On Golden Pond is a movie in which psychological development is present in the relationship between the characters themselves and those around them. Relationships that contain tension, despair, jealousy, and rareness. Fresh starts, new emotions, and concepts that the main characters are faced within the movie involving biological, cognitive, and emotional challenges. Age differences in the film can be noticed yet each one manages to have some type development in the three categories that are among the characters or others cohesively.
Norman is an elderly man who is at the point where he is mentally deteriorating, but also actively struggling to do physical activities. His physical physique is clearly minimizing when his heart’s condition. …show more content…
Ethel sends him to pick some strawberries in the woods, but he walks too far in and forgets where he was or how to get back sending him into a panic state. Billy as a teenager is in the stage, Adolescent egocentrism, where he perceives the actions made by others, adults, is because of him. He believes that the reason why they are going fishing is due to the fact that he is residing with them; however, Norman makes sure to tell the teen that the reason why they are going fish is really that he feels like it rather than to impress the kid. Chelsea's being used to her father being so cruel and apathetic towards her has demolished her resilience and resilience leading to a deep depression, an example of weathering (Berger, p. …show more content…
Norman is in his late adulthood stage, integrity vs. despair, where they are content on the of what they have done in their life (Berger, p. 413). Where the glorification of the saint and unsaintly moments that they were able to live. However, he remains to dwell on the idea that they are old geezers who have already managed to live a life. Comparing his stability on the idea that death is inevitable and will come sooner than they thought is the final step in the Kubler-Ross theory in which he fully accepts the concept of passing (Berger, p. 582). Through his demeanor and sayings can you tell his welcoming, for example, the counted amount of times where he never fails to mention the picture of what is soon to come. In contrast, his wife, Ethel, is all about positivity and refuses to hear her husband linger on death. She prefers to live to the fullest and regrets nothing embracing what was prior. She seems to be in the middle adulthood stage due to her huge will to live. Sadly, Ethel is caught in the middle of the strained relationship between the man she loves and life that she gave. Not only is this an emotional toll on her, but it is also the other characters. Chelsea is pressed upon the intimacy vs. isolation stage this is where she is engulfed with jealousy due to the relationship between Billy and her father (Berger, p. 413. A connection that was never there due
Norman is an elderly man who is at the point where he is mentally deteriorating, but also actively struggling to do physical activities. His physical physique is clearly minimizing when his heart’s condition. …show more content…
Ethel sends him to pick some strawberries in the woods, but he walks too far in and forgets where he was or how to get back sending him into a panic state. Billy as a teenager is in the stage, Adolescent egocentrism, where he perceives the actions made by others, adults, is because of him. He believes that the reason why they are going fishing is due to the fact that he is residing with them; however, Norman makes sure to tell the teen that the reason why they are going fish is really that he feels like it rather than to impress the kid. Chelsea's being used to her father being so cruel and apathetic towards her has demolished her resilience and resilience leading to a deep depression, an example of weathering (Berger, p. …show more content…
Norman is in his late adulthood stage, integrity vs. despair, where they are content on the of what they have done in their life (Berger, p. 413). Where the glorification of the saint and unsaintly moments that they were able to live. However, he remains to dwell on the idea that they are old geezers who have already managed to live a life. Comparing his stability on the idea that death is inevitable and will come sooner than they thought is the final step in the Kubler-Ross theory in which he fully accepts the concept of passing (Berger, p. 582). Through his demeanor and sayings can you tell his welcoming, for example, the counted amount of times where he never fails to mention the picture of what is soon to come. In contrast, his wife, Ethel, is all about positivity and refuses to hear her husband linger on death. She prefers to live to the fullest and regrets nothing embracing what was prior. She seems to be in the middle adulthood stage due to her huge will to live. Sadly, Ethel is caught in the middle of the strained relationship between the man she loves and life that she gave. Not only is this an emotional toll on her, but it is also the other characters. Chelsea is pressed upon the intimacy vs. isolation stage this is where she is engulfed with jealousy due to the relationship between Billy and her father (Berger, p. 413. A connection that was never there due