Chuck Nolan Needs

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In the movie, Castaway, Tom Hank played a character named, Chuck Nolan. Chuck was living a normal life until one day when he went on a plane and got stranded on an island alone. Since, he was stuck on an island he had to figure out ways to survive. In the movie they were demonstrating Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Maslow says that all humans have, physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self esteem, and self- actualization needs. The first level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs is physiological. Physiological needs are food, water, and sleep. In the movie, Chuck first demonstrated this by using a leaf to save up water and then as time went on he found coconuts to drink, he struggled to open the coconuts at first because the rock …show more content…

Chuck demonstrated this by using his safety boat as a tent to protect him from the rain the first few nights he was on the island. After the first few nights, he ended up finding a cave and he made it as comfortable as he could. Love and belonging is the third level on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs. In this level people need to feel the sense of belonging. Chuck demonstrated this by always looking at the picture that kelly gave him. He looked at it to give him more motivation to figure out how to leave the island. Another way, he opened a package and found a Wilson volleyball in it. He used the ball and pretended it was a person to make him feel less lonely while being on the island. The fourth level is self- esteem. He demonstrated this when he made the fire. He was really proud of himself when he made the fire. Since, it took him so long and he got hurt during the process of it, he got really excited when the fire started. He was also really proud of himself when he made the boat so he could leave. When he made the first boat it fell apart, so he was proud of himself when he got a boat that lasts through the

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