Which statement best describes differences between Kraukeur and Chris?

• A. Jon's dad wanted him to pursue medicine.
• B. Chris is smarter (educated): street and book smart.
• C. Jon is more comfortable in the wilderness.
• D. Chris is more comfortable in the wilderness whereas Jon is more afraid and needs a plan.

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is the contrast in how each person relates to the wilderness and risk. Chris McCandless is depicted as someone who chooses the wild as a defining environment, embracing independence, improvisation, and living with minimal dependence on society. Jon Krakauer, the author who studies and reports on Chris, approaches the situation with planning, structure, and a cautious, analytical mindset as he investigates and documents what happened. So saying that Chris is more comfortable in the wilderness while Krakauer is more afraid and needs a plan best captures this difference: one is living in the wild, the other is observing and organizing to understand it.

The other statements don’t fit as well: one introduces unrelated family pressure, another claims Chris is simply “smarter” in a way that isn’t the core distinction, and another reverses who is comfortable in the wilderness.