Monday, November 12, 2012

Journal 5


      The Final Cut
         In the last scene of the movie, Alexander is completely struggling to move within the cramped bus. He realizes the plant he ate was actually very toxic and was slowly killing him. This led him to the sudden realization of how he viewed his own life principal about happiness. Before in the movie he said happiness is found in nature living alone, but the last thing he wrote in his journal was “Happiness only real when shared.” After he wrote this entry he bundled himself into his bed and laid down for the last time and looked up to the sky with a giant smile on his face. This made Alex’s complete transformation at finding out the true meaning in life. If only he would have realized this when he wasn’t starving to death and about to die.  Although for the first time in a long time Alex was extremely happy, because he found the true meaning in life and he looked over his journey and found out how much fun he did indeed have figuring it out.
            This scene is essential to this movie, because it was Alexander Supertramp’s journey to finding salvation in this world. Without his past experiences with all the members he has met along the way, he would have never came to this realization.  After this journey, Christopher McCandless found liberation from his dark worldview he once held. This scene exemplifies that even Chris, when he was in his weakest state of mind and physical ability, was still happy.  This scene fades from his smiling face towards the beautiful Alaskan sky where he was looking ever so ready to see what was his next step was for him. 

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