Whitney Hendricks Personal #2 Cast Away

The other night while I was going through the guide on TV I saw the film Cast Away staring Tom Hanks was on, I hadn't seen it in a couple years so I decided to go ahead and watch it. I had never realized how much the meaning of life was depicted in this film until I watched it recently. It starts off with Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) being consumed in his busy corporate life working for FedEx. He lived his life by the clock, always being on time and sticking to his plans. Chuck was so consumed within his work that he paid little attention to his girlfriend. He was always traveling for work and ended up having to go on a business trip on Christmas Eve. While flying they hit a bad storm and crashed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Chuck was the only survivor, washed up and deserted on an island. Realizing that there was no one on this island he had to choose between dying or fighting for survival. He cared a lot for his girlfriend, had to do what he could to get out of there. He now had all the time in the world which was something he was not used to. Adapting was also probably the hardest thing for Chuck, he had to figure out how to get the means of survival such as food and shelter. As FedEx boxes started to wash up on shore he used what was in them to help him, such as an iceskate used as a knife to make a sphere for hunting. He didn't open all of the boxes however, there was one with wings on it that he saved and wanted to take it to the woman as soon as he returned home. This box can be viewed has hope, hope that he will make it back home to deliver it. Companionship was another thing he lacked on this island, in one of the boxes he found a volleyball and named it Wilson. The ball had a hand print of Chuck's blood on it that made the appearance of a face, being that there was no one else, Wilson become Chuck's only friend on the island. After four long years on the island Chuck was able to go back home, back to civilization. It was not an easy transition for him, I saw it as he was reborn. When he was back and settled he decided that he was going to return the box with wings that he had been holding on to for all that time. He left it at the house with a note saying “This saved my life”. It's crazy to think that a mere box with no direct connection to him motivated him to survive and live through the hardship of being castaway. At the end they show him at a crossroads, his life back home had completely changed due to everyone thinking that he was dead, so this was a point where he had to choose where to go. We are left with the saying “Tomorrow the sun will rise and you never know what the tide will bring”.