In this essay i will be writing about the comparisons between the film into the wild by Sean Penn and the book by Jon Krakauer in which they both present the mcCandless family in different way some good and some bad

the film presents Walt mccandless as a world apart from his son where as the novel presents Walt and Chris as sharing similar core characteristics. Example from the film the entrance of the sports team into the formal dining hall and over the shoulder shot of Walt’s reaction compared with similar shot of Chris. An example from the novel colleagues refer to him Walt as brilliant while Chris came into this world with unusual gifts.

into the wild is a novel about a young man who makes the decision to donate all he’s money to charity and take up a life on the road. Along his journey he encounters many obstacles, some that he can not overcome. in this essay we will be comparing and contrasting between the novel (written by Jon Krakaure)and the film (directed by Sean Penn) the main differences we will be comparing are between how the family of Christopher McCandless are portrayed and come across in the novel and in the film.

one of the main differences between the novel and the film is the way Chris is presented to act towards he’s parents, in then novel, a day after Chris’s graduation in tells us in the novel that Chris buys he’s mother gifts for mothers day.

 In the film into the wild Billie mcCandless is presented as fake ,where as in the novel she is presented as a caring mother. an example that portrays Billie as a fake in the film is when Chris comes to the fancy restaurant after his graduation just before he comes inside and is just parked in his car Billie looks at his car with disgust because she see’s his old car parked between two new cars. she also is portrayed as fake because when he walks in and sits down Billie  tells him she would like to buy him a new car to get him out out of that junk yard car. this shows that she is fake because she only cares about how her and her family looks rather than care about her sons feelings towards the car. In the novel, she is portrayed as a caring mother because she hand knits Christopher McCandless a blanket. We also know that she is a caring mother because if he really did despise his parents, then he wouldn’t have taken the blanket that Billie made for him to Alaska with him, but instead that was the only thing that he took from home which shows that he loved the fact that she made him this instead of buying him one which shows that she is caring. This shows that she is caring because he cared a lot for the blanket meaning that he had strong feelings for his mother, showing the reader than she cared about him enough for him to love her gift so much, also she is caring because she was worried that her son might be cold and she made him a blanket showing that she cares about his well being.

Christopher McCandless was a 23 year old man who set out to the wild for his personal ambition a year later he was found dead. both jon Krakuer and Sean Penn have interpreted McCandless’s story in their personal way krakeur making a book and Penn in making a movie. in this essay I will be analysing the comparison between McCanless’s family and McMcandless himself in the book and the film.

The film presents McCandless’s family in an negative way. an example in the film is Physical fights. they are portrayed in a negative manner through out the film. in the book there is no evidence that Walt and Billie ever got in an physical fights. Penn uses this scene in the movie to show that both parents didn’t get along another. in the book they show an negative side of McCandless family but also shows that both parents loved McCandless. the movie also shows Chris McCandless dislike in his parents as the movie portrays that Chris McCandless did not like his parent an evidence in the movie is his speech to Carine McCandless wishing his parents should have never have met. this shows that Chris McCandless did not like his parents relationship. another evidence that shows that Chris McCandless disliked his parent especially his dad is when he found out that his father had another family this appears in the book and was one of the reason Chris McCandless disliked his father.

both the book and movie show an strong relationship between Chris McCandless and Carine McCandless the book and the movie presents Chris as a caring brother towards Carine the evidence that shows this was Chris and Carine would walk home together after school holding hand this was mentioned in the book and suggest that Chris loved Carine very much. Another evidence that shows that Chris and Carine had a strong relationship is from the movie is the scene were Chris and Carine are in the car together as Chris was reading to her. this scene shows the trust between Chris and Carine. the books mostly shows the relationship between the two characters as the movie not so much. the book also tells that she viewed her brother as a roll model as he was talented in everything he did this suggest that Carine respected he brother deeply an evidence that showed that Carine respecter her older brother is she joining her school band because of Chris and her starting to play the French horn because of her brother the only thing she was better than Chris at the movie doesn’t show an early life.he is also showing that he is rebbeling By burning his money he is showing that he is not willing to follow with society and saying that this money is useless and causes people pain in their lives suggesting money is depraved.