Timothy Treadwell

his name to Alexander Supertramp,a talented man who left his ordinary life to accomplish his fantasy of living in Alaska. Timothy Treadwell was a moderately aged man who had gone through 13 summers living with grizzlies ' bears. Aron Ralston a man who left his parents and quit his job to go in Aspen, Colorado in order to pursue a life of climbing mountains. McCandless, Treadwell, and Ralston are three extraordinary…

Timothy was an outgoing man who had a passionate love for animals, mostly bears. He displays strong emotion for them on camera so that the audience can get a taste of that feeling as well. He pushes the subject of how bears are some of life’s greatest creations based on the feelings that he himself feels. He constantly shoots videos of him directly in front of the camera so that his emotions can be shown and the excitement of being so close to a bear is clear. Nichols writes, “Performance here…

ending with Treadwell’s birth and death year displayed under his name in the opening shot of the film. We as the viewer know this is a tragic tale, but still some form of denial is present, a desire to want to believe that everything will be okay for Treadwell by the end. This is the exact opposite in ‘Little Dieter Needs to Fly’ where the protagonist is recounting his tale of heroism and survival with present footage of him used to tell his story rather than archive footage used like in…

The stories of Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell’s journeys to Alaska, provokes the common person to ask at the end of it all: Are they men that people should look up to, or are they just individuals who bit off a little more than they could chew? The author of Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, reveals Chris McCandless to be an introvert who feels the need to remove himself from a typical life in society and begin his own adventures to figure out who he really is. In an effort to show the issues…

The work of Timothy Treadwell, since its beginnings, has been incredibly divisive as people continue to argue over the effects it had on the bears and their preservation. Werner Herzog aims to highlight this divide, as well as assert his own views, in the film Grizzly Man. While there is no uncertainty that Treadwell views the Grizzlies to be misunderstood creature which may be safely interacted with using certain techniques, Herzog seems to view them as wild, unpredictable animals, ultimately…

introvert who feels the need to live off the land in Alaska and to escape the fabricated upbringing by his parents. In an effort to show the dangers of living and exploring in the wilderness alone, director Werner Herzog introduces Timothy Treadwell…

Throughout life decisions are inevitable. Sometimes the choices we make are meaningless, but many times they have a huge impact on journey through life. Although it is smart to use older and wiser people's experiences into account when making choices. It is significantly more logical to act upon personal beliefs and feelings because it is unilaterally what you want and will make you truly happy in the end. In Into The Wild, Krakauer writes “Joy... is in everything and anything we might…

Germany at one point was well gifted in the art of film making. In the 1920’s German expressionism was wildly popular and inspired many filmmakers however, Germany hit a creative cinematic drought during the war and became very idle after. It was in late 1960’s that the New German Cinema movement began to get its footing. This movement was inspired by the French New Wave, causing young directors to shun the old film making ways and bring new life to the film industry. These films were normally…

Survival of the fittest is the law that all animals must obey. Humans have very specific natural instincts that they are born with, one of the most essential being survival. The lack of shelter, food and communication negatively impacts the mental and physical health of any human being, and this experience is demonstrated in the movie, “Into the Wild” and in the documentary, “Grizzly Man”. Into the Wild is more effective at portraying the theme of survival than Grizzly Man because of the…

The Guide: Ralph Waldo Emerson This hell was constructed based on the views of transcendentalism. Emerson was the most well known transcendentalist as well as an author and poet. Along with this, Emerson was a close friend of Thoreau and was one of his few human contacts during Thoreau’s time at Walden pond. If anyone was to understand the mind of Thoreau and his life in Walden, it would be Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1. Non-Christians Developing a connection between man, nature, and God is the…