Entry 7

I feel that Krakauer interrupted the story with Chapters 8-9 because he wanted to talk about some of the other people who did similar adventures in the wild.  Not surprisingly, all of the other people ended up dying just like Chris McCandless did.  This shows that it was not just him who had tried to survive in the wilderness alone.  One of the people who died mistakenly gave the wrong hand signal to the pilot and was out in the wild just to take pictures.  Another person survived being in the wilderness and made plans to live out of his backpack, but he was found dead with a knife in his heart.

We change our names to better "fit" our personality for various reasons.  One reason is based on what we grew up with such as religion.  Another is we outgrew our childhood names and wanted to have a more adult version of our names.  These are some of the reasons that we change our names and some people choose not to change their names.  People might also feel that their name does not reflect who they are and create a nickname that better reflects their personality.

The question "What's in a name" is a question that is open-ended  Some people might say that memories are in a name because some people are named after dead relatives.  It really depends on what the parents want to name their child.  Some might want to name their children with the same letter, and others might just like a particular name and they just go with that.  As well as that, certain names have a really good meaning behind them and that is another way to choose a name that "fits" your personality.