Movie Analysis: Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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Empathize with the terror that Chuck Noland must have felt after the plane crash. Describe what you think he was thinking and feeling. Empathize- The process of identifying with, or attempting to experience, the thoughts, beliefs, and actions of another. Chuck was terrified his life was about to end during the plane crash and he had to fight to survive as he saw everything around him on fire. I’ve never experienced anything like that before, I’ve never had to fight to survive but just imagining how petrified he must have been through that whole ordeal makes me feel terrified for him. Watching as he held on for dear life, I can only imagine how the fear hit him and how the only thing he could think of was surviving.

2. Using the “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs” show how he went through each of the levels of human needs in the movie. List each level and explain how he satisfied the needs within. Maslow 's hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid with the largest, most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization at the top. Chuck met his psychological needs in the film after he found the island he ventured to find food, something he could actually drink i.e the coconut water, building a shelter out of the fedex boxes he finds floating about the island. Chuck then met his safety needs when
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Chuck obtains his territory on the island by several objects such as the locket Kelly gave him, Wilson, and the box with the wings on it. These objects were placed with Chuck wherever he went on the island and with them he marked which places were his. These objects show how the island once foreign to him was now the place he thought of as his like his cave was once scary to Chuck but further along in the movie became his safe place filled with the only possessions that made him feel

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