Maslow's Hierarchy Of Human Needs In Cast Away

Chuckie is an extremely shy and timid toddler. He likes to play it safe. He likes to be the voice of reason when his friends decide to partake in wild adventures, of which he usually disapproves. He never acts out on impulse and overanalyzes the consequences that come with his group’s actions before deciding to join them. Whenever they embark on an adventure, his catchphrases include, “Maybe this isn’t such a good idea!” and “We’re doomed, doomed I tell ya!” He does not have any physical health problems, but he does exhibit signs and symptoms of anxiety disorder. Chuckie is the known “scaredy-cat” of his group, and has a

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

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.

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

Charlie also learns love in a way to get him better and set him for life. When his mother makes him dig the hole and fill it back up, this is harsh love and will prepare Charlie for later life as it will teach him respect and manners. Charlie deep down knows this is what his mother is trying to teach him, but at the time he just wanted to believe that she was trying to punish, annoy and make him work. Charlie also discovers the love of peers. When Charlie is dragged into the drama of Laura by Jasper he didn’t know if to trust him. But when the truth came out and Jasper wasn’t a part of it, Charlie loved him for telling the truth and being a good friend. Also when Jasper asks Charlie to leave Corrigan with him when they are older, Charlie loves Jasper for the respect and friendship he is giving him. Charlie also sees the act of false love. This is seen by Charlie when he witnesses his mother cheating on his father in the backseat of a car. Charlie knew his parents relationship wasn’t going too well, but he didn’t expect this. He uses this to overcome his mothers power over him. But this example shows us how Charlie has learnt the difference between real love and false love, this will only help him later in life.

In the movie Cast Away, Chuck Noland is stuck on an isolated island after his plane crashes due to a ruthless storm. Noland finds himself alone on the island with a Volleyball he later names Wilson. Noland considers the Volleyball his friend and engages in regular conversation with it. Having no contact with other human beings or animate objects caused Noland to behave abnormally. Due to the overwhelming need of a companion, Noland’s imagination created a false character to interact with. Young children who are often lonely face the same symptoms Noland faced on that island. Without real interaction with others, the brain will start to create imaginary interaction in order to function properly. In the movie, Wilson eventually gets lost at sea after a failed attempt to get back to society. Losing Wilson caused extreme depression for Chuck Noland. Not only did he have no real social interaction with others, but he had also lost the imaginary interaction his brain had devised for him. The calamity of Wilson’s disappearance crushed Noland into a crippling depression. Many would give up, as Noland did, because the loss of companionship often leads to the loss of motivation and drive. There will always be companions, whether real or

Since Chuck Noland represents evil in the form of a taskmaster of time, his punishment is to be sent away to solitude where time is not a factor. Before he arrives at his lonely island, Chuck is not good at dealing with people or emotions. He only gives his friend a phone number when his friend’s wife is dying of cancer. He offers no emotional support, and even tries to stay out of the conversation when the flight attendant is talking to his friend about it. Some other examples of this are the Christmas presents he buys Kelly (Cast Away). Even though they are gag gifts, it is still insensitive, and he did not think about how it would make her feel. He suffers a Satan-esque fall to this island where suddenly all the time and money in the world no longer matter. It is only after being stripped of these elements that Chuck is able to sort out what really matters in life. The fact that he does not open the package with the wings on it symbolizes that he is beginning to become more attuned to the elements of life that truly matter (Cast Away). He could have easily opened it, but he realized that respecting someone’s privacy, even on that remote island, was vitally important. He also realized that having a companion was important in survival, and this is why he created Wilson (Cast Away). Wilson taught him that he was taking his friendships and relationships in his earlier life for

He is always there for his friends in the ways that he can be such as helping to relieve his friend Swat’s stress. Swat is very serious about his schoolwork and sports and always study right after dinner. Chucky sees how stressed out his friend is and always makes an effort to make him smile or laugh. He goes into Swat’s room, messing up his bed and jumping around to make him laugh. Swat reminisces about those times and “truly believes God was using Chucky to help impart some levity into my life”.

His determination and faith serve to evoke optimism within the responder and it gives them hope that Chuck will continue to survive until he gets off the island.

Chuck ends up developing this type of character development when he is reunited with Kelly. He expects everything to go back to normal after he will be with Kelly. His relationship with Kelly changes after he finds out that she had moved on with her life, has children and is married. Chuck understands that, just like time, you must move forward. On the island Chuck has a volleyball companion named Wilson. He becomes emotionally attached to this object to keep himself less alone on the island. After Chuck loses Wilson in the ocean, Chuck feels

Wilson was an inanimate object/character that when introduced to the film had no significance until it was given a face like expression. The human need for companionship is a strong one. If left alone on that island Chuck Noland would have gone insane or turned animalistic and most likely died. Chuck knew he was just talking to a volleyball early in the movie but as time went on i'm not so sure if he truly knew that anymore. Wilson had become part of him helping to process ideas and options going ahead in the

Chuck's ruddy face wore a perpetual Joker-like grin and he went from zero to excited in seconds. The energy surrounding Chuck was positive, but he was fat and sloppy and reeked of Tequila. I didn’t remember him from the bar back home but he was affable and a Tequila drinker. I liked him immediately. It was easy to see why he made a good bartender. He listened when someone spoke and he enjoyed

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.

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.

Throughout the movie, the channels of NVC convey to the watcher how Chuck is adapting, i.e., how much time has passed, his personal journey, and his change in ideals, etc. When he gets on the plane, his clothes are fitted, he is wearing long pants, socks, shoes, an undershirt, a button up dress shirt, and a sweater. His hair is short and facial hair nearly non-existent. After he crashes he is soaked, weighted down, his sweater is stretched, pants are hanging past his feet, he has lost his shoes and only has one sock. Quickly, he adapts to his environment; his pants get shorter, his shirt comes off, he commandeers shoes and alters them for his benefit. His hair begins to get longer, which is very evident in his facial hair, and his skin starts to show sun spots and become tan. As four years pass he is wearing nearly nothing, his hair is savage like, long, untrimmed, and not maintained. His skin is so tanned he appears leathery, and he has lost so much weight his skin hangs off of his bones. His appearance, and artifacts help distinguish time, and how he has adapted and learned to survive over it.