Psychosocial Development Case Study In this paper this author will introduce three different characters in the movie The Joy Luck Club. The characters that will be analyzed in this paper are June, Lindo and Rose These characters will be in different life stages of their life with different challenges. This author will identify the life challenges the character is facing at that point in their life. Then the author will identify the cultural challenges each character facing and how they impact their life in the movie. Character 1 – Identified Life Stage June is the first character that will be analyzed. First, she was just rebounding from her mother’s death. She had thought for a long time that she had never done anything to make her …show more content…
In the middle adulthood life stage the developmental task are “managing a career, nurturing intimate relationships, expanding caring relationships, and managing the household”. (Cite From Book) June is experiencing the psychological crises of generativity versus stagnation. June is comfortable taking her mother’s place at the table in the United States and not even looking for her sisters. However, when her aunties told her that they had received a letter from her sisters she fought the stagnation part of the psychological crises. According to Newman and Newman generativity is “to bring into existence”. (CITEp.513). This could be though “introducing new things, ideas, beings, or bonds to relationship-all of which not had existed before”. (CITE) June then switch to generativity in where she wanted to do what was best for her mother’s future generations. June wanted to meet her siblings to discuss the type of person their mother was and tell the sacrifice their mother made for them. June felt obligated to meet her sisters to contribute and bring forth the bond with her …show more content…
She is the daughter of An-Mei. This character is in the later adolescence life stage. According to Newman & Newman in the later adolescent phase the developmental task are: autonomy, gender identity, internalized morality, and career choice. The psychological crises that this character is facing is individual identity versus identity confusion. Individual identity is when an individual looks at their past and examine their childhood identifications. Then the person will evaluate their interest, aptitudes, and capabilities. According to Newman & Newman identity confusion is “unable to make a commitment to any single view of themselves.” Newman & Neman also discuss that a person in identity confusion may be “confronted by opposing value systems or by lack of confidence in their ability to make meaningful
Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club uses much characterization. Each character is portrayed in different yet similar ways. When she was raised, she would do whatever she could to please other people. She even “gave up her life for her parents promise” (49), I the story The Red Candle we get to see how Tan portrays Lindo Jong and how she is brought to life.
June is one of the Boatwright sisters, that Lily and Rosaleen stay with once they get to Tiburon, South Carolina. June is unsure about Lily at first, but after they get to know each other better, they become close. June never wants to admit that she loves Neil, but finally one day she agrees to marry him and they get married on October 10th.
stagnation from Erikson’s theory of development. People face this stage when they are around the ages of 35-55 years old. Generativity is all about teaching and guiding the next generation as well as being concerned for them. Stagnation is basically the opposite of that, it is being inactive with younger people and being more self-involved. In I Am, Shadyac really tries to communicate that we are one, we are not separated but connected to each other. He says sympathy is the strongest trait and that we were born to be a community, a democracy, and to help one another. That is exactly how it should be and what generativity is about. One important thing Shadyac said really related to the idea of stagnation; when he said that if we keep seeing our enemies as separate from us, then we’ll continue living the same way we do now, instead of making a change. With stagnation, people don’t care about the next generation, some even despise them because of the way they live, but like Shadyac said if we continue this separation we will never see the change we
Biological influences combined with societal and social expectations contribute to how well people learn to adapt to their environments (2013). According to Erikson, there are eight stages of development. Within these states, there are different psychological, emotional and cognitive tasks. In order to adjust, individuals must learn to develop these tasks. During adolescence, Erikson states that each person needs to navigate through the development task of ‘‘Identity vs. Identity confusion ’’ (2013). He defined this task by stating that adolescent children must learn to develop a sense of self and establish independence. Prior to this stage of development, a person’s parents largely influence their identity. In this stage the adolescent children begin to explore and develop their identity outside of their parents’ influence (Hill, Bromell, Tyson, & Flint, 2007). Adolescents are generally more egocentric at this stage and have an increased sense of self-consciousness. They also have a strong desire to conform to peer influence and develop concerns regarding their appearance. They develop concern about their level of competence in relation to their peer group as well. As peer influence increases, during this stage, parental influence decreases (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013; Hill et. al, 2007). Conflict generally increases between parent and child at this stage of development (2007).
