Castaway Assignment
1) In the beginning of the movie Chuck has a high self esteem and believes that he has power
over everything. As a high positioned FedEx executor he decides to travel on an airplane
with all his packages to resolve some problems in Malaysia. Chuck left his girlfriend Kelly
unknowing that the plane was going to crash several hundred miles later. The plane goes
through a thunderstorm and everyone including Chuck goes down in it. Chuck finds a life
raft and drifts ending up in an island. Each incident plays a role in Chuck’s hierarchy of
needs. Chuck’s basic psychological needs were unmet after he became stranded on an
island. Once Chuck was stranded, he went out searching for water and he found coconuts
which contained water inside of them. Another physiological need Chuck desired is shelter,
so he ties the raft he drifted on to trees to protect him from rain and other natural storms.
Also, one of the biggest basic needs for humans is the need for food and Chuck lacked food.
He attempted to create a spear which allowed him to spear fish in the ocean for him to eat.
Chuck lacked many psychological needs but he managed to fulfill every one of them and
learned to adapt to life to his, stranded on an island life situation. Next on Maslow’s
Hierarchy of needs is Safety and Chuck was with or without safety. On the island, Chuck
created a shelter, his raft, to protect himself but towards the middle of the movie he
attempts to go out to sea and the raft he used is impaled and he can no longer use it as
shelter which restricts him of safety .Another example when Chuck’s safety needs weren’t
met is when he attempted to make a fire for his warmth and he accidentally stabbed his
hand with the stick and he bleeds, which is a risk of infection. The next level of Chuck’s
Hierarchy of needs is love and belongingness. Chuck demonstrates his lack of
companionship when he made a face out of a volleyball named Wilson and talked to it like a
over everything. As a high positioned FedEx executor he decides to travel on an airplane
with all his packages to resolve some problems in Malaysia. Chuck left his girlfriend Kelly
unknowing that the plane was going to crash several hundred miles later. The plane goes
through a thunderstorm and everyone including Chuck goes down in it. Chuck finds a life
raft and drifts ending up in an island. Each incident plays a role in Chuck’s hierarchy of
needs. Chuck’s basic psychological needs were unmet after he became stranded on an
island. Once Chuck was stranded, he went out searching for water and he found coconuts
which contained water inside of them. Another physiological need Chuck desired is shelter,
so he ties the raft he drifted on to trees to protect him from rain and other natural storms.
Also, one of the biggest basic needs for humans is the need for food and Chuck lacked food.
He attempted to create a spear which allowed him to spear fish in the ocean for him to eat.
Chuck lacked many psychological needs but he managed to fulfill every one of them and
learned to adapt to life to his, stranded on an island life situation. Next on Maslow’s
Hierarchy of needs is Safety and Chuck was with or without safety. On the island, Chuck
created a shelter, his raft, to protect himself but towards the middle of the movie he
attempts to go out to sea and the raft he used is impaled and he can no longer use it as
shelter which restricts him of safety .Another example when Chuck’s safety needs weren’t
met is when he attempted to make a fire for his warmth and he accidentally stabbed his
hand with the stick and he bleeds, which is a risk of infection. The next level of Chuck’s
Hierarchy of needs is love and belongingness. Chuck demonstrates his lack of
companionship when he made a face out of a volleyball named Wilson and talked to it like a