What is Krakauer's most likely purpose in using the following epigraph?
It should not be denied . . . that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west.
–Wallace Stegner, The American West as Living Space
A.
To incorporate his own love of a variety of authors
B.
To reflect the need for people to escape oppression and slavery
C.
To explain that McCandless's desire was not unique
D.
To describe the necessity for all people to explore the West
C.
To explain that McCandless's desire was not unique