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Differences Between Into The Wild Book And Movie

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The novel and movie, “Into The Wild” are extremely similar and different in that there are scenes left out of the movie that would have been an important aspect to the film as well as scenes added into the movie that were either not exceptionally important or were not apart of Christopher McCandless’ life story. The novel and movie have a countless number of similarities. In both the movie and novel the main character, Christopher McCandless is set out on an adventure into the wild which leads to both consuming poisonous berries and starvation which are the cause of his death. Both stories were told with the scenes or chapters being narrated and transitioned in past and present. The two stories were strong and important factors in depicting …show more content…

Tracy is a teenage girl who displays an attraction towards Chris which he declines due to the fact that she is far too young for him. Then, Christopher meets an elderly and retired man, Ron Franz, who develops a close bond with Chris. Ron eventually wants to adopt Christopher but he requests that they will speak about the topic when he returns from Alaska. The novel is more about the life of Christopher and his devotion to his last adventure rather than presenting the many different relationships Christopher experienced which was viewed in the movie. The book was told by Christopher’s point of view while in the movie Christopher’s sister, Carine, narrates the film. There were also many scenes that were either added or not included from the novel. In the movie, Christopher cut up all of his identification cards while in the book he leaves a great deal of his belongings with Jim Gallien. A scene that was withdrawn from the film that would have made a substantial impact on the audience was the three Alaskan rangers discovering Christopher’s body in the bus as well as his parents did not come to Alaska to claim the body. Another scene that was also deserted from the book was the climbing of devil’s thumb. Jon Krakauer, author of “Into the

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