Oppression In The Mccandless

Oppression is not seen as much throughout this movie. The one scene that comes to mind is when Chris’s parents were fighting. This scene was shown as a flashback that the sister is remembering as she thinks about why Chris is going on his great adventure. This flashback shows Chris’s parents fighting about work. Throughout the fight the husband is calling his wife “woman” instead of calling her by name. This term is used to demean Billie by showing here the thinks less of her because of her gender. When Bille stands up for herself, his anger rises. Billie leaves the room, but her husband grabs her by the arm and pulls her back in the room. He then starts hitting her while yelling to the children, who are present, that she is making him hit her. …show more content…
Another aspect present in the movie is the stigma related to socioeconomic status. Growing up, Chris’s parents were very materialistic. The enjoy having the finer things in life, and bragging about those things to friends, family, and neighbors. In public the McCandless are always try look like this perfect happy couple, but in private they are far from happy. The parents like having the finer things in life. For example, there was a flashback on when the parents got a Cadillac. The spent the whole time bragging about how much money they have, and how they can afford to by something that was worth so much money. This shows us that being wealth went to Chris’s parents head, causing them to want the finer things in