Music is a powerful form of expression that can spark all kinds of emotion in people. It can also add a new element to the story, as seen in Eddie Vedder’s soundtrack in the movie based on Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild. In the soundtrack, there are several songs that help to develop the story of Chris McCandless’s journey into the wild. Guaranteed, one of the songs on the soundtrack, provides further insight into Chris’s situation, uses lyrics to get it’s message across, and provides emotion through music and literary devices.
The song Guaranteed is a song that shares Chris’s feeling about his his inability to maintain close relationships, his opposition to material possessions and his feelings in general. Guaranteed would fit into the scenes from the book after Chris has started his adventure and is making his way to Alaska walking, hitchhiking and living freely. The song mentions Chris’s inability to maintain relationships with the line “Don't come closer or I'll have to go.” The song may represent Chris’s feeling after leaving his sister, Wayne Westerberg, Jan and Bob, or Franz; all of which are people he left behind. In the book, McCandless writes that “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships” (page 57), which is supported by this song. Additionally, Guaranteed gives further explanation of Chris’s opinion on possessions with the lyrics, “Everyone I come across in cages they bought.” He believes that people …show more content…
Music can allow for audiences to visualize and comprehend what is happening in ways that books can’t. Guaranteed went along with the book to emphasize key parts of an important transition for Chris from civilization to the wild. The song showed what Chris himself was thinking at the time, used lyrics to make certain ideas clear, and used musicality and literary devices to get across it’s
The song Guaranteed is a song that shares Chris’s feeling about his his inability to maintain close relationships, his opposition to material possessions and his feelings in general. Guaranteed would fit into the scenes from the book after Chris has started his adventure and is making his way to Alaska walking, hitchhiking and living freely. The song mentions Chris’s inability to maintain relationships with the line “Don't come closer or I'll have to go.” The song may represent Chris’s feeling after leaving his sister, Wayne Westerberg, Jan and Bob, or Franz; all of which are people he left behind. In the book, McCandless writes that “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships” (page 57), which is supported by this song. Additionally, Guaranteed gives further explanation of Chris’s opinion on possessions with the lyrics, “Everyone I come across in cages they bought.” He believes that people …show more content…
Music can allow for audiences to visualize and comprehend what is happening in ways that books can’t. Guaranteed went along with the book to emphasize key parts of an important transition for Chris from civilization to the wild. The song showed what Chris himself was thinking at the time, used lyrics to make certain ideas clear, and used musicality and literary devices to get across it’s