Just a couple of days ago I watched the movie cast away. It’s a really good movie like many of the others that stars Tom Hanks. The movie showed me, among other things, the importance of human communication to the mental and somewhat physical health.
The movie is about a person whose plain crashes in the middle of the ocean on an empty island with no escape until more then 4 years later. In that time he had no human contact and at first could only talk to him. But this wasn’t enough for him…. So after some time he made a volley ball into his friend. At first he felt uncomfortable talking to a ball. However, as time past he became inseparable and the ball was the only thing he could talk to. This was obviously a linear conversation with the ball (he named him Wilson after its brand) not giving any feedback or response. He soon learned to take his talks as something the ball was saying to him and so there was always a conversation.
After he had managed to escape the island, he lost Wilson in a storm and this was probably the saddest part of the movie. He lost his only friend and the only thing he could sort of communicate with. Then he was finally rescued and he went back to what he had known before the plane crash. Of course a lot of things had changed including partially on how he communicated.
The movie really makes clear of the importance of communication for humans, if to other humans, themselves, or to objects. Without communication we would not be able to survive. This is a fact in my point of view and I believe most people will agree with this. Imagine you were the only person left on earth, how long could you survive before going mentally unstable or killing yourself?
CAST AWAY is a really good movie and I encourage everyone to watch it at least once.
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