have a nice break everyone.

At first I thought the purpose was to bore me to death about how writing is some much more than just putting some words on paper. I really was getting annoyed with all the depth style and memiors have in writing. The whole show don't tell mantra seems to have left her behind for better material that doesn't bore the likes of me. She wrote 9 pages on almost nothing.

That last paragraph helps me understand that writing doesn't require much depth. That it can be boring. Being from Fridley is like gives you as much merit as a women that thinks memoirs are important. The good news is I can relate to this boy. I usually get to a point where I can't write about a topic or I think that if I do, it will be boring beyond belief. But with this story from Patricia Hmpl I have learned that boring beyond belief is acceptable. But I think I will try to my best to give my writing a boost, even though I know I'm not much better at that than Patricia Hmpl herself.

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I could tell Krakauer and McCandless had some in common by reading the chapter, but I think I had been comparing myself to McCandless the whole time. So I didn't need the chapter about Krakauer, even though that chapter helped me realize why Krakauer doesn't think Chris is stupid. That probably is a good thing for Krakauer because he established his credibility...in the 15th chapter.
Then chapter 16 is about Krakauer's dad...not Walt. The epigraph for that chapter said something about how love can go unnoticed and eventually lead to a build up of anger or resentment towards that person that doesn't notice. You get mad when people don't care back I guess. You see that in both relationships, and again that gives Krakauer crdibility. So is what I got out of those two chapters from Krakauer. Credibility.