Response #4

Picture 001: Caption: A wide mix of seeds.

Picture 001: URL and Citation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brimley/130865463/
Uploaded on April 18, 2006
by Brimley
Copyright: CC

Picture 001: Type of correlation: To pair the photograph with Krakauer’s own words, thoughts, or descriptions. The caption should “fit” the image.

Picture 001: On page 195 of Into the Wild, Krakauer says “If McCandless ate a big slug of these seeds while he was already in a semi-starving condition, it would have been setup for catastrophe.”

Picture 001: Write up: This is a picture of different seed types. I selected this image because is visually depicts a wide variety of seeds and that one may become confused or be unaware as to which are safe to eat. I chose the caption that I did because McCandless stated that game was scarce towards the end of his life. Therefore, he may have had an incentive to splurge on some seeds. For this image, it should fit the picture and not be ironic. This photograph influences the meaning of the caption as the wide variety of seeds may be confusing to someone not in touch with nature. It may lead one to eat the wrong seeds or eat seeds which may be good at one time but poisonous at other times. For people in a city or not in the wild, looking at the image without the caption, many people would see some seeds and maybe try and plant some flowers or trees with them but not eat them. Reading the caption mentioned above describes what one is seeing overall, not the specific type of seeds in question. The caption encompasses what one makes of the image at first glance and straight forward, a wide variety of seeds.

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Picture 002: Caption: A moose in a place he does not belong due to the sharp contrast in color that easily reveals its location.

Picture 002: URL and Citation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nilsohman/101625623/
Uploaded on February 19, 2006
by Nils Öhman
Copyright: CC

Picture 002: Type of correlation: To pair the photograph with Krakauer’s own words, thoughts, or descriptions. It should be an ironic juxtaposition.

Picture 002: On page 166 of Into the Wild, Krakauer says “On June 5, he shot a Canada goose as big as a Christmas turkey. Then, on June 9, he bagged the biggest prize of all: “MOOSE!” he recorded in the journal.”

Picture 002: Write up: The photograph shows a real moose, not a caribou. I chose it as it was a big topic of discussion toward the end of the book. It was when Alaskan’s wrote Krakauer with heated remarks about McCandless not knowing the difference between a moose and a caribou. The caption is ironic because Krakauer first sided with the Alaskan people, that they must be correct. However, during careful study, it was later discovered that it was indeed a moose after all. The photograph influences the meaning of the caption by showing the reader or observer what a moose looks like. This is important as after the some people had discovered the pictures he had taken of the moose, the remarks about McCandless seemed to end. This particular image is also juxtaposition in itself, as it almost appears the moose was artificially inserted into the image as if it does not belong there. One can contrast this with the story as the Alaskans remarks were unwarranted as they did not have any proof, only “assumed” that it must have been a caribou. The caption frames this photograph as the moose being out of place; this can be contrasted with the comments of the Alaskans as also being out of place or simply put, wrong.

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Picture 003: Caption: An English teacher’s worst nightmare.

Picture 003: URL and Citation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cadigan/16903181/
Uploaded on June 1, 2005
by Cadigan
Copyright: CC

Picture 003: Type of correlation: To pair with quoted dialogue or other cited material from the book that should be ironic.

Picture 003: On page 166 of Into the Wild, Carine says “His name was printed wrong. The label said CHRSTOPHER R. MCCANDLESS. His middle initially is really J. It ticked me off that they didn’t get it right.”

Picture 003: Write up: The photograph shows multiple spelling errors, where to should be too. I selected the image to show juxtaposition between this image and McCandless’ name being spelled incorrectly. In this image, the people on the bus are both writers and editors, which make this image ironic. In the story, it is ironic that a cremator would misspell a love one’s name as one would assume he or she would be very careful to not make any mistakes. This photograph shows that even though there were writers and editors in the bus, that they did not appear to care if the advertisement was misspelled or not. The correlation between this and the story is that even though it ticked off his sister, she did not do anything about the misspelling, just like the editors and writers that were on the bus. It is ironic when people who identify such errors with spelling or getting the initial wrong do not make any attempt to fix them, rather, they just complain. If it really impacted his sister, she would have had the name corrected, I believe Krakauer is “stirring the pot,” when he mentioned her being ticked off.

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Picture 004: Caption: Icy winter rapids.

Picture 004: URL and Citation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luckienyc/93793145/
Uploaded on January 31, 2006
by luckienyc
Copyright: CC

Picture 004: Type of correlation: To pair with quoted dialogue or other cited material from the book that should apply to the image somehow.

Picture 004: On page 170 of Into the Wild, McCandless writes “Disaster. . . . Rained in. River look impossible. Lonely, scared.”

Picture 004: Write up: This photograph shows very rough rapids during the winter season. I chose this image to indicate what McCandless may have seen when he tried to cross back over the river. I chose the caption as I did to depict how difficult it may be to attempt to cross such an obstacle, especially when the water is near freezing! This correlation is not ironic. This picture shows the main obstacle that caused McCandless his life. McCandless had planned to return home as he had packed his bags and thought he could cross just as he had done earlier. Unknowingly, with the water still both freezing and violent, he could no longer cross. This ultimately led to his demise. The caption “icy winter” shows the water almost as being frozen like icicles as it rushes over the rocks. With my caption, I did attempt to obscure one’s view from the bridge in the background. Naturally, there was not a bridge nearby for the river McCandless had crossed.