When one thinks of identity the idea of who they are might surface. A personal identity persists over time because one retains memories from different period of their life. None of us became who we are until our first memory. If a 3-month-old baby is asked who they are there mostly likely won’t be able to answer. First and foremost, because of lack of speech but mainly because a baby is still trying to comprehend the world around them to be able to form an individual identity. A baby for example most definitely has an identity however they do not have a sense of identity. In At Risk Amina Gautier presents many characters which have identities however they lack a sense of who they are. For instance, in Girl of Wisdom, Melanie in the quest of
“Strength Through Joy”: “Strength through Joy” (Kraft durch Freud in German) was a state-ran leisure organization during the Nazi’s reign in Germany led by Robert Ley. The organization was part of the German Labour Front, and its role was to promote National Socialism to middle-class workers. The organization made National Socialism appealing to the middle classes by making activities available to them that had only previously been available to the leisure class (i.e. Cruises, ski trips). “Strength through Joy” gave middle class workers vacation time, access to affordable cars, and even sick leave. The organization was extremely popular as “Strength through Joy” had about 30 million workers as members by 1936. The organization was veiled as a populist program created to elevate the working class’ status; however, the program’s purpose was to promote the Nazi party by catering to the
adulthood, In the end of the story, June is not a child anymore. Neither is
While the identity discovery might not be as severe, crucial, or alone, readers will remember what it was like once they discovered it. This might be as simple as figuring out one’s favorite color, or song and picking out one’s own clothes when going shopping. Figuring out oneself is part of growing up, an idea that Hale may wish to convey to the readers. During Ani’s journey, she is growing up and no longer is the child she was in Kildenree. She discovered it was perfectly fine to create her own identity, no need to be somebody else’s copycat for the rest of her life. Ani thinks “She was little like her mother, though that was all she had ever longed to be. She lacked the gift of people-speaking, that power to convince and control that laced every word her mother uttered. She did not possess that grace and beauty that all in a room turned to watch. But had the queen ever told a nursery story to a room of captivated listeners? Or handled fifty head of geese? I've done that much. What more can I do?” That is part of what growing up
Identity is crucial to one’s life. It determines what one wants to do, how one acts, and why one is the way one is. In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Superman and Me”, the author shows a great example of how his life story shaped these characters. Amy Tan’s short story “Fish Cheeks” gives another example of how identity is shown throughout her life. One’s identity is created by motivation and family.
An-Mei feels like that her daughter is just like her because of how her marriage is turning out. An-Mei thought that she had cursed her daughter and because she was born a girl. Since in China, girls were not worth as much as boys. Every family wanted their child to be a boy instead of a girl. This was why An-Mei feels like that her daughter’s marriage is falling apart. I feel like that it was falling apart because her daughter was unable to stand up to herself. While An-Mei tried to raise her daughter into a better person, it didn’t work out since she turned out like her.
In The Joy Luck Club, the novel traces the fate of the four mothers-Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair-and their four daughters-June Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. Clair. Through the experiences that these characters go through, they become women. The mothers all fled China in the 1940's and they all retain much of their heritage. Their heritage focuses on what is means to be a female, but more importantly what it means to be an Asian female.
When analyzing the Joy Luck club it is important to consider the life of the author. It is apparent after studying both The Joy Luck Club and Amy Tan that there are some incredible similarities among the two, particularly the story of mother Suyuan-Woo and her daughter Jing-Mei Woo. Suyuan is a main character and plays an extremely important role in the novel even though she passed away. She created the Joy Luck club years ago and is the main reason why this tight kit family exists today. Suyuan decided to create the Joy Luck club during a ve...
Generativity versus stagnation, Erikson's seventh developmental stage, occurs during middle adulthood. By generativity Erikson means primarily “a concern for helping the younger generation to develop and lead useful lives. The feeling of having done nothing to help the next generation is stagnation” (Santrock, 2013, p. 23). Both individuals indicated that they were content with the amount of help and mentoring that they had performed for the younger generation. Both are currently involved in mentoring college-aged individuals.
With perseverance of stage six, I have now entered the seventh stage of life. The seventh stage focuses on generativity vs. stagnation. McAdams (2009) states, “To be generative is to generate a legacy of the self for the good of future generations,” (p. 382). There are four types of genera...
In Erikson’s Identity vs. Role Confusion stage, I thought, “Who am I?” countless times like many other adolescents. I occupied much of my time trying to construct a firm identity of myself, which I now realized did more harm than good. Letting myself explore different interests would have helped me find my identity than me trying to fake some firm identity.