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Jon KrakauerA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
Short Answer
1. In Into the Wild, food plays an important role in Chris’s interactions with others. What role does food as a social connection play in people’s lives? What foods do people reserve for specific occasions, and why?
Teaching Suggestion: If students are struggling to answer these questions, you may want to provide suggestions around holidays. For example, turkey at Thanksgiving, gingerbread cookies at Christmas, etc.
2. Stepping away from society for a time to recharge or realign yourself is an increasingly popular form of self-care. Do you know anyone who has ever “taken a break” from society? What was the impact on that individual?
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