Chris McCandless rejects a traditional path of success and instead defines success on his own terms through freedom, experience, and personal meaning. Reflect on what success means to you at your current stage in life. In the response, explain how success is currently defined (grades, college acceptance, achievements, happiness, etc.) and where those ideas come from. Then, consider whether that definition truly reflects personal values or if it is shaped by expectations from family, school, or society.

 Prompt Response: At this point in my life success means that I am doing well in school, I am healthy, and having fun. On top of that I also need to keep up with extra curriculars to help with getting into schools. I think that these ideas of success for me at this point in my life come from me and my parents, as well as society as a whole. I think that everyone in my life that is an adult wants to push me to do better and reach better things. Nobody is really sitting around like I dont care do whatever you want.

Summary: We did more reading, finished through chapter 10

Reflection: I learned more about the story.

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