Christopher Johnson McCandless' view of life and rejection of society is a reflection of his relationship with his parents whom he rejected based on their blind authority, materialism and social interactions" Christopher McCandless' behavior was shaped by his fathers domineering personality which favored control over his family and over logic discussions . The father-son relationship is an important and exceedingly difficult point in Christopher's life. He had, later on in the movie
Which character does Christopher lose trust and faith in? At the end of the novel does he re-establish his trust? Explain the circumstances/context of this relationship. Christopher loses faith in his father as he lies to him about his mother, and about the real story of why she wasn’t around anymore. Christopher moves away from his father as he cannot stand people who lie to him or anyone as he cannot get his head around what might actually be true.
I think this is because his family, especially his siblings Dewey Dell and Jewel, truly do not understand Darl’s positive intentions. Instead, they are just weirded out by his actions because they are too simple-minded and self centered to understand someone else’s motives who do not match their own, making him that much more subjective to be labeled as crazy. Not only do his intellectually inferior siblings misunderstand Darl, but also his own mother never liked
Everyone at some point in their lives feels alienated. You feel so isolated from society that you wish you were never a part of it to begin with. But some people take it so far that they completely go against what society has ever told them. The characters that display this alienation, but taken to the next level are Holden Caulfield from "The Catcher and the Rye" and Meursault from "The Outsider". My arguments that I will be discussing are depression that the two main characters show throughout their everyday lives, how they have difficulty in socializing with others and the negative emotional states, differences and struggles that is demonstrated by the two main characters in these novels.
INTO THE WILD – COMPARISON CHART | The Text | The Film | Father-Son Relationship | One significant theme in Into the Wild is the alienation that Chris felt for his parents, especially his father. In the introduction of the text, Jon Krakauer, writes “in trying to understand McCandless, I inevitably came to reflect on (…) the complicated, highly charges bond that exists between fathers and sons,” indicating that this is a major theme in the text. Chris could not understand his father’s need for material objects, or the reasoning behind his failures as a father and a husband. | | Chris’ attitude to societal norms | Chris expresses his discontent and disregard for rules made by society in many ways. Some examples are when he trespassed into Mexico, when he disregarded US military zones, and when he refused to get a hunting permit.He rejects and escapes the consumerist society and detaches himself of materialistic desires, “rather than love, money, faith, fame, fairness (…) give me truth.” | The director, Sean Penn, demonstrates the development of Chris’ personality with many different film techniques.
Chris decided to drift away from everybody. Choosing to be alone and not care about your family was arrogant of him. In chapter 12, Chris found out about his father living a double life. He decided to keep that a secret from everyone, including his father. For example,
Like many of us, McCandless had grown tired and frustrated with everyday life in modern society, and had longed to get away and live a more meaningful existence; however, the reason many of us do not walk away is because we have responsibilities, we have a duty to the people that love us. Unfortunately McCandless was too selfish to ever realize that he can’t just live for himself. Instead Chris decided to abandon his family and leave them to deal with the heartache and pain of his departure; left to forever question and wonder where he was and whether or not he was safe. “I don’t know how I’ll ever get over it. I wasn’t dreaming.
Although he is different, he does not see it as an advantage, but rather as a disadvantage because there is no one else like him. When his mother dies everything in his life spirals downhill, he realizes that the World State is
Holden is in the confusing process of passing from adolescence and innocence to what he feels is a corrupt adult society. Along the way, Holden has trouble finding identity and security as he isolates himself from his society by shutting out the world and criticizing others who he deems "phonies." Because he is so adamant to criticize the world and reject its values and conventions he consequentially isolates himself from people who try to him along the way through this stressful period of
Belonging is a tricky concept, as you can argue that people who don’t want to belong actually "belong" to a group of people who don’t want to belong. But what is belonging? One idea is that you belong when you feel comfortable with people who have similar objectives, goals, and aims as you. There are many themes of belonging that are recurring in this novel such as ‘Belonging is based on people rather than places.’ The text The Simple Gift written by Steven Herrick is a verse novel that incorporates many aspects of belonging. The theme ‘belonging is