Answer to Question #195799 in English for Makaia Hill

Question

From Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer quotes one of McCandless’s friends, who said that McCandless “was born into the wrong century.  He was looking for more adventure and freedom than today’s society gives people” (p. 174). Do you think this is true?

Answer 1

Into The Wild Based on a True Story. Yes, 'Into The Wild' is based on a true story. The screenplay was adapted from Jon Krakauer's book of the same name. It discusses the life of Christopher Johnson McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp), an Emory University graduate who gave it all up to live a nomadic life.