Carlos Godinez Professor CooperENGL 1022 April 2014 Into the Wild: book versus film Many books or pieces of literature have been turned into films. Sometimes films can mirror exactly what the author wrote and hoped to convey, but often films can create this sense of enhancing the book or distort it completely due to more or less background information and a change in the perspective of the book. main character. The book Into the Wild, written by John Krakauer, was one of those films that was recreated in film by director Sean Penn. This is the story of a young man who is troubled by the poisonous ways of society. He continues to destroy his previous identity and creates a new one. He abandons his home, car, life savings, and family life to live on the road and in the Alaskan wilderness. It was said that he was trying to escape society as a whole and find himself and happiness. Both the book and the movie follow a fairly coherent plot that is related to each other, both making it clear that Chris was a polarizing topic. So why does the book portray Chis McCandles as a charismatic, outgoing, well-mannered nice guy, while the movie portrays him more as a goofy, immature, unprepared kid who bites off more than he can chew? It all depends on your interpretation of both sources within the information provided. The following comparison will be of the book versus the film version of Into the Wild and will raise the question of the amount of background information provided in the book versus the film and the change in perspective of the main character Christoper Johnson McCandles. John Krakauer published Into The Wild in 1996. He first wrote about the story of Christopher McCandless in an article he published in Outside Magazine in January... halfway through the paper...... after seeing the film he was “ . . . And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the stone of blind death alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head. This quote truly embodies McCandless's view and interpretation of life, which I found significant in forming my opinion. From a personal point of view, I greatly appreciated both Krakauer's literary representation and Penn's film. Although their organizational and representation plans for McCandless were slightly different. Their portrayal of McCandless will influence readers only as much as they allow it to. The book and the film were both unique in telling the lessons learned from the life and great adventures of Christopher McCandless.