Research Paper On Into The Wild

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Into the Wild, 2007, is a movie produced and directed by Sean Penn (Into the Wild). The film was based on a non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Christopher Johnson McCandless is a recent graduate of the Emory University. After graduating, Christopher has an opportunity to go to Harvard but instead decides to give away all his possessions and sets out to go to Alaska. This journal will be about my thoughts about his journey to discover who he was.
His journey begins by disappearing from his life. After graduating as he sat down with his parents for lunch, I believe he knew he was leaving. His parents offered to buy him a new car and he was very upset by the offer he voiced that he was tired of everything being about “things”. He

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