Final answer:
In 'Into the Wild,' Chris McCandless is dismayed that Ronald Franz didn't adopt a nomadic and ascetic lifestyle as he had suggested.
Step-by-step explanation:
In Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is shocked to learn that Ronald Franz, an elderly man he had become close with during his travels, did not follow his advice to embrace a nomadic lifestyle and abandon his possessions.
McCandless, who had renounced materialism and personal attachments to explore the Alaskan wilderness, believed that shedding material encumbrances would lead to a more fulfilled life. However, Franz, deeply affected by McCandless's disappearance and subsequent death, later adopted the ascetic lifestyle McCandless had championed.