Chris Mccandless Journey In Sean Penn's Film

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In Sean Penn's film Into the Wild, I believe Chris McCandless is seeking something beyond the life he is currently living. A quest can be defined as, “A jury of inquest, an act or instance of seeking, a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance usually involving an adventurous journey.” Throughout McCandless quest he is searching for many things, about himself and the world around him. John Krakauer, who wrote the book Into the Wild, which Penn adapted to the film, had a connection to McCandless’ story because he could relate to how McCandless felt about how the ideals in all the books he read sounded and how it could make McCandless want to go try a life for himself like that, dissolve of material possession. This connection helped Krakauer …show more content…
Through what McCandless' sister revealed about their parents it gives more of an insight into his motivation to get away and not live his life the way they expected him to. McCandless’ sisters’ commentary also revealed some of the authors, which inspired him to go on this journey. Also, when he was in the bus we saw some of the books he chose to bring along with him which seemed to be his biggest motivation to go to Alaska and take this quest. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines quest as, “A jury of inquest, an act or instance of seeking, a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance usually involving an adventurous journey.” This definition applies to the film and McCandless’ personal quest because he is searching to find something greater than the life he is living, beyond material things and having a college education and a career, just like everyone else. “A jury of inquest”, describes this well, he is looking for answers through his quest, looking to find what he believes is missing from his life. He is looking to obtain the kinds of ideals he read about in his favorite novels and find some sort of peace with having no material possessions and just being out in the
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