Humberto Valencia

CHUCK NOLAND HERO'S JOURNEY.

We will analyse the Hero's Journey of a movie character. In this case it will be about Chuck Noland, the main character of the movie Castaway. This person completed his Hero's Journey, but didn't went through all the events.

His separation took place when he went on a trip, leaving his girlfriend behind. The reason or calling for this trip was a job task he was assigned. The threshold was when he had to think on wether take the trip or stay with his family and girlfriend. He chose to take the trip because it was a great opportunity for his career and went on the airplane, which represented the "Descent". He shouldn't have gone, because from my point of view, you should never leave your family because of a job.

His initiation was when the problems started in the plane, even though it was dangerous he didn't let go of his girlfriend picture which he left on the seat of the airplane. He ended up in a desert island, where the only living things were animals and trees, so he was in an unknown place (Abyss). He had no mentor, so he had to teach himself how to make a fire, how to fish and to protect himself from the weather. He did pretty well since he endured four years all alone.

He was later picked up by a carrier ship after trying to escabe from the island, that way he got back to his home place; the people from the company where he used to work see him as a hero, because he survived that long, this was his return into society. Although his ex-girlfriend got married, that didn't stop him from remaking his life, so he tried to at least tell her ex-girlfriend that he still loved her, although like I said, it was too late. So he went on a trip by car, to maybe seek another life, or just try to reestablish into society.

Thats all about Chuck Noland Hero's Journey, he missed out an event called "The Mentor" since he had no mentor. This movie character really fits the personality of a hero of never giving up on life.