re: I really liked that movie Cast Away with Tom Hanks.

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The package symbolized the hope he had to eventually get off the island. If he would have opened it, he would have accepted a fate that would keep him on the island the rest of his life. Not opening it helped him keep his spirits up.

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Well, that is what I was going to say. Also, it kept a sense of normalcy in his life. He was an employee of Fedex. He delivered packages for a living. Once that package was opened, his connection to his old life was all but gone. All he would have had if he had opened it would have been the tiny picture of his girlfriend. He wanted to return to her so badly that he could not bring himself to open that package and give up hope.

I thought that was obvious (crazy arse poster who originally asked why... ).

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Well, that is what I was going to say. Also, it kept a sense of normalcy in his life. He was an employee of Fedex. He delivered packages for a living. Once that package was opened, his connection to his old life was all but gone. All he would have had if he had opened it would have been the tiny picture of his girlfriend. He wanted to return to her so badly that he could not bring himself to open that package and give up hope.

I thought that was obvious (crazy arse poster who originally asked why... ).

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That's all fine & dandy, but had that been me on the island, id'a opened up that package lickity split, and if that sumbitch contained something useless, suicide here I come.

And to the poster who said,

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Solid movie, but didn't like the unsubtle bash you over the head with symbolism ending. "Oh, he's literally standing at the crossroads. I get it!"

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I'm pretty sure he just lost his sense of direction.