Famous Quotes

Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Crossing to Safety

Beyond the Hundreth Meridian

Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs

Angle of Repose

"It should be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us.  It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west." Chapter 3 page 15

This quote relate to Chris because he felt exhilarated when he left society and went to the woods.  He also enjoyed leaving the pressures of society and having total freedom to do what he wants.

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Jack London

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

White Fang

The Sea Wolf

To Build a Fire

The People of the Abyss

“The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness.  There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness – a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility.” Chapter 2 Page 9

This quote relates to Chris because he went to a place that is very cold and desolate.  It has very few animals and it is lonely.  

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

What Men Live By

Anna Karenina

Childhood
A Confession

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence.  I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.  I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.” Chapter 3 Page 15 

This quote relates to Chris because he wanted to experience excitement and danger but he wanted to do it on his own terms without being told what to do.  Chris wanted to experience freedom.  

http://www.biography.com/people/leo-tolstoy-9508518

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

- Francis of Assisi
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This quote relates to Chris because he did what was necessary and went to school.  He then left society, which many people consider impossible, and went to Alaska.  Chris was then doing the impossible.