Discovery In 'Into The Wild'

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Into The Wild Adam Nicholas How has the composer of your related text presented the concept of “ discovery “ and how has this broadened your perception of self and the world? “You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself” Alana Alda. The journey of discovery can be sudden and unexpected will also being evoked by curiosity, necessity or wonder. Sean Penn’s 2007 film “Into the wild” based on a true story, deals with a young man by the name of Christopher McCandless abandoning all his material possessions and sets out alone on what turns into a majestic journey to explore the beauty and wonder of the world. Throughout his…show more content…
The protagonist Christopher McCandless's discoveries evoked from him wanting to break the social constraints of western society and live a material free existence on earth. Penn highlights the protagonist’s eventuating hatred and discomfort when within western society through the use of lighting and camera effects. The camera effects are enable the responder to evidently see, and experience the protagonist’s emotions and feeling when within the city and surrounded by materialistic people. A blurred and darkly-lit scene is utilised when Chris is traveling through large cities expressing his opinion of these particular areas of modern society to the responders. This further enables the responder to engage and sympathise with the protagonists emotion, therefore evoking an altering of the responder perception of society and the broader world around them. It is evident that director Sean Penn’s film “Into the wild” successfully accentuates the concept of discovery and effectively portrays the effect the process of discovery has on individuals and the necessity for individuals to be pussed out of comfort for the effects to be meaningful. Penn utilises a plethora of cinematic and literary techniques to question the responders values, attitudes, and beliefs and challenge their preconceptions of discovery, therefore highlighting Penn’s ability to compose a text that ultimately alter individuals perspectives of the themselves and broader

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