The elderly protagonists, Fiona and Grant, are portrayed as people who are well-educated and affluent. In the movie, Grant is a retired professor while Fiona loves reading books. Fiona is portrayed as someone filled with self-control and personal dignity. Due to her Alzheimer disease, she placed a pan in the freezer, could not remember her way home although they lived there for a long time and forgot the word “wine”. She was able to recognize her need for help. She insisted on entering the Meadowlake Facilities, against her husband’s objection to ease his burden.
Their relationship is based on selfless and unconditional love. In the movie, Fiona did not divorce and leave Grant after she knew that Grant was having affair with …show more content…
Life satisfaction refers to a subjective process. Shin and Johnson (1978) define life satisfaction as "a global assessment of a person's quality according to his chosen criteria" (as cited in Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985, pg 71-75 ) In this movie, Fiona and Grant do many activities, such as skiing, talking a walk in the conservation park. In Meadowlake facilities, the older people play puzzle, play cards, watch television, celebrate christmas with their family members. Grant and Marian went to a dance dinner date together. These activities suggests that the life satisfaction of older people in the movie increases as they continue to do these activities …show more content…
In this movie, women in the past, during the time when the protagonists are young, they are not expected to go to work. Only men go out to work. Furthermore, women are not allowed to question about their husbands’ success or failure in job. It is a societal problem as this is resulted from the expected gender roles in the society. According to Talcott Parsons (1949), the famous family sociologist, noticed this regularity in marital roles and the great marital stability of his time and concluded that family functioning is the best when the husband specializes in work outside the home while the wife is responsible in completing the domestic work. (as cited in Barnett & Hyde, 2001, pg 781-796) Thus resulting in a difference of power between both men and
Their relationship is based on selfless and unconditional love. In the movie, Fiona did not divorce and leave Grant after she knew that Grant was having affair with …show more content…
Life satisfaction refers to a subjective process. Shin and Johnson (1978) define life satisfaction as "a global assessment of a person's quality according to his chosen criteria" (as cited in Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985, pg 71-75 ) In this movie, Fiona and Grant do many activities, such as skiing, talking a walk in the conservation park. In Meadowlake facilities, the older people play puzzle, play cards, watch television, celebrate christmas with their family members. Grant and Marian went to a dance dinner date together. These activities suggests that the life satisfaction of older people in the movie increases as they continue to do these activities …show more content…
In this movie, women in the past, during the time when the protagonists are young, they are not expected to go to work. Only men go out to work. Furthermore, women are not allowed to question about their husbands’ success or failure in job. It is a societal problem as this is resulted from the expected gender roles in the society. According to Talcott Parsons (1949), the famous family sociologist, noticed this regularity in marital roles and the great marital stability of his time and concluded that family functioning is the best when the husband specializes in work outside the home while the wife is responsible in completing the domestic work. (as cited in Barnett & Hyde, 2001, pg 781-796) Thus resulting in a difference of power between both men and