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Post by klep on Jul 14, 2015 7:42:49 GMT -6
Matt Voigts writes about Into The Wild, the 2007 Sean Penn movie detailing the journeys of Christopher McCandless. Voigts examines the disconnect between the Byron quote which opens the film and McCandless' own feelings on the matter, and also how the film seems to view McCandless.
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Post by klep on Jul 16, 2015 13:33:16 GMT -6
Bridgett Taylor writes about Christopher McCandless' broken home and how the trauma of his upbringing drove him into the wilderness. I have to say this article significantly increased my level of sympathy for him.
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Post by Gillianren on Jul 16, 2015 14:09:27 GMT -6
In that I now have some sympathy? Yeah. I still think he made foolish decisions that aren't attributable to abuse, but I get more about where he was coming from.
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Post by klep on Jul 16, 2015 14:38:08 GMT -6
Pretty much. I had some admiration for his dedication to his ideas, but now I understand that the root of his journey was his desire to escape a truly toxic family situation - something that doesn't come through clearly enough in the film. Penn indicates that Chris' childhood wasn't exactly happy, but fails to illustrate just how bad it apparently was. So now instead of thinking Chris was a short-sighted idiot with some admirable qualities, I understand that he's a psychologically damaged short-sighted idiot with some admirable qualities who's desperate to get away from a painful life. It's more of a tragic story now than a Darwin award tale.
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