The grandmother and The Misfit had different psychosocial developmental when they encounter each other. Erick Erikson’s psychosocial development theory shows us the different stages that both characters are facing. The grandmother is at an older age so the stage that she identifies is ego integrity vs. despair. During this stage, Erick Erickson describes the wisdom that a person perspectives of their past life. The grandmother describes her life as a successful one with little regrets of what she accomplished in life. She does seem to miss the good old days where she had lots of fun. She shares her wisdom with her grandchildren and that are part of different era so they think it’s funny the way she lived. Another aspect of this stage is the
