My dad has described him as "such a kid" since when he first saw it. lol
So that we argued a lot after watching the movie. I was such a kid who didn't know anything. haha
My impression about the ozone jet...hmmm...
When I first saw it, I thought it represents the heaven or something. Since the very last scene was ended with the jet flying into the very big sky, and going high and high.So that I thought he was going where the god is. (Chris had mentioned about "God" so many times in the movie.)
At the same time, it represents the ultimate freedom, and happiness, I think.
According to the movie "Carine McCandless flew with her brother's ashes from Alaska to the eastern seaboard. She carried them with her on the plane... In her back pack." So that means he finally succeeded in sharing the beautiful views from the sky, the freedom with the one he had loved, and he got the truly happiness. By the way, speaking about the sharing, the sky is the only thing that people from all over the world can share. In the scene, while Chris' father was crying, he was looking up the sky. And also, Chris had been looking up the sky as well. It was kind of "connected" and "sharing", I guess. Maybe he already knew how to share something...spontaneously.
I don't know. Sorry for the completely-incoherent paragraph! lol This HW was too hard for me to think.
Teacher's note: Thanks for sharing this follow up. It makes a lot of sense. I never thought of the connection with Carine taking his ashes back home. This is described vividly in the book. --Mike www.moviesgrowenglish.com
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