This paper explores books and articles in regards to the Seasons of a Man’s Life theory. The theory was developed by Daniel Levinson in May of 1977. Just like the earth goes through four seasons yearly, humans go through seasons of our lives as well. Each stage leads into the next by an event or action that takes place. This paper will specifically be geared towards middle adulthood and transition into it. There is three major task that a man has to work on before entering middle adulthood. He has to review his life and see what he has done in life, he has to start growing into middle adulthood even though he is just beginning, and the final task is to deal with anything that is causing separation in areas of his life. Levinson based his
