Maslow 's Hierarchy Of Needs

When Chuck first got to the island he started with nothing that was life sustaining, like clean water, shelter, or food. Early on though he created a makeshift shelter out of the plastic raft that he had from the crash. This provided him shelter which is apart of the first tier of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. The first tier of Maslow’s pyramid is about basic survival; it includes water, shelter, air, food, sleep and sex. The raft provided him with a shelter that protected him from elements. This allowed him to survive allowing a part of the first tier of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs to be met.

After realizing that he would not be rescued anytime soon Chuck starts to think about survival. Another person’s body who was on the plane floats onto the island as well as some Fed Ex packages. Chuck takes the person’s shoes and buries the body, I think Chuck does this because he knows he will need shoes in order to survive on the island. Chuck also starts to open some of the packages something he would have never done if it weren’t for necessity. Chuck becomes very grateful for the thinks in boxes like the flashlight, the volleyball, and the ice skates. All of those items contribute to him surviving on the island.

A trait that they are opposite in is humbleness. Chuck is very humble about nature and surviving, but the Chechaquo (the man from To Build a Fire) is hubris and cocky. When the Chechaquo wets his feet, which is very serious at that cold of temperature, and builds a fire to warm himself he thinks, “Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought”(20). He does not think the people giving him advice know what they are talking about. They told him to be careful and take a partner, but he went alone. But just after he thinks this, snow from a tree falls on his fire, putting it out. If he is more careful, this will not happen to him. If he brings a partner or if he notices the tree with snow this does not happen to him. When Chuck first gets on the island, he makes sure to get food and water. Also, when he is preparing to leave the island, he takes note of the months and days. He does this so he can have proper wind and current to get home. He knows how dangerous and powerful nature can be, so he takes a lot of precaution. Without water and food you cannot survive, so he is smart to find those first. Also he knows that if he does not leave at the proper time the current and wind will blow him the wrong way. If he does not consider these things, he might not have survived.

when ken grew up he was the fastest swimmer on the island and people would come from all over the world just to see him swim. But one day ken was fishing and pirates took

Chuck Noland, the Fed-Ex employee, had survived the plane crash and was found 4 years later. He was rescued on a raft by a cargo ship. He had lost a huge amount of weight over the past 4 years and has changed drastically. Before he ventured out onto the ocean, he had a good amount of food, water, and a small shelter, but was all lost due to a storm he encountered on the way.

At the onset of the movie there is a great deal of camera movement, from following the package Noland FedExed to himself, to keeping up with Chuck frenetic lifestyle and then the traumatic plane crash (Zemeckis). Then the use of camera movement by the cinematographer ceases, just as Noland’s life as he knows it does. Throughout Chuck’s time on the island the camera is stationary, with the only sense of movement coming from Noland himself as he moves around the stationary picture frame. The frame is now Chuck’s prison, he is stuck in time and place. Burgess described the changeover like this, "We were using Steadicam, remote heads, all kinds of things to keep up that sense of movement (Zemeckis and Burgess)," but then after the crash he says "The camera comes to a screeching halt. At this point everything is designed to convey the character's monotony, his sense of isolation. We were on sticks with the head locked off wherever possible (Zemeckis and Burgess).” Additionally, when Chuck leaves the island, Burgess lets the camera move along with the sea waves to enhance the audience’s perception of the journey. Then, when Noland is rescued, his trepidation as he attempts to reenter his old life (Zemeckis) is captured by the slight return of the camera motion the audience experienced at the

Those two traits, which are equally important, are resourceful and creative. Louie was very resourceful and think of it as an important trait after catching the bird, “Louie had demonstrated that if they were persistent and resourceful, they could catch food, and both he and Phil felt inspired.” (Hillenbrand expert 1) Chuck, on the other hand, showed creativity. He used ice skates for knives, a dress for fishing nets, a broken piece of a plane for sails, and even a volleyball for a friend. He has used things in a way they are not meant to be used as. For the reason that Louie is stuck on tiny life rafts, there is not much to be creative about. Instead, resourceful is important because he has very limited resources. As opposed to Louie, Chuck did not have to worry too much about resources has he has a huge island all to himself. What he needs is creativity to use the resources properly. Both characters still have both traits, creativity and resourceful, they just have different significances on the two

