Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Journal Entry 9/2/15 - Alex Supertramp at KO


9/2/15

The restless voyager has emerged unscathed from a truly harrowing day at Kingswood Oxford. This is the exact sort of school that my father Walt would have wanted me to attend. Those sick fools; so firmly trapped inside the delusion that high marks and a diploma will somehow confer on them knowledge of THE WORLD. The only way to truly know THE WORLD is to live it, to "put away thought forever, and all the trouble it brings, all but the nearest desire, direct and searching. To take the trail and not look back.” No student here will ever find the wilderness within us all, that Great Primordial Beast in every man's (or woman's) spirit.

Looking back on the day, the library was surely the worst. There, the great adventurer hoped to find some peace during the mad rush of the lunch period. Instead, he came across several examples of that type of individual which infects our once-great society: the loud-mouthed simpleton that cares more about his "social circles" than he does the world around him. And as for the library itself, what a paltry collection! No Tolstoy, no Thoreau, no good authors – it’s just sickening.

Mildly surprised by the cross-country team here. This aesthetic wanderer could show them some things; they wouldn’t last a day out there roughing it. Still, at least they get to run in the woods, where they're free, unconstrained by the demands of the school day. Maybe I'll teach them my Road Warriors training.

Note to self: stop by the cafeteria and grab some food for the trip to Alaska. Perhaps they know how to butcher moose? Be sure to ask!

- Alex Supertramp
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2015 at 2:58 PM

    Hey David! I think you did a fantastic job displaying Chris's wild personality (no pun intended) and did an even better job tapping into his mind to see what he might think about the KO campus. I like how you wrote it more as an informal letter than anything else with a great use of underlining words to emphasize their meaning, and the crossing out of the words "my father" to show his resentfulness towards his parents. He does seem like the kind of person who would despise our library, especially with its small, mostly young adult, non-fiction collection and its fair share of "loud-mouthed simpletons." Your use of vocabulary is also spot on. Good job!

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  2. Ms. SchieffelinSeptember 8, 2015 at 11:35 AM

    Hi David,

    Your journal entry from Alex's point of view is spot on! You echo his writing style so well, making clever allusions to details from his experiences. You reveal his ambitions as well as his disdain for those "loud-mouthed simpletons." You had me laughing out loud at his reminder to ask the kitchen staff if they know how to butcher moose. Great job on this assignment!

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