In the movie Castaways, a man named chuck Noland is working his hardest to get packages delivered in time for christmas. He gets on a plane to deliver packages, but when they come upon a huge storm, it all falls downhill. The plane went down into the ocean with him inside. Chuck was on a raft and drifted towards an island that no one knew. He was forced to learn how to live on the island for many years of his life. Sometimes nature was on his side, sometimes it wasn’t. Learning how to live with nature is difficult because nature is powerful, useful, and can involve communication with it. Nature is hard to work with because it is so powerful. In the beginning of the movie Chuck is on a plane on his way to deliver packages when the plane flies into an unexpected storm. It shakes the aircraft and it becomes very dangerous to be on and causes the plane to crash into the water. The wind plays an important part. They were not able to control the plane or which way they went because the wind was powerful. The wind and the ocean play an important part together. The wind helps blow the waves of the ocean in different direction. Chucks raft can not be controlled because of how …show more content…
Chuck is forced to learn how to live on the island so he can survive. The island has many resources that Chuck can use for food. He makes a spear so that he can catch fish and crab to eat. He's able to find coconuts so he can stay hydrated because he is not able to drink the water on the island. Chuck uses sticks that are found on the island to make shoes. The sticks are also used to make a small area of shelter for him. It's where he can keep his packages and other things that he might need. It's didn't help very well when there were storms over night or rain during the day. Chuck then found a cave where he could sleep and not be in the cold rain at night. Nature helped him survive on the island because of it's useful
He loses faith in himself some time after arriving on the island, so he decides to commit suicide by hanging himself over a cliff. Luckily, the tree branch that supported the noose snapped which would mean him falling to his death instead. Chuck then realizes that it's a sign that he needs to live. Before the departure of the island, Chuck doesn't have much faith that he will survive the trip back to civilization since he writes, "Tell Kelly that Chuck Noland loves her" on a rock in case somebody comes across it later on. If he was certain that he'd succeed in the journey back, he would not be doing so since he could tell her himself in person. Shortly after departing, he encounters a whale swimming close by. It is the first living thing that's seen throughout the movie after the crash, other than Chuck himself and his food sources. There are no sound of birds, either. This gives him more faith that he will arrive back to civilization where people are alive. Wilson is the only companion Chuck has on the entire island, and he frequently holds conversations as well as arguments with Wilson in order to stay sane. It becomes his closest and only companion; Chuck stores so many of his thoughts and emotions in the volleyball that it begins to appear alive. He puts all of his faith in the volleyball. This can be shown when he nearly loses Wilson on
The movie castaway is about a main character called Chuck Noland who gets stuck in an island after a plane crash. At the start of the film, Chunk who was working for the Federal Express was living a paced life, obsessed with time and observed in his job. He also had a fiancé called Kelly and was soon to be married. While Chunk was
In connection with the stick sharpened at both ends, Jack killed their next meal, feeding them for the night, but in the future, he may have threatened their supply of protein. Not only is the boys’ origin of protein imperil, the only other supply of food, their fruit, is too. When Jack and the others light the island on fire in pursuit of Ralph, Ralph exclaims, “The fools! The fire must be almost at the fruit trees - what would they eat tomorrow?” (220) Ralph is right in this situation, with their main food source being the fruit trees, the group is left with nothing to eat.
Cast Away is a movie about a man named Chuck Noland who gets stranded on a deserted island. While on the island Chuck must learn to survive living off what the island has provided. Through his work for survival we see him accomplishing each level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs. The first level of the Hierarchy is physiological which includes food, water, and sleep.
Cast Away was a movie about a man, Chuck Noland, who gets trapped in an island after the plane he was on crashed. He was on an assignment to go to malaysia for Fedex when the plane goes down during a storm. He started with nothing when he first got to the island except a raft and a couple fedex boxes. Throughout the movie he goes through a series of challenges and changes that demonstrate all five tiers of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs pyramid.
“Takes a lot of work to bring a man back to life” means that figuratively, it takes a while for someone to become accustomed to the normality of regular life again. “I had power over nothing” means that Chuck couldn’t control anything on the island. Which is so weird for him because he is used to being in control of everything in his life. On the island, he couldn't even control how he would die. “And I know what I have to do now, I got to keep breathing” means that all chuck could control was if he lived, and he realized he had to.
