All 3 Uses of
enigma
in
Into the Wild
- I do so in the hope that my experiences will throw some oblique light on the enigma of Chris McCandless.†
p. ii..6 *
- When they flew away, they took McCandless s remains, a camera with five rolls of exposed film, the SOS note, and a diary, written across the last two pages of a field guide to edible plants, that recorded the young man's final weeks in 113 terse, enigmatic entries.†
p. 13..9
- In 1973, Bill posted an enigmatic letter alluding vaguely to plans for an extended trip and then disappeared without a trace; to this day nobody knows what became of him.†
p. 77..3
Definition:
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(enigma) something mysterious that seems unexplainable