Assignment
Salak, Kira. Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea.
de Botton, Alain. The Art of Travel.
Heyerdahl, Thor. Kon-Tiki.
Kerouac, Jack. On The Road.
Lehman, Eric D. Afoot in Connecticut:Journeys in Natural History.
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air
You should choose three the owing questions and answer them in about two pages, double spaced typing, or three pages single space handwriting. Make sure to use quotes to support each of the answers. Note: You may NOT answer three questions that include the same book.
For example, you cannot answer 1,2, and use Into Thin Air for number 4.
1. Compare Thin with Four Carriers. How are the climbers from Mount Everett similar to Kira Salak? Different?
2. Compare the dynamic of the crew from the Kon-tiki with the dynamic of the climbers from Into Thin Air. How are they similar? Different?
3. Explain Jack Kerouac's (Sal Paradise's) statement "the road is life," using events from the book to support your answer.
4. Apply Alain de Botton's theory of the sublime to the experiences of any of the other writers/books we read this semester What does he mean?
5. Explain how Eric Lehman's memoir or his life in Connecticut is also a travel story. How is it different or similar to a "memoir" li Jack Keroauc's On the Road?
6. Using Alain de Botton's book and two others as examples, explain how our motives for travel affects our experiences.