Where The Wild Things Are Book Analysis

Normally, when a movie is made about a story in a book the two stories are not exactly the same. The movie is adjusted by adding small details or leaving out some parts in order to make the story more

In the story, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, the main character, Chris McCandless left a strong and lasting impression on a lot of people. Chris who was well-educated, smart young man who touches a lot of people heart, but mostly touches the heart of an a 80-year-old veteran Ron, Franz who is a retired army veteran who once had a drinking problem due to his son and wife's death and two other people who name is Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg that seemed to catch the interest also. McCandless was one of those people. Which it stated that ‘McCandless made an indelible impression on a number of people during the course of his adventure, most of whom spent only a few days in his company, a week or two at most

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.

Jon Krakauer wrote an extraordinary book entitled Into the Wild, which was adapted for film by Sean Penn. The book and film tell about McCandless life which the son of wealthy parents, who graduates from Emory University as a top student and athlete.McCandless was smart and love to write a real story, which that let him to go to Alaska, I agree with him to write a real story it should to be someone lived . Also, he was ignorant at the same time.

“ The universe depends on everything fitting just right.” (Hushpuppy from Beasts in the Southern WIld). This quote represents the theme and connection of the film, “ Beasts in the Southern Wild, “ with the novel, “ Their Eyes Were Watching God. In both, the protagonist go through tough experiences and have a strong connection with nature. The movie, “ Beasts in the Southern Wild,” released in 2012 directed by Benh Zeitlin is about a young girl named Hushpuppy who lives in a peculiar isolated area which they call the “Bathtub.” Hushpuppy lives with her crazy, sick father which is her only parent figure in the film, and with a community full of brave and wild people. In the film, Hushpuppy and her community face a storm which ends up exposing

Many books have movies based on them. “Where The Red Fern Grows” is a very heartwarming book and movie. This film and book is about a boy in the Ozarks that is obsessed with coons, dogs, and hunting. There are many things that happened in the book that is displayed on screen for example, the main character, Billy is the oldest sibling in the book and movie. Billy saves up money to buy two dogs. Billy takes the both of them on adventures, until the one adventure takes a fatal turn.

Film has a way of presenting the journey in which a character embarks upon. The perspective from which the story is told is strongly attached to the dramatization of the journey within the film. The two films, Ponette and Beasts of a Southern Wild bear similarities in the way the relationship between the father figure and main characters unfold. However the differences between the way Ponette and Hushpuppy come to terms with the death of their loved ones are profound. Ponette uses her emotions to guide her whereas Hushpuppy uses her instincts.

All people want from life is to find happiness. We have learn that it’s not as easy as it looks, we have to search for it, maybe not literal but learning to love ourselves. Everyone tries hard enough to get what they desire and work hard for it, but we can’t see what the future holds, so no one knows exactly what might happen. Tragedy can sometimes come when we least expect them while searching for what we believe can bring us peace and satisfaction. We see this in the novel, Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer about a young man who is searching for what he believes might give him freedom, he goes on his own journey without knowing the end consequences. The author includes and arranges many features that help better understand why he wrote this

The Beasts of the Southern Wild is a movie about a village of people cut off from an industrialized world. In the film, the village does not interact with the modernized people until they are forced to, and even then they are reluctant to do so. These actions portrayed by the people in the village can be related to a quote by Henry David Thoreau when he said, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer, let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” The villagers in fact did not pace with their human companions, as they were not part of the industrial world, instead they paced more with their companions in nature as that is where they lived. Not only did the movie show how they were cut off from the rest of civilization, it showed how even though they were in terrible situations, with terrible events happening to them such as floods, they always found a way to rise up again. These specific actions are similar to a quote given by Ralph Waldo Emerson when he said, “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

It tells a story through a child’s eyes, full of innocence and imagination, yet taking place in a dark, harsh reality. These two factors only enhance the movie, leaving it in a comfortable place between whimsical and tragic. The music and cinematography is superb, as well as the acting and plot. All of this together lends itself to a beautiful, fantastic, and captivating film that anyone can benefit from watching. The only point of doubt in story-telling was the interjection of “aurochs.” With that overlooked, Beasts of the Southern Wild is a quality

Many dictionaries define animals as living things other than human beings or plants. However, in some dictionaries, there is another definition for animal, which shows how they distinguish animal and human: a live thing which behaves in a wild, aggressive, or unpleasant way. In Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, the behavior of Max, the protagonist of the story, challenges the boundary line between the animal and human. The way human and animal live their life and convey their love severalizes human and animal.

“Let children have tales of imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairytales, even where it is all impossible, and they know it, yet they believe” ~ Charlotte Mason. This quote relates to the book and the movie because in the book max imagines a forest growing in his bedroom. In the movie max runs away and as he runs away he imagines going to another land. So his imagination plays a huge role in the story and in the movie.

In Benh Zeitlin’s movie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, a young girl named Hushpuppy lives with her father in a small community located in Montegut, Louisiana, known by the locals as ‘the Bathtub’ for its coastal erosion. The area is also isolated from the rest of the population on the other side of a levee. They are faced with periods of intense storms and flooding, as well as long dry periods due to climate change, but their community survives together, helping and protecting each other, and living by their own rules, separate from what society wants. During the movie, Hushpuppy sees life through her own magical lens, bringing to life folkloric beasts called ‘aurochs’ that have been released from the melting ice caps that also translate

In today’s society, a father-daughter relationship is a key feature that helps shape our identity. A 2012 dystopic film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin, is based on an island which the people have to overcome obstacles after a massive storm passes and leaves the devastated island flooded. Beasts of the Southern Wild positions the audience to challenge the typical stereotypes of a father-daughter relationship in society through the metaphor of the beasts, Hushpuppy’s independence and the importance of family.

The core pages in the Big Book structure their information in a step by step fashion. It begins with Bill’s Story. The story of how Bill started his own journey through alcoholism and became a founding member of A.A. The following chapters target the alcoholic in different areas of their life. Chapter two and three talk about how, through science, spirituality, and personal experience, the founding authors discovered the solution to their alcoholic illness and the ways they could beat it. Chapter four targets the alcoholic who may shy away from the religious or spiritual talk about “God” and how the program handles the idea of God or a “higher power” as those in the group see it. Chapter five and six are the nuts