During our first session we concluded our class discussion of the book by analyzing Chris' farewell note to the world wherein he recognizes he is dying. He signs using his real name ,not his adopted persona of Alex Supertramp. I explained how literary identity is tied to one's name. Here, life imitates art. Matthew discussed Chris' use of his birth name as a recognition of both his real identity and of his parents, a form of reconciliation . We further examined the author's bias by noting his comparing Chris to a monk who has found peace. Last, we continued the open debate on whether Chris is an admirable character or an arrogant narcissist. Mathew then completed a short answer quiz on the entire novel. During our second session, we worked on Matthew's revision of his persuasive essay on this same topic. I reviewed the need to elaborate on the thesis ,and we discussed how to edit the essay so as to support the conclusion Matthew is advocating. After I demonstrated how to combine certain sentences and to join ideas within the essay, Matthew worked on the revisions. Last, we reviewed the quiz Matthew had completed during the first session. HW- study for final essay test on Into the Wild.