Cast Away
...ge and starting a fire by rubbing two sticks together. His victory dance after achieving his fire making task was amusing. Chuck met Marlow’s second need of safety by salvaging all he could from the plane crash. He instinctively builds a “lean-on”, or make-shift tent, using a blow-up emergency raft from the plane and carved tree limbs from nearby trees. Eventually he moved into a nearby cave. The blades from a pair of ice skates tied to tree limbs gave him a weapon for the dark of the night. Abraham Marlow’s third hierarchy describes the need to belong. Chuck carves images of people into rock faces. He holds Kelly’s locket-pocket watch for inspiration and hope. He creates a surrogate companion by dabbing a bloody face on a “Wilson” volleyball. He names his new friend, Wilson. Throughout the story, I noticed Wilson began to look similar to Chuck. Chuck grew long hair and his skin was darkened by the constant sun. Similarly, Wilson became more saggy and deflated with a handful of straw springing from his forehead. Chuck used Wilson as his confident and friend. He often had arguments with him and mourned his death when losing him to the ocean. Chuck’s next need was self-esteem. Marlow describes this need as liking and respecting oneself or self-esteem. In the beginning he doesn’t like himself very much and has no faith in his abilities to survive alone so he tries to commit suicide. At that time, Wilson (his only friend, or perhaps, inner voice) reminds him of a rope he could use to make...