Driving Miss Daisy is about an elderly Jewish woman that is struggling to keep her autonomy. At the beginning of the movie, Miss Daisy has a wreak, which is when her son decides she needs a driver. Boolie, her son, hires an African- American chauffer named Hoke to help Miss Daisy with everyday driving. Miss Daisy did not like Hoke at first and would not let him drive her places, but she eventually gives in and lets him. Miss Daisy is worried about what her friends will think since she has a chauffeur. Miss Daisy depends on her son for certain things but through the years starts depending on Hoke more. Miss Daisy and Hoke developed a friendship over the years that Hoke worked for her. One day Hoke went to Miss Daisy’s house and Miss Daisy was
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Miss Daisy shows signs of socioemotional selectivity theory. Socioemotional selectivity theory is seen in elderly people because they tell you what they are thinking. The elderly focus on the present and speak their minds. Miss Daisy does this when talking about her daughter-in-law Florine and activities Florine participate in. She exhibits this with her son, Boolie, hires Hoke without her consent and makes it hard on Hoke to do his job, because she does not want him there. Miss Daisy meets Erikson’s stage of integrity. This is evident with how she goes through life, because Miss Daisy seems satisfied with her life. She meets with her friends for games multiple times throughout the movie. Miss Daisy also goes to her brother’s ninetieth birthday with Hoke in Mobile, AL. She gives a reading manual to Hoke to try to teach him to read. Miss Daisy is a retired school teacher and is a widower. In one scene, you see Miss Daisy at her husband’s grave and she is planting flowers and she does not seem overcome with grief. That is normal. The first year is usually worse for widowers and then they gradually start feeling better. One thing that determines a widower’s rate of improvement is strong sense of self- efficacy. Socioeconomic health gap is seen in Driving Miss Daisy. Idella, her housekeeper, is younger that Miss Daisy but dies first. Socioeconomic health gap is evident between the health
Miss Daisy shows signs of socioemotional selectivity theory. Socioemotional selectivity theory is seen in elderly people because they tell you what they are thinking. The elderly focus on the present and speak their minds. Miss Daisy does this when talking about her daughter-in-law Florine and activities Florine participate in. She exhibits this with her son, Boolie, hires Hoke without her consent and makes it hard on Hoke to do his job, because she does not want him there. Miss Daisy meets Erikson’s stage of integrity. This is evident with how she goes through life, because Miss Daisy seems satisfied with her life. She meets with her friends for games multiple times throughout the movie. Miss Daisy also goes to her brother’s ninetieth birthday with Hoke in Mobile, AL. She gives a reading manual to Hoke to try to teach him to read. Miss Daisy is a retired school teacher and is a widower. In one scene, you see Miss Daisy at her husband’s grave and she is planting flowers and she does not seem overcome with grief. That is normal. The first year is usually worse for widowers and then they gradually start feeling better. One thing that determines a widower’s rate of improvement is strong sense of self- efficacy. Socioeconomic health gap is seen in Driving Miss Daisy. Idella, her housekeeper, is younger that Miss Daisy but dies first. Socioeconomic health gap is evident between the health