2 questions about "Cast Away" [closed]

I have two question about the movie Cast Away:

After a few days in the island, Chuck Noland's body was full of injuries and wounds. Why didn't any of them get infected?
What is the meaning of the last scene? (Chuck, looking toward the ranch or maybe the truck.)

cast-away

Best Answer

Why should they? Or better: They probably did but that normally is not as serious as your question implies. The human body's immune system is made exactly for this. You need to be quite unlucky to get a deadly infection from surface wounds. And as a frequent traveler, his vaccinations certainly were up to date. Probably he would have retained more visual marks in reality than there were in the last scenes.
A new beginning, new choices, a fresh start, several roads to choose from, don't mourn the ex but search for new people. A new life, a rebirth, for the bureaucracy a literal one (as his colleague mentions who did the paperwork - Chuck should be forever grateful for that). But an open end, he can begin a new life as he pleases, a chance you seldom get. It's good that the filmmakers didn't explicitly answer that one.