Is 'Into the Wild' based on a true story? On whom is the movie based? Know all Details

Into Wild was a film that inspired many to take control of ir lives. Released back in 2007, Into Wild was a story with true intentions that followed life of a man who left behind his comfortable life in city to hike across Alaskan wilderness for rest of his life. A film that moved many, Into Wild story is based on a n-fiction book of same name that vows to take us through self-discovery. Is Into Wild based on a true story? How did movie impact world? Read along to kw more.

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Is Into Wild based on a true story?

Into Wild is a movie on real-life hiker Christopher Johnson McCandless who, very early on, realised that his true calling is somewhere in wild.

After graduating from Emory University, Christopher decided to throw it all away to live freely. As he has himself mentioned a couple of times in his entries, he is t "a destitute" but a person who chose his own life. Chris' younger sister, Carine, wrote memoir Wild Truth that described trauma that she and her bror had to put up through as children, which ultimately motivated him to choose path of wilderness.

Before taking off to next chapter of his life, Chris had reportedly donated his entire education fund to Oxfam and destroyed all his identity cards to start afresh. man hiked through rth America and Alaska before finally finding a place to call home in Alaskan bushes in an abandoned blue bus. In September, his body was found decomposed in same bus with starvation being cause of death. Today, converted bus, kwn as Magic Bus, is a well-kwn destination and a tourist point for aspiring hikers.

Into Wild book takes readers through great story of his quest for true living mapped into four chapters, "my own birth", "adolescence", "manhood" and "family". Throughout his journey, he meets different characters, some who are supportive of his journey and many who are t. As he deals with se relationships, readers see growth of his own character. From surviving nature to finding himself at his weakest, Chris, later renamed as Alex, tries to show  meaning of life that is far from reality that humans have built for mselves.

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