Theories Of Love In The Blind Side

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Maslow (1954) initially delineated five basic human needs that must be met in order for people to feel fulfilled in life. Graphically, Maslow presented these needs in the shape of pyramid. The pyramid shape suggested that the lower needs were more pervasive, and the highest needs were more tenuous and more easily overwhelmed by the influence of lower needs. These five basic needs to be innate is physiological, safety and security, love and belongingness, self-esteem and the last is self- actualization (Maslow, 1954). However, not everyone can satisfy all five needs in throughout their life. Maslow further explained that lower needs must be satisfied before one can proceed to a higher level of needs. Through the movie The Blind Side, we are …show more content…
The two-factor theory of love included passionate love and companionate love. Passionate love is the intense longing for the beloved. It is a state longing to union with each other. Passionate love is a complex functional including subjective feeling, action tendencies and behaviour. In the movie The Blind Side, there are two characters play the role of passionate love, who is Leigh Anne and Sean. They known each other in the Ole Miss University, Sean is a football player, while Leigh Anne is a cheerleader. The form of passionate love is passion plus intimacy. In their university life, they must be experience an intense emotional response and closeness with each other. Thus, they come to the second factor theory of love, which is companionate …show more content…
It is a long-term relationship between two persons. The form of companionate love is intimacy plus commitment. In the movie, Leigh Anne and Sean is experience a companionate love. They have both kid, who is Collin Tuohy and S.J Tuohy. They always take care of and focus on their kid, such as focus their sports and academic. As a parent, they always hope their child could be outstanding in the future. Other than that, they also having a sex in a night. This can prove them still have an intimacy element between their relationship. Furthermore, Leigh Anne and Sean work together take care of Michael Oher to give him a good life and make sure Michael can explore his potential and improve in academic. Their commitment is to foster their kid (include Michael Oher) be a good and educated

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