Comparing and Contrasting Into the Wild Book and Movie

With movie culture today, many films are based off books. Harry Potter and Hunger Games are examples of two movie series that closely follow the books on which they are based. However, there are films that drastically stray from their books. The Natural, a baseball movie based on the book, The Natural. Differences in the plot, characters, and theme result in two largely different moods and meanings.

Buck lives in Judges Millers estate at the beginning of both the book and the movie. He is then kidnapped by Manuel, the gardener. He is sold to dog salesmen heading to Alaska. He is disciplined by the Law of Club and Fang. The man in the red sweater takes Buck out of the cage and repeatedly beats him. Buck continues to try to attack until he is to week to fight. He then learns the law of Club and Fang.

The book “Where the Wild Things Are” was written about Maurice Sendak’s life. He based the book of living in Brooklyn with his hard-working father and emotionally unbalanced mother. Spike Jonze loved the book and wanted to create a movie that applies to more than just children. When watching and reading the book, and movie, “Where the Wild Things Are”, there are many differences and similarities that stood out.

Child beauty pageants may seem like harmless fun, but the actual effects it has on adolescents is not worth the public adoration. Some people believe that pageants do not have long lasting effects on them, and that, for children, pageants just give them the opportunity to play dress up. Even though children may not be affected immediately, the values that pageants instill are buried in their subconscious. By judging children at such young ages based solely off outward appearance, they grow up with a distorted psyche, which later affects them in their adult life. Since the media provides children with unrealistic standards of appearance, and pageants teach them that attractiveness is the key to success, many downsides follow, including poor

The novel and movie, “Into The Wild” are extremely similar and different in that there are scenes left out of the movie that would have been an important aspect to the film as well as scenes added into the movie that were either not exceptionally important or were not apart of Christopher McCandless’ life story.

First, we will talk about how child beauty pageants started. The upbringing of child beauty pageants is very interesting. It started off with “Pageants celebrating female beauty and charm being fixture at fairs and festivals the U.S. since the 19th century”(Hilboldt), and then “Their rise in popularity probably dates back to 1954, when the miss America pageants was first broadcasted on TV”(Hilboldt). “In 1960, a miami broadcaster hosted the first locally televised pageant for children, Little Miss universes”(Hilboldt). Around “The 1980’s child pageants had become an inextricable part of life in the South…”(Hilboldt). Pageants have dated back for centuries, but did not rise in popularity until it was first broadcasted on TV. Furthermore, the number of kids that participate in beauty pageants is eminence. A majority of little girls wanted to be in pageants, because “They began dreaming of one day becoming Miss America”(Hilboldt). With so many kids in pageants “It’s estimated that 25,000 children compete in more than 5,000 pageants in the U.S. each year”(Hilboldt). It is crazy how many little girls participate in beauty pageants each year just so they can hopefully become the next Miss America. While beauty pageants are still relevant and legal in the U.S. France is trying to ban them. “France is considering a move to ban beauty pageants for girls under 16 as a way to fight the hyper-sexualization of children”(“France”). While,“Under the proposal, organizers of beauty pageants aimed at young children...could face up to two years in prison and fines of $40,000”(“France”). Also, “The measure is a part of of a wider law on gender equality and was approved by the French Senate after garnering 197 votes in favor of the ban,

Jon Krauker wrote the book Into The Wild, about a boy who wanted to go to Alaska, and Sean Penn made a film about the book. The book and film talk about a boy named Christopher McCandless who graduated from Emory University. Instead of taking on a successful career, he goes on a journey to find himself by being one with nature. He dreams to go to Alaska because he wanted to get away from all the materialistic things that his parents cared so much about. He grew sick overtime because he ate some poisonous berries and he passed away in the van that he found in the middle of nowhere. Two weeks later, hunters found the van and his corpse.

