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INTO THE WILD

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Contents
Prcis.......................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1.................................................................................................................... 2
About the book/background.................................................................................... 3
Summary................................................................................................................. 4
Cause of death........................................................................................................ 2
Chapter 2.................................................................................................................... 2
Themes................................................................................................................... 2
Analysis................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 3.................................................................................................................... 2
Film adaptation........................................................................................................ 2
Conclusions................................................................................................................ 2
Bibliography............................................................................................................... 2
Annexes...................................................................................................................... 2

Prcis

Film adaptation

A film adaptation directed by Sean Penn was released in September 2007 starring Emile
Hirsch as McCandless, and it is a biographical drama. This film adaptation stimulated the interest
of the consumers in Krakaeurs book, remaining, to a great extent, quite similar to the original
story. McCandlesss sister was involved in the voiceover in the film, giving it a true sense of
authenticity (Jasmine Ruby Roseanna, 2012). In her article, it is also said that, the movie Into
the Wild received a number of good reviews, which cemented the story of Christopher
McCandless into American history.
Fifteen years after Chris McCandless starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness, the story of
his quest to escape from society back to nature still inspires controversy: Was he a hapless
amateur who threw himself into harm's way - or a genuinely idealistic seeker with a run of bad
luck that cost him his life? This is the question that the journalists from The New York Daily
News are pondering over (2007). A possible explanation of this might be given in the following
quotation:
There is plenty of sorrow to be found in Into the Wild, Sean Penns adaptation of the nonfiction bestseller by Jon
Krakauer. The story begins with an unhappy family, proceeds through a series of encounters with the lonely and the
lost, and ends in a senseless, premature death. But though the films structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but.
It is infused with an expansive, almost giddy sense of possibility, and it communicates a pure, unaffected delight in
open spaces, fresh air and bright sunshine.
(New York Times, 2007)

Bibilography

Krakauer, Jon, 1997, Into the Wild, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, ebook
Krakauer, Jon, Authors note from the book, Seattle, April 1995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_%28book%29
Roseanna, Jasmine Ruby, A critical review of Into the Wild, March 12, 2012,
https://jasminerubyroseanna.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/a-critical-review-of-into-thewild[January]
Sean Penn's 'Into the Wild' forages for meaning in fatal quest, September 16, 2007,
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/sean-penn-wild-forages-meaning-fatalquest-article-1.246518
Scott, A. O, Following His Trail to Danger and Joy, New York Times, September 21, 2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/movies/21wild.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0