Both Uses of
zeal
in
Into the Wild
- Chris, she confesses, used to poke fun at her capitalist zeal by calling her the duchess of York, Ivana Trump McCandless, and "a rising successor to Leona Helmsley."†
p. 129..6
- If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued it with a zeal bordering on obsession,
p. 134..5 *zeal = interest and enthusiasm
Definition:
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(zeal) active interest and enthusiasm