Prompt: In Chapter 5 of Into the Wild, McCandless is strongly influenced by writers like Jack London, whose stories shape the way he thinks about adventure and wilderness. Has a book, song, musician, or artist ever influenced the way you think about life, goals, or the world around you? Identify the specific book, song, musician, or artist and explain how their ideas or message affected your thinking.

 Prompt: In Chapter 5 of Into the Wild, McCandless is strongly influenced by writers like Jack London, whose stories shape the way he thinks about adventure and wilderness. Has a book, song, musician, or artist ever influenced the way you think about life, goals, or the world around you? Identify the specific book, song, musician, or artist and explain how their ideas or message affected your thinking.


For me, I would say someone who really influenced me would be Olivia Rodrigo. I started to listen to her music in middle school and those songs sort of put into words what I was kinda feeling at the time. In freshmen year of high school she released another album called Guts. In her album she expresses how it feels to be a teenager and the experiences she’s had. I really related to a lot of her songs on that album like "pretty isnt pretty" "lacy" "teenage dream" "the grudge" . These songs highlight ideas of not feeling pretty enough or not feeling enough. It made me feel like these experiences weren't something that was only me and other people experienced it too. 


Summary- We read another chapter of Into the Wild and we answered some questions about it. 

Reflection- Looking into the deeper meaning of the chapter and what decisions he made. 

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