The McCandless Project

          The "experiment" that I have chosen was to walk a totally different way to my classes at 

school.  This seemed like a very interesting experiment to do.  Nobody really reacted to me because


I don't walk with anyone to my classes.  This might have scared the people that I normally see on my


way to my classes but that was probably it.  During this experiment I felt really weird because if my


class was right down the hall from my previous class I would go go a completely different way. Also


I was late to a couple of classes because I don't really know the whole school yet, I just know how to


get from one class to the next.  This was difficult in many ways.  My reaction kind of surprised me


because I thought it was going to be much more easier than it really was.  The people in the halls


were probably like "Huh, I wonder were that short freshman with the curly hair is."  And for the


people who saw me that didn't normally see me were probably puzzled also.  I'll have to talk to them


on Monday to say it was just an experiment for English class.  I don't really feel like I am "free"


because it was a project for school that is for a grade.  I feel like that's just like if Alex was being


filmed on a survival show.  Yes he is breaking away from what everybody else is doing but he


somewhat forced to do it and is not really fully free from reality with cameras in your face.  I like the


project and I think that it really connects to the book.  I think that we should have had more time to


do the project and to think of the experiment we were going to do.  I really wanted to do something


different and didn't have the time to think of anything that would work in a week. Overall I like the


assignment.