Into The Wild And Mirror Analysis

Beliefs, values, laws and attitudes can change the way we see the world through a journey or experience

Journeys are movement through time, spirit and body. Our Journeys can have a lasting impact on our opinions, either positively or negatively affecting the persona, past and present experiences. The power of the journey can realign one’s views on fundamental beliefs, values, and attitudes that have become so natural to them and their lifestyle, thus allowing them to experience worlds from another perspective. How a journey changes a person not only depends on the journey itself but also on the previous experiences of the person. Both texts ‘Into the Wild’ and Mirror explore their unique journeys through strong key concepts but show it in …show more content…
Although, journeys do not exist without a galvanising force, Into the wild demonstrates the motivation clearly through the need for Chris to not become like his father. Chris has this flame inside of him, causing him to not fade to black and white furthermore not to follow the path pushed upon him by his parent’s morals. When Chris venture scapes into the wild the culture of nature crafts him into the person he sees most preferable. Explicit intertextuality is feature and a technique shown within ‘Into The Wild’, the camera pans up a stack of books while Chris burns and cuts his identity. Each book is a written novel from famous authors during the time of romanticism in the 1800’s, this can give us a hint of Chris’s strategies to return to a natural state and remove materialism. Mirror illustrates a robust connection between two cultures which are more outspoken and noticeable than ‘Into the Wild’. ‘Into the Wild’ and Mirror both show that experiences, habits and morals form their journey and help mould them into the person that they are and shall