--During the first few days of living on the island, Chuck tries to save the packages that he managed to save, but after a while of living on this island, he opens the packages in hope of finding something useful. This is the start of his shift into becoming disconnected with his previous life. Before, he was a very precise and detailed man. After a while Chucks stops thinking the precise and detailed way he used to think, but begins thinks in terms of survival.
The fact that he is willing to completely cut ties with his family and travel across country by himself, shows his carelessness. Before he left, he sent his parents his transcript from college, an article about the Food Crisis in Africa, and a brief note about his graduation. Nothing to indicate he was leaving, nothing to indicate this would be the last time they would hear from him: “Not much else is happening, but it’s starting to get real hot and humid down here. Say Hi to everyone from me” (Krakauer 22). Because McCandless uses the Postal System for all of his letters to his family, he did not have to see or hear the emotions they felt in response. I believe it is easier to drop all relations with a person during this period in time. However Today, technology is the most efficient way to communicate with others. Without cell phones or computers, no one is able to reach others in a timely manner or see if others need to reach them. In the Movie Cast Away, it takes Chuck a very long time to get used to his limited resources on the island. He is constantly trying new ways to catch fish, build shelter, or
Chuck Noland is a FedEx worker who is obsessed with his job, a workaholic. He is trapped in the captivating life of time, power, and structured planning. He is always working against the clock. His job has taken over his life. He is so deep into his personal career that he doesn 't spend enough time with his fiancé Kelly, his time is always put into working all day. Chuck also has a problem with socializing with his co workers. He treats his co workers in a more boss-to-employee relationship instead of a friend-to-friend relationship. Chuck is involuntarily sent on a quest when his plane crashes into an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. During his quest, Noland has to realize
Cast Away is a movie about a man, Chuck Noland, who is obsessed with time. His whole demeanor
This movie is about a man (Chuck) who is always kept up on time and how important it is to be and keep track on time. In the movie, Chuck gets stuck on an island and is challenged by nature to survive on the island and later get off the island. Once he finds a way to get the island he is reunited with the real world and has a feeling of gratefulness for everything that he has. He realizes he needs to live every moment like if it was your last. The theme of Cast Away is that there is always a way to survive the difficulties in life whether it may be physical, mental or emotional obstacles. The movie portrays this through symbols, settings and character development.
Wilson, a volleyball who became Chuck’s only companion as he was stranded was who kept him sane during the time they were together. Chuck’s physical needs were being met by Wilson as Chuck was able to maintain his ability to keep up with enough physical activity for him to be able to gather and create tools they would both need to survive, such as starting a fire. As Chuck Argues with Wilson, he fulfills his identity needs by believing that his argument makes him a more logical, smarter person. Chuck is also able to meet his social needs as he uses Wilson’s presence as a listening one he could use to share ideas he had throughout time.
Additionally, this fluctuation of faith can also be seen through Chuck Noland in Cast Away. When Chuck Noland reaches his lowest point of hopelessness, he attempts to commit suicide. As time progresses, his faith in seeing Kelly again slowly diminish because Noland is aware that “she had to let [him] go” (Zemeckis, Cast Away). He realizes that she probably thinks that he is already dead and thus in a sense, Noland knows that he has already lost her. Like Pi, Noland also loses his motivation of surviving, as he believes Kelly has moved on with her life and begins to believe that he is going die alone on this island.
In Castaway, the main conflict that Chuck Nolan faces with another man is his arguments with Wilson. From the time that he makes Wilson, to the time he loses Wilson, he is constantly talking to him. They have arguments about different things that they could do. Wilson will offer one idea, but Chuck wouldn’t like it, so he would offer an idea. They would banter until Chuck made a final decision. Wilson was Chuck’s only friend on the island, without him Chuck would have been even more lonely then what he already was.
‘Castaway ‘, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a 2001 film starring Tom Hanks. Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx delivery man whose life is headed in the ‘right direction’, until his plane crashes and he is stranded on an island. He must adapt to his new life on the island; overcoming many obstacles in order to survive. ‘Castaway’ explores three different journeys; physical, inner and imaginative. Chuck Noland is a filmic representation of the philosophy of time equals money equals fulfilment. Zemeckis is deliberate in his obvious manipulation of the responder as he uses a multitude of filmic techniques to create a connection between the audience and Chuck.