The first epigraphs is very exciting. It makes you want to get up and do something to with your life. It has a lot of energy to it and pretty much tells you that you are living a boring life. I agree slightly but I feel as though I already have a lot of excitement in my life. I think this influenced Chris in that it compels you to get up and move around. It talks about sacrificing yourself for love which is something he lacked. Chris also used his "superabundance of energy" to escape the "quiet life" he was leading.
The second epigraph is similar in that it tells you to step out of your comfort zone and escape this world full of rules and obligations. To me, it says that living on the edge and doing the unknown is the right thing to do. This correlates with the attitude of Chris McCandless. Wallace Stegner points out irksome obligations and escaping to the west. Chris felt obligated at times to live up to his families expectations which could tend to be "irksome." He left this all behind and just traveled west to be "footloose."
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