One piece of evidence that demonstrates McCandless’ attitude toward the government was that McCandless does not really care for the government rules. Reason so is that when his car battery died rather than going to the rangers to ask for help he did not, reason so is because he did not want to be asked questions. “If he went to the rangers… they would have some irksome questions for him: Why had he ignored posted regulations and driven down the wash in the first place? Was he aware that the vehicles registration had expired two years before and had not been renewed? Did he know that his driver’s license had also expired, and the vehicle was uninsured as well?” (Krakauer 28). McCandless avoided going to the rangers because of these question,