A Hero's Journey is what makes people consider a man/womena hero. The many obsticles
he or she had to overcome to do what they believed was right. Movies make observers understand everything they went through in order to see him/her as a hero.
In the movie "Castaway" Chuck had to lealve the country to send packages for Christmas. He had basicly proposed to his girl friend , Kelly, when he left. Because of this it was very had for him to get on the plane and her behind. Not knowing what he was going to expirience he got on the pland and left.
On his way, the plane piolet lost control of the plane and ended up crashing in the middle of the Ocean. Chuck made it to an Island. Being stranded in the Ocean was something that he could not bare, he intended to make a raft but failed because of the equipment he used which was large peices of of metal. After months of being in the abyss he made a volley ball his best friend and called it Wilson. The memory of Kelly and his new companion Wilson were the things that helped Chuck go through the things he went through in four years.
During those four years, Chuck had to learn a variety of qualities in order to survive: bieng his own dentist was not has hard as we may think, all it was, was the bravery of knocking off his own tooth. Making the rope out of vines from trees was something that did not come to him right away. The fact that it took him some 3 to 4 days to accomplish making fire with rocks, made him a more indipendet man. Eating was something that we all do, after four years of being stranded on an Island made him a pro at catching fish with a pointed end stick.After finally understanding that he had to get out on his own and no one will go for him, he started working again on a other draft. He got enough wood from the trees, rope to tie them toghether and a bit more courage to through himself to the ocean, risking his friends and his own life.
In the waters he lost his friend Wilson, and gave up disposing of the paddles. The next morning he found himself in front of a huge ship, in which he got rescued from. Onces he got the "Welcome back party" he found out that Kelly had gotten married with another man and had a child with him. Although he never got his wife back he did make HIS world a better world to live in. Appriciating the every moments in his life was another thing he learned from his experience.
The Hero's Journey is something he definetly went through and is why many people see him as a true hero. This movie not only helps the viewer understand his journey but also makes them think the wonderful " What if?" questions, such as "What if that was me?"or other things you can come up with. Telling us if this really happens to someone they will be hero's.
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