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**A8**

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As a baseball player, I am aware that steroids is a big topic for discussion in major league baseball today. Although the majority of people that know about the topic of steroids are against using them, there are a number of people that are indifferent and ones that think it is good for the players that are injured in order to recover faster. To the average fan of the game, the only opinions they hear is the ones saying that steroids are bad for you and they are illegal in the game of baseball. Although there are bad effects in taking steroids, the advantage that the athlete gets is the risk that they take to get better. I havent done enough research on the effects of steroids, so I dont have an opinion as to whether they are good or bad for the athlete. In todays sports, steroids is a big topic for discussion because some say that it is cheating and only intended to get bigger in a faster amount of time. Although it does make an athlete stronger, it can also speed up the time that it takes an athlete to recover from an injury. I am interested in researching whether or not it would be fair for athletes to take steroids when they are injured, as a way to get back on the field quicker. There are bad effects in taking steroids, but there are also good ones which makes an interesting case as to whether steroids should really be illegal in sports.

= = Patrick Gustine College Rhetoric Ms. Vetne March 8, 2009 Into The Wild Review The movie //Into the Wild// directed by Sean Penn is a drama film about the life of a college boy named Christopher, who sets out to travel cross country and experience nature first hand in Alaska, as told by his sister. He abandons his automobile in order to hitchhike his way after destroying all of his credit cards and donating his life savings to charity. Christopher McCandless buys a kayak and paddles down the Colorado River, into Mexico, and later returns to America by taking a train back. On his journey he meets many different people and arrives in Alaska two years later. He lives in a bus to protect him from hunters and starts to write a book on his adventures. Because of a flood Christopher is forced to live off of plants as food and by mistake eats a poisonous plant by accident which later kills him. Probably the only think that is bad about this film is the fact that it is a bit too long. //Into the Wild// is an effective film, by taking the viewer on an emotional journey shown through the development of the main character, Christopher, and his relationship to nature and the people that he meets on his journey to Alaska. // Into the Wild // is a good and effective film in the ways in which it is able reaches people on an emotional level and its ability to appeal to the emotions of the viewer, especially during the sad parts of the film. I am not the type of person that gets emotional during the movie, but there were some parts that were sad for me as the viewer. One moment in particular that I had a strong reaction to was when the old man, Ron, drops Christopher off on the highway and says that he wants to adopt him. Chris replies by saying that they will talk about it when he gets back from Alaska and walks away. At this moment in the film, when Ron starts crying is when I found myself getting emotional because of the thought that Chris might not make it back from his journey, or that Ron might die before Chris gets to see him again. This part appealed to me in a weird way because of the powerful emotions that Rob showed at the point when Chris starts walking away from him. There was another part at the end of the movie that was an emotional part of the movie for me when Chris was dying and he started to write in his journal. When Chris writes “happiness only real when shared” is a sad part of the film because of the pain that he is obviously going through and it is not the ending that I as the viewer wanted to see. Throughout the film the viewer is taken on an emotional ride with Chris’s on his journey and becomes attached to the things that Chris is trying to accomplish. This movie is successful because through character development, the viewer becomes attached to the main character and in a sense is taken on the same journey that Chris is on throughout the movie. The effect of the setting and the places where the movie is shot is effective and realistic which makes his journey more believable. Each image whether it be the river rapids or the icy mountains is a symbol of the challenges that we are faced with and the things we must overcome in life. Into the Wild is a good film that uses the images and the landscape as symbolism that enhance the film and makes it stronger. The mountains and the rivers that Chris comes across are the problems that people come across in life and must be conquered. Chris is faced with many challenges and has to find ways to overcome them. The whole idea of going out into the wild is symbolic the way society is today and how we rely on material things too much. In a review written by Claudia Puig, she brings up a good point when she says, "In his book, Krakauer analyzed aspects of McCandless' longing to escape the mundane and materialistic elements he felt dominated modern society. That same questing spirit comes through in the film" (paragraph 4). Chris goes on the journey to get away from society which is obvious through his actions of burning his money and cutting up his credit cards. In his review, Ken Fox, brings up a good point that I had not thought of, and that is that while Christopher is out in the wild, it "cuts to the heart of one of America's founding romantic narratives: the myth of the Western frontier where individuals can discover truth, ultimate freedom and the true measures of themselves" (paragraph 3). Christopher sets off on a journey in order to find happiness and love out in the wild.
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A6

TV Guide Film Review This review on the film //Into the Wild// has several good points that I had not thought about when I was writing my review on the film. The writer of this review, Ken Fox, provides us with an in depth summary of what the movie is about and the different characters and people that he runs into during his journey.

He brings up a good point that I had not thought of, and that is that while Christopher is out in the wild, it "cuts to the heart of one of America's founding romantic narratives: the myth of the Western frontier where individuals can discover truth, ultimate freedom and the true measures of themselves" (paragraph 3). Chris goes on the journey to get away from society which is obvious through his actions of burning his money and cutting up his credit cards, but I hadnt thought about the point that Fox makes in his review that it is a way to see what you are made of. I agree with the writer of this review when he says that this film is too long. I plan to use the idea that Christophers journey was a way to find himself and how you can find happiness and love along the way.

USA Today Review This review of the film Into the Wild starts off by telling the reader what she thinks was good and bad about the film. I agree with the writer Claudia Puig when she says that it is a captivating and moving experience. Although the movie is long it is a good film that makes everyone think what it might be like if you were to live in the wild alone. I plan to include the ideas that are found in this review about the originality of the music that is played in the movie. I like how the writer refers to the book in her review because it makes her review seem stronger and more reputable because she gives examples of things in the movie and in the book. An example of this is when she says, "In his book, Krakauer analyzed aspects of McCandless' longing to escape the mundane and materialistic elements he felt dominated modern society. That same questing spirit comes through in the film" (paragraph 4). I like this review because there are many different points that she brings up in her review that I like.

Time Magazine Review

I dont agree with this review when they say that Into the Wild had a bad ending. Richard Schickel thinks that the ending of the moie was bad when he says, "the film needs at least to entertain the possibility that its protagonist was driven less by high principle than by lamentable screwiness. And we need to leave it carrying some sense of tragic consequence with us. Instead, we're simply glad to be finished, at last, with this annoying man-child" (paragraph 5). I think that the ending of the movie is a good one because although it is a sad one, it adds to the effectiveness and is emotional for the audience. The writer seems to have a negative view on the character of Christopher in the movie because he thinks there is something annoying with him. I dont think that I like this review because he has alot of negativety towards the movie, whereas I thought it was a great movie. 

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