The travellers of Bhopal shared their unusual and exciting travelling stories with each other in an event ‘Into The Wild’. The event was held here on Sunday at Dylogg Coworking.
The event began with the film screening of the movie ‘Into The Wild’. It is an American movie directed by Sean Penn. It features Emile Hairsch, Marcia Gay Harden in lead roles.
A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation. Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity, Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world.
In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure, his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents' sordid and abusive relationship. When he reaches Alaska, he finds he is insufficiently prepared and despite making it through the winter, he prepares to return home in spring, only to find the frozen stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable, raging torrent, and that he is trapped. With no means of sustaining himself adequately, he is eventually starved to death. Throughout his epic journey, the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the final