I like Into the Wild a lot, even though it's kind of sad. It's a little confusing how the author switches from different time periods throughout the book. For example, McCandless's death was mentioned in the beginning of the story and then as you read on, it talks about his journey to Alaska. It's okay though because it makes it more interesting that way. Well, anyway, I read three chapters today. Sometime after he went to Las Vegas, he went to Bullhead City, Arizona. He got a job at McDonald's and on a few pages, his manager and assistant manager talk about him: he was a little strange, but he was a reliable, good boy. In chapter 6, Chris meets Ronald Franz, an eighty year-old who really grew attached to him. The chapter starts off with a letter sent from him asking for a copy of the Outside magazine that talks about Chris's death. Then, the chapter talks about how they met and so on. I like how the author kind of fast-forwards and then starts with the beginning of the story. It catches your attention. One day at the bajada, Chris meets Franz, who offers a ride. He accepts and tells him to go past Oh-My-God Hot Springs(strange name, there). Franz gets really close to him, teaches him how to work with leather, and gives him a ride to San Diego, just because he wants to be with him. While they were driving, he asked Chris if he could adopt him as his grandson but, he kind of ignored it. This was really sad to me because Franz really liked him, enough to fill the gap of his dead son. Chris didn't want to have anything to do with relationships and human intimacy, though. Franz even took his advice to live a new life similar to Chris's new life, a free life on the road full of adventure.When he found out he died in Alaska, he was so crushed. :( Chris later returned to Westerberg in Carthage for work, to earn money for his "great Alaskan odyssey". It seems everyone was fascinated by him: Borah, Westerberg, Franz, Bob and Jan Burres, and even Mrs. Westerberg, who wasn't fond of any of her son's employees; he was special. On April 27, 1992, Chris sent letters to Westerberg and Jan and Bob Burres that this would be the last time they'd communicate. He now walks into the wild.