Chris McCandless Lived on His Own in the Wilderness Because

question 25

Multiple Choice

Chris McCandless lived on his own in the wilderness because he felt constrained and betrayed by a society that cared so little for its individual members. What term describes the attitude to which McCandless objected?

• A) suburbanization
• B) urbanites
• C) edge cities
• D) social atomization

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