Why is Chris McCandless is noble, or brave? He is like this way because he is going to go against the status quote. He is doing actions that people would not normally do in today 's society. People today would not think of doing the sort of things that McCandless did, and ended up losing his life over it. He did things that we would consider slightly insane; mad, but he adhere to a doctrine of no safety and constant adventure, or he went, “Into the wild.” ” Instead of being distraught over this turn of events, moreover, McCandless was exhilarated. He saw the flash flood as an opportunity it shed unnecessary baggage. He concealed the car as best he could beneath a brown tarp, stripped it of its Virginia plates and hid them”-29. Nobody would