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Erikson Stage 5 1. Leadership and Followership vs. Authority Diffusion The moment The Vigils present Jerry with the chocolate assignment, the group creates an identity conflict—Jerry must choose between The Vigils and Trinity. Brother Leon makes the implications of the chocolate sale clear, those who do not participate are not “true sons of Trinity”—although participation is voluntary, refusing to sell the chocolates violates Trinity tradition (p.122). In saying “No”, Jerry chooses to follow The Vigils, but when he rebuffs their leadership later on, he is refusing to follow both Trinity and The Vigils. Jerry combines The Vigils, Trinity, and their members into one entity—bound together by tradition—which he cannot follow nor can he lead so he rejects it. Though Jerry rejects it all publically, he still maintains a desire to be accepted by the society—Roland Goubert “Goober” sees his expectations are not met and quietly removes himself from the influence. Rather than achieving the support and praise of his peers and authority figures, he “simply wanted to be The Goober, to play football and to run in the morning” (p. 143). Goober also lumps The Vigils in with Trinity itself, claiming that he “won’t give anything more to Trinity. Not football, not track, not anything” (p. 272). The Goober refuses to lead or follow in a peer group, while Jerry still desires to lead the football team. Archie rose through the ranks of the Vigils, unlike Jerry and Goober he has played the Trinity game successfully and rightfully earned his place as the “goddam king” (p. 23). Archie sees authority as something earned and kept, but having leanred from corrupt authorities “earning” means taking by force or coercion, those who are too weak to do so do not... ... middle of paper ... ... the chocolates again, Jerry sees a flaw in the social system and decides to act on pure principle—to disturb the universe and act on post-conventional morality. The ensuing harassment and beatings replace this principled ideology with the primitive obedience, punishment , and trade-offs of Level 1. This change is evident in Jerry’s final monologue—“don’t disturb the universe, no matter what the posters say” because “they will murder you”. Though Jerry issues these words as a warning to Goober, Goober has made the transition through Kholberg’s stages and will not revert: as he moves to stage 6, he’ll begin acting out of Gilligan’s model of caring and connectedness. Though Goober experiences betrayal by the established authorities the same as Jerry, he does not fight through direct opposition—instead he removes himself from the unhealthy manipulation of his society

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