Hi. Mike this is Alex. This movie is hard to explain for me because it is too metaphysical to write.
Many people think that Chris wanted freedom, so he stayed in the Alaska for his freedom.
However I think that Chris was a indulgently and he just wanted to do what he wanted.
He cared about nothing, even though his family. His Alaska life was looks like primitive man
life, also he can not free about eating and sleeping, finally he got perfect freedom when he died.
When he saw the sky, he saw a air plane three times. I think that the air plane could show to me like
this "we can see it, but we can get it". Chris really wanted to get freedom, but he couldn not get freedom
when he live.
Thank you for reading.
Teacher's note: You're most welcome. I agree that 'Into the Wild' is metaphysical, yet there are plenty of visual and verbal clues as to why Chris abandoned his family. What was troubling to me was why he abandoned Carine, the one person in the world that he was close to. Perhaps Chris felt that the only way to go was to have a clean break. In the movie, Carine tries to rationalize his reasoning, but in the end comes to no reasonable conclusion. Thanks for posting. --Mike http://www.moviesgrowenglish.com