Prompt: Based on the first 40 minutes of the film and Chapters 1–11 of the book, does the visual version of Chris’s journey make his choices seem more justified or more reckless than the text does? Explain how the medium (film vs writing) shapes your perspective.

Prompt:
The visual version of Chris' journey makes his decisions seem more justified. He seems like someone who has just become disillusioned with society and needs time to reinvent himself. The book shows a story of an irresponsible person who threw his life away and refused help whenever possible. The medium plays a significant role in how one sees the story as a movie shows everything that is going on while the book has to let the reader make their own conclusions.

Summary:
Today in class we watched the beginning of the movie "Into the Wild".

Reflection:
I thought that it portrayed Chris very differently.

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