Dennis Rader is a horrific serial killer with the nickname of BTK (bind, torture, and kill) he was born in Kanas in 1945. Rader is the oldest of four sons. Rader seemed to live a very normal and bland childhood. Yet he was known to strangle and hang cats. Rader joined the United States Air Force and served through the mid 1960s.
He uses this to explain how, after graduating from college, Chris McCandless donated all of his money to an anti-hunger group called Oxfam America. This is ironic since Chris would eventually die in the wild from a similar tragedy. It's also ironic that Chris McCandless fought so hard to go to Alaska’s wilderness, only to die there. Chris endured a great deal to come to Alaska, and he worked tirelessly, but his stubbornness ultimately caught up with him. Furthermore, the irony was demonstrated in Chapter 4 because, despite his situation, Chris maintained a cheerful attitude, for example, “Malnutrition and the road have taken their toll on the body.
Going back to the anecdotes he used, they serve a very strong purpose in appealing to the audience. Every anecdote he list all depict something unfair happening to him or another person, for example he goes into a jewelry shop and the proprietor brought a dog to intimidate him which creates a sense of outrage and motivation in the audience. In a sense, because he appealed to their anger, he can convince them that his theme is valid and call them to action more effectively. His appeal to emotion occurs through his anecdotes too; furthermore, he said that he had to bury his relatives and friends creating sympathy and pity. This small part was off the topic of his central theme, but it nonetheless lightens the audience to take him easier, indirectly strengthening his message.
He has run low on food despite carrying a rifle because he did not expect the big challenge in the wilderness of Alaska. In McCandless postcard to Westerberg, he has written, “Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t ever hear from me again, I want you to know you’re a great man. I now walk into the wild”(69).
He writes: “For a while we had more money than we knew what to do with. The town grew; new houses went up; new stores opened; new people came in. We had two railroads, three hotels, four newspapers, five churches, six saloons, and seven lumberyards. We thought it would last forever. But it didn’t.
Dennis Lynn Rader was a very persistent person, he never gave up when he set his mind to something he was truly passionate about no matter what the cost was. Dennis always sought fame and attention from the killings he had done. Dennis would send letters and leave notes for people to find. For example, in his first killing spree Dennis admitted to killing the Oteros’ family and in the note he explained how he would like to be referred as the “B.T.K. Strangler.” According to CNN, “Rader explained how, in most of his cases, he chose and then stalked several people at a time -- referring to them as ‘projects’ or ‘potential hits.’
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