What Are The Psychological Stages In Craig Thompson's Blanket

Blankets Analyst Blankets, written and illustrated by Craig Thompson, is a graphic novel about his life experiences from childhood to young adulthood. The book is very broad and does not spend much time on too many situations except the relationship between Craig and his brother Phil, girlfriend Raina, and a little bit on the two families involved. Raina is by far the most important person in the book because of her influence on Craig while growing up. We see Craig and other characters change a lot throughout the book but we also see why. When applying some of the theories we have learned in class, such as Eric Erickson’s Psychosocial Stages and Mary Ainsworth’s Attachment Theory, to the different people we can start to see why they are the way they are. Eric Erickson created a very famous series of psychological stages from birth to death to explain the growth and development of people’s minds and social status. Through a series of crisis’s and outcomes we can pinpoint specific instances that affect the progress of individuals. The stages are split into 3 categories, …show more content…
Her family is, for the most part, loving and fun. Although her parents are getting a divorce and her older sister is kind of out of the picture, her two younger siblings keep her on her toes. She has a very close relationship with her brother, Ben, while Craig and his brother were only close sometimes. Her parents are pretty involved in her life but at one point she says, “In some cases, overprotective parents can be just as harmful as negligent ones” (273). I think this statement is very relevant to the two different families, Craig’s and Raina’s. Clearly Craig’s family is the negligent one and Raina’s is the overprotective family but they both have their faults. It would seem like Craig’s family would fall apart but it is Raina’s parents that are getting a divorce. The irony is clear to