Chuck escapes the island not because he is strong enough or smart enough, but because he had no choice but to hope in which he put all of his faith into an inanimate object that kept him going. Chuck doesn’t learn to hope in himself, because his hope came just at the moment he realizes he is unable to save himself from the tropical prison. It is in the nature of human condition when all else fails hope is automatically triggered in a fight or flight

nature was another big part of this film. Chuck had a difficult time with the fire at the beginning of the movie. Once he figured out how to create it, it became an easier task as time went on. He realized that fire was something that too many people take for granted and was of much quicker access at home. He also had trouble with his spear so he could find fish to eat. His spear was decently made, but he was unable to catch fish for quite a while. When he decided that it was time to leave the island, he needed a boat. He was running low on rope, and he knew of some that was on top of the cliff. When he climbed up there, there was a big risk of falling, but he did infact receive the rope and was able to use it for the boat he built.

In castaway chuck noland is a fedex executive who goes gets into a plane crash and ends up on an island. Chuck has to learn how to survive with only the clothes he has on his back, a few packages that had come ashore, and the land of the island. Chuck is stranded for four years by himself or with his “friend” wilson who is a volleyball he had

Man versus nature, no questions asked. Noland was stuck on an island, so clearly he had to make some decisions based on how the weather of the island treated him. Have you ever had to start a fire without a match or any other 21st century tool you rely on for you Friday night bonfires? Try it, and I promise you’ll never want to do it again. Chuck had to use only the branches around him to start a fire. It took multiple tries, but eventually he figured it out. Noland figured a lot of things out as he continued to spend time on the island. He figured out how to find food, even when there wasn’t much around him. He took basic knowledge and did what he had to do to survive. Chuck Noland is a hero when it comes to surviving in nature.

When Chuck is abroad the plane it starts to go down. The plane crash is a little too dramatic it goes on for to long. Finally he gets his raft unstuck. As he floats down the water the waves are a little too strong, and the water rushing over the raft is too loud. Once again it last too long. We see to much water, and splashing; there needs to be more interaction. When he gets to the island and he is lying there he takes to long to grab his raft. The raft should have floated a way when the tide can in. He also gets hurt a lot through out the movie. He cuts his hand with wood, and steps his leg when he is in the water. His wound should have became infected; even though he was using salt water there is know way he could have kept it that clean.

Imagine you are stranded on an island, all by yourself. You have a few things left from the plane that crashed you there, but not nothing to help you get off the island. How are you going to survive? How are you going to stay sane? Well, the movie “Cast Away” gives us a scenario. Chuck Noland is flying across the ocean to get to work training, unfortunately, the plane malfunctions and he is stranded on an island with a few FedEx boxes he salvages. He learns how to deal with being alone, how to hunt for food, and even take care of medical needs. During his stay on the island, it is interesting to pick out the different forms of communication he develops is good friend Wilson.

In the movie Castaway, Chuck Noland is marooned on a deserted island by himself. He lost everyone he ever knew and because of that he started to go insane. To cope with this, he created a friend for himself, helping him keep his sanity and to be less lonely. At times, he lost motivation, and he almost gave up. Noland learned how to get food, clean water, and make a shelter in the four years he was on the island, fulfilling his basic needs . Ultimately, the main reason he almost died multiple times while marooned was because he was alone. Love and belongingness needs are one of the most important needs for human survival because without human interaction, one could lose their sanity, motivation, and can become lonely.

And in the end he finally comes to a realization that in order to be rescued, he had to get off the island because he knew no one was going to find him on the island. When a debris from the plane crash floated onto shore, this gave Chuck the idea to make a boat, the debris turned out to be the sail for his boat. This finally led to Chuck getting rescued once he went out to the ocean because a passing boat saw Chuck after four long years and he was rescued. In “Cast Away”, I believe that Chuck reached the top of Maslow’s pyramid and in my opinion he reached self-actualization.