In the film ‘Into The Wild’, directed by Sean Penn, a character’s fate was used to reinforce one or more themes in the film. The character Chris McCandless died in the Alaskan wilderness. His fate helped to reinforce the themes of the importance of relationships and isolation. Chris pushed himself as far from society as he could and into isolation, escaping these human relationships that he believed would hurt him. Chris’ fate reinforced the idea of the importance of relationships. This is shown when he is dying, and writes in the book Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, ‘happiness is only real when shared’. Chris then understands how having human relationships is important for having a happy life. This is only realised when there is no escape …show more content…
After Chris had died, the camera zooms out in a panning motion to a wide shot that showed the Magic Bus surrounded by the wild. This camera technique was used effectively to show all the space Chris had and how there was no one around for miles. The isolation Chris experiences shows the audience how he was driven to do things he never expected to do. He wanted to be as far from society as he could be and didn’t want to be surrounded by others or their expectations. The high expectations of Chris' parents drove him into the need not to live up to others expectations. Therefore Chris only wanted to live up to his expectations. Society has so many rules and tells you that you can’t do this, or you can’t do that, but Chris proved society wrong by doing what he wanted. Although Chris was living up to his expectations, he didn’t make the most of what he had. He got a college degree; he was popular, and he got on with people well. He had a family who tried their best and loved him. Due to college being expensive a degree is a big deal in America. Consequently the wealthy are able to easily afford it. Many people would be envious of Chris’ education and how charismatic he was. So in a way he had not made the most of his