and bring home the crown. Parents often claim on the show that participating in beauty pageant is actually in the best interest of the child since they help to build self-confidence and friendship. However, on Toddlers & Tiaras, that is clearly not the case. Parents are depicted as the ones who desire fame and fulfil it with the help of their child possibly because they have lose the ability to achieve it themselves. Parents on the show are often portrayed as desperate attention seekers who in their fiery attempt to create a “star,” force their children into pageantry for their own vicarious pleasure. Though it is true that every parent would believe that their

The similar things that happen in the book and the movie were they went to the movies. Dally was bothering Cherry. Johnny told Dally to stop bothering Cherry. Dally went to get them a soda but Cherry was incredulous looks at Dally and threw the soda at him. Dally left and Ponyboy asks Cherry why are you not scared of us. Cherry said because you guys dont scared anyone. Cherry asked them they want to sit beside them. Then Cherry asked Ponyboy if they wanted to get some popcorn. They go to eat with Dally but when they come back the church was burning.

When I hear the word toddler I think of little girls walking around in mommy’s shoes, and miss matched clothing (because she’s getting to the age where she likes to dress herself.) And of course a cute smile that’s missing a few teeth. The word glitz, glamour and sashes don’t come to mind. Nor does the image of a little girl who’s fake from head to toe. Wearing wigs, flippers (fake teeth), inappropriate /reveling attire and fake tans. I don’t think of little girls dancing around a stage in front of hundreds of people getting judged on their “beauty.” Well, that is exactly what children’s pageants consist of. Pageants exploit a child for their outer beauty, their talents and over all perfection or as pageant judges would call it having” the

Starting with the similarities, the first similarity between the book and the movie are the characters. For example, in both the book and movie, Chingachgook is a Native American, and he has a tomahawk. Hawkeye is a white man. He appears to have a knife and buckskin leggings also. The last of the the examples of the character similarities are Alice and Cora. The two are sisters, and Alice is the younger sister. As you can see from these examples, the characters do have similarities in both the book and movie.

Into the Wild happens to be my favorite book, and also one of my favorite movies. Most people like one or the other, but I think the two complement each other because of the varied stances taken on the main character himself. In case you’re not familiar, Into the Wild is based on the true story of Chris McCandless who, after graduating with honors from Emory University in 1990, gave his entire savings of twenty-four thousand dollars to charity and set off following his dream of living off the land in the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless made it to Alaska, but died shortly after taking residence in an abandoned bus; he probably passed from eating the wrong deadly plant or possibly from starvation. The book was

Beauty pageants have been around in America for decades; however, they have not gained notoriety until the show "Toddlers and Tiaras" aired on national television. The airing of "Toddlers and Tiaras" has brought child pageants to the attention of many Americans. Not many people were aware of what took place in beauty pageants, but ever since the show debuted in 2009 there has been an intense controversy about children as young as newborns being entered into pageants. Some people say that pageants raise self-esteem and teach responsibility, whereas others say that pageants are necessary and children should take advantage of their youth. Although pageants teach etiquette and communication skills, ultimately they carry a vastly high

Pageants are costly and Parents will spend upwards of five grand on a dress that will probably only be worn once. Entrance fees, travel, hotel rooms, makeup, and coaches are thousands of dollars per year that parents spend on their children to compete in a contest that most children don't have a choice if they compete or not. These children have

There is an average of 5,000 beauty pageants a year with over two million contestants who sign up to participate. “Toddlers and Tiaras” is a show on TLC that first aired in 2009 and is dedicated to the viewing of child beauty pageants. The show shadows the process of getting ready and the performance of the three young girls in the contest (Padmore, 2016). The ages of the girls range from only a couple months old to young girls of around fourteen or fifteen-years-old. The juvenile individuals were pictured wearing skimpy little outfits including bikinis and short shorts with a crop top shirt. The show had an average of 1.3 million viewers every week (Padmore, 2016). That is 1.3 million people, including men and child rapists, watching these little girls wearing little or next to nothing dance around the stage. Speaking from a personal standpoint, I have watched “Toddlers and Tiaras” and have witnessed a children’s beauty pageant in person. What I saw was something I could never forget. I watched