The difference between life and death can be decided in a split second. One small mistake and the rest of your life disappears. In the short story To Build a Fire by Jack London, the main character’s decision to go into the Yukon alone was essentially what killed him. He was a logger, and decided to take a different path than the others, by himself. He eventually broke through the ice and wet his feet, meaning death if he did not successfully build a fire, as his feet were freezing on the spot in the 70 below zero conditions. His fire burnt out due to carelessness, and he died soon after. In the movie Cast Away, directed by Robert Zemeckis, the main character is a FedEx employee who gets caught in a plane crash. He is the sole survivor, and …show more content…
In To Build a Fire, the man’s companion is a native husky. It was not your usual man’s best friend story, as the author states that “the one was the toil-slave of the other, and the only caresses it had ever received were the caresses of the whip-lash and of harsh and menacing throat-sounds that threatened the whip-lash”(5). The man’s lack of value for companionship may very well have been the reason for his death. His arrogant belief that he could survive alone led him to a life and death situation that would easily have been solved if he had another person with him. After the fire he had built burned out, his companion could have built another fire in a matter of minutes, saving him. Chuck from Cast Away, on the other hand, stayed alive because of his strong value for companionship. While he was on that island, even though though Kelly, his probable fiancee, was not physically with him, she kept him going, and the prospect of seeing her again motivated him to keep breathing. He also had a physical companion, and though Wilson was not human, he became essential for Chuck’s survival. Chuck turned a volleyball inside a FedEx package into a companion that he gave a name to, talked to, and argued with. Interestingly, it was as if he made Wilson smarter than him, and while discussing his escape plan with Wilson, Chuck credited him with the idea of using the porta potty as a sail. He thought of it as Wilson coming up with an escape plan, but essentially talked himself into a brilliant plan, as Wilson’s thoughts and actions were all a figment of his imagination. All in all, a person’s value for companionship is one of the most important traits for surviving in the
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.
Movies are meant to evoke emotion in a person and attach them to the story being told on the big screen. Writer, William Broyles, Jr., in his movie, Cast Away, shares the story of a desperate man, Chuck Noland, trying to survive after being stranded on an island. Broyles’s purpose is to make the audience feel for Chuck and share the same feeling that he is going through. He adopts a sad and serious tone in order to do this that allows the mature audience to show emotion towards Chuck. The ways he makes the audience feel for him include: repetition, personification, and camera angle/ sad music. With all of these combined, Broyles is able to manipulate the audience into feeling for Chuck.
"Cast Away" is a fantastic film that has many hidden meanings beneath the surface. Before being analysed, it seems like it's simply about a man who experiences an adventurous journey after his plane crashes into the Pacific. After more thought was put into it, many symbolic meanings that demonstrated his human nature, mainly consisting his drive of survival, faith, hope, and morals, was revealed. I am able to arrive at the conclusion that yes, I do agree with the quote, "Cast Away delivers a strong message of fear, survival, faith and hope."
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.
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
--While on the island, Chuck feels very alone, but his is able to deal with this isolation by creating his friend, Wilson, through a volleyball. This allows Chuck to have a reason to live because he wants to stay alive for his friend.
Have you ever wondered how long you could survive left in bad situations with no food and no water? Have you ever seen survival shows where people pretend to be in those situations? Well, Louis Zamperini in Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken and Chuck (Tom Hanks) from Robert Zemeckis’s film Castaway share many things in common: they are both normal people stranded in bad situations. Louis is on a military plane when it gets shot down, and Chuck’s plane crashes.
‘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.
In her passage, Ms. Vollmer argues about McCandless failing to hear the warnings provided by Jack London through his stories which McCandless had read and reread many times. In his story 'To Build a Fire' Jack London has shown the difference between a person who did not care about the risks and a dog with pure instincts. The similarity between this man and McCandless was that both were inexperienced to the adverse events of nature and both failed to see the dangers. The main purpose of London's story was to warn the adventurers about the risks to the wilderness. As an enthusiast of Jack London, McCandless had read these stories many stories many times and yet failed to understand London's warnings. Shreds of evidence lie in every mistake he had made as he continued his journeys making Vollmer's argument agreeable.
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.
In Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire,” a man freezes to death in the Yukon. His unfortunate fate could have been avoided if he simply would have respected the power of nature and recognized the warning signs. It is easy to identify three signs that he shouldn’t have ventured into the Yukon off the trail fifty below zero and to never mess around with nature or you might just find out, you will not make it out alive. “His spit froze before it had even hit the ground.” (232) this indicated that it was below 70¬¬¬¬¬ below zero.
In “Cast Away” Chuck cut off himself by always focusing on work and deadlines is only what matters.
Castaway was an astonishing film about survival, love, and loss, three things we take advantage of every single day. Tom Hanks undoubtedly gave one of the best performances of his career. Throughout the movie you see his character, Chuck, change from a busy, time-obsessed man, to someone who is at the brink of death multiple times. The emotions displayed when Chuck was on the island told the story of how he coped with being away from his one true love and society in general. Slowly, you see his sanity starting to escape. When he started talking to a volleyball he named Wilson, you realize how much being alone affects a person. Not only was the acting excellent, the storyline was one to remember. Castaway stood out from other survival films
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.
Cast Away is a movie about a man, Chuck Noland, who is obsessed with time. His whole demeanor