Compare And Contrast Essay On Into The Wild

For this Film vs. Novel discussion, I decided to write about Into the Wild. I first heard about this book many years ago while I was a sophomore in high school, I fell in love with the story of Christopher McCandless ( Alexander Supertramp) , who decided to leave his normal life behind and wander into the Alaskan wilderness. The novel, Into The Wild was written by Jon Krakauer, who told Chris's story through people he had met, Chris's family and the journal that Chris wrote in daily. Jon Krakauer also uses Chris's story to incorporate the similarities between his own life experiences and Christopher's.
In the novel, Chris is portrayed as an intelligent, driven young man who was raised in a suburban family setting. Although Chris was raised in a loving family, he held resentments against his father, Walt. Walt had fathered a child with his ex
I thought the film was shot beautifully, and Emile Hirsch did a fantastic job portraying Chris McCandless. But for me personally, I felt more attached to Chris's story while reading the book rather than watching the film. The film included many quotes and exact scenarios that happened within the novel, such as; When Chris attended the graduation dinner with his family and he remarked to his father that his grades were good enough to get into law school, I thought that scene was shot perfectly from how it was told in the book. The natural lighting that was used during this film was perfect, as well as the camera movements and smooth transitions. The film score throughout the film fit very well with each scene. I believe the director Sean Penn did a great job portraying the novel, as it is very hard to condense a fascinating nonfiction story into a two and half hour film. The film definitely showed the basic story of Chris's venture into the wild, but the novel gave a much more deep, emotional and monumental side to the