After reading Into the Wild, I decided to watch the movie and compare and contrast. And after doing this, the book makes Chris seem like some insensitive jerk that has no feelings at all. But when I watched the movie, I realized that he is the most down to earth guy and just wants peace in the world. I realized that Chris is just a guy that is searching for love. All his life all his parents did was give him things trying to buy him happiness.
In overcoming obstacles such as these and even non-physical obstacles, Christopher learns a lot about himself. Christopher is told by Mr Fran that “when you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines on you”, “happiness is only real when shared” and “you’re wrong if you think the joy of life comes principally from human relationships”. Before Chris dies, he learns that everything Mr Fran said is entirely true and that he could have never been happy living alone and even when he is with others it is like still feels that he is alone. We’re shown this when he changes his name back to Christopher Johnson McCandless – His original name is tied to his family and he wants to forgive them.
In college at the Emory University, he never had a good social life with people and Krakauer states when people tried to talk to him at parties, “It was hard to get him to open up.” His studies were the only thing he was interested in talking about .” He never interacted great with society and wanted to get away as much as he could. Chris went into the wild to live out his dream by being a part of the wilderness and living in the wild. As soon as Chris graduated from high school his first step by living out his dream by taking a trip to the Pacific Coast and ending up in the desert where he almost died of dehydration and lost thirty pounds, but that didn’t stop him from taking more trips into the wild. When he
Lennie needs George, but it is equally true that George needs Lennie as well. George was also a harsh, mean and derogatory to Lennie, however, it is also very evident that George never left Lennie despite his life would have mean much easier without him. Lennie is George's hardship, but George loves him regardless. Since the death of Lennie's Aunt Clara, George took it upon himself to take responsibility of him and his special needs by finding him jobs, feeding him, and making sure he is safe. Their mutual dependence on one another is what keeps George and Lennie together.
Another example of this theme, Antonio feels his loss of innocence through the events in his life when he says, “I had somehow lost my innocence and let sin enter into my soul, and the knowledge of God, the saving grace, was far away” (167). Here Antonio says that he feels that the sins he thinks he has done have caused him to lose his innocence. Antonio as well as Anaya seem to have a very negative view of losing innocence even though the loss of innocence can just show the growth and maturation of children and people. Throughout the book loss of innocence is a reoccurring topic and is the focus In Bless Me Ultima there is a lot growth and maturation which has lead to the loss of innocence. Anaya shows this throughout the book many times.
While Robbie prepares to “run away” his father is busy recalling memories of how his grandmother had not been angry with him when he messes and how she taught him that “from a child is beautiful, anything.” Remembering this, the fathers attitude towards his son is now happy and grateful, a big change from mad and frustrated. Robbie’s father started out being impatient with Robbie. After a few memories though, that all changed. He knew exactly what Robbie was going through, and he knew how much it
This child may feel that he or she is the cause of the family problems. The scapegoat takes on the role of distracting the family from the central issue. In doing so, the parents begin to focus their attention on the scapegoat’s bad behavior rather than the central issue that started the problem. The scapegoat generally receives negative attention, resulting in making poor life decisions, thus making more negative decisions. Eventually, if other children are in the home, these children will resume the role of the scapegoat once the oldest child leaves home (Strehlow, 2012) Hero- The hero has a role in the family to distract from the central issue by telling the outside world that everything in the family is normal.
If we acted in the same manner as an adult we would be condemned. As we grow older we attempt to cast out these bad behaviors because we learn that they are evil or at least inappropriate. These behaviors are only tolerated in infants because we know that they will pass as they get older and are more physically dependent (Augustine, p.8). Therefore even as infants we sin we just don’t know it. St. Augustine acknowledges that while he cant remember these years he more then likely acted in the same manner.
Charlie realizes how badly his family treated him as well, but instead of making sure there is still distance between them, he decides to find them. After the meeting and reconciliation with his mother and especially his sister, he admitted, “unless I forgave Rosa, I will have nothing” (276). He knew all those bad experiences and memories were hurting him, and forgiveness would bring him peace. The meeting brought up many of those painful memories, but the reconciliation with his sister gave him the opportunity to make better memories now that they could become part of each other’s lives, even after the surgery would wear off. He got closure and perspective, and that continued after the effects of the surgery wore off.
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” -Steve Maraboli. Forgiveness is difficult to do, but it brings a kind of peace that helps you go on with life. In Courageous, Nathan goes to his father’s grave and forgives him for walking out of his life. Every child needs a fatherly figure in his or her life, because he will set the tone for their future. It's important for a father to be a good role model because children almost always look up to their dad, and make decisions based on how he would have handled it.