Wild (2014 Film) Literary Elements

Wild (2014 Film) Literary Elements

Director

Jean-Marc Vallee

Leading Actors/Actresses

Reese Witherspoon

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Gabby Hoffmann

Genre

Adventure, Biography, Drama

Language

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Reese Witherspoon and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Laura Dern

Date of Release

2014

Producer

Bruna Papandrea, Bill Pohlad, Reese Witherspoon

Setting and Context

Pacific Coast Trail - 1995

Narrator and Point of View

POV is that of Cheryl

Tone and Mood

Dramatic and Serious

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist and Antagonist is Cheryl

Major Conflict

Cheryl has lost her mother and gotten a divorce after her infidelity and finds herself walking 1,000 on the Pacific Coast Trail in order to find herself.

Climax

Cheryl completes her journey after 94 days and four years later remarries and eventually has two children one of them named after her mother.

Foreshadowing

Cheryl pulling off her toenail in the opening scene foreshadows the pain she will have to endure on this journey.

Understatement

It is understated what happens to Cheryl's brother after their mother's death.

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

n/a

Allusions

The 1,000 mile hike is an allusion to the necessity to walk through our pain in order to understand it, connect to our true self and live again.

Paradox

Cheryl is lonelier in real life than she is on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Parallelism

The opening scene parallels the same scene later in the film when we see Cheryl tape sandals to her feet after removing her toenail.

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