Flight from destiny: 'Into the wild' and the getting of wisdom
2017; Issue: 85 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1449-857X
Autores Tópico(s)Contemporary Literature and Criticism
Resumo'Into the Wild' (Sean Penn, 2007) is based on the real-life story of Christopher McCandless, who perished alone in the Alaskan wilderness. Driven by a Romantic determination to test himself and his resources, McCandless abandoned the comforts, expectations and strictures that came with his privileged middleclass life. With its combination of optimistic idealism and self-inflicted tragedy, McCandless' story initially captured the imagination of writer Jon Krakauer, whose bestselling 1996 book 'Into the Wild', about the events leading up to McCandless' death, inspired Penn to make the film of the same name. Penn's account of McCandless' story pays homage to his protagonist's idealistic pursuit of freedom, but it is subtly underwritten by a counter-narrative that prepares the way for his final transformative realisation that people and human relationships are what matter.
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