Morrie's Fear Of Aging

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire other,” says Virginia Woolf, an English writer. Growing up is preordained. Everyone grows up. When do we grow up? Perhaps, after we graduate school, maybe after our first love, or maybe after our marriage or maybe after the birth of our first kid. It primarily depends on how one looks at it, but irrespective of what we consider the right time or the right situation to be “grown-ups”, we cannot help but admit that it is that moment in time where innocence vanishes. As children, we dream of growing up, getting a job, getting married, living happily but on the contrary it is quite different, we find that reality is completely opposite. More often than we wish, we were still children,

First, the forms of aging and life course structures depend on the nature of the society in which individuals participate. Second, while social interaction is seen as having the greatest formative influence in the early part of life, such interaction retains crucial importance throughout the life course. Third, that social forces exert regular influences on individuals of all ages at any given point in time” (Theories of Aging. (n.d.)). The movie portrays aging being more about living the rest of life rather than dyeing in them.

same way Peter Pan could not stand to age even a year. With growing up and older, the world around you seems to change within itself

As people reach the age of adulthood, their life begins to drastically change, whether that change be positive or negative. Two poems, To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age by Samuel Johnson and When I Was One-and-Twenty by A.E. Housman, present the positive and negative changes that occur during the transition into a young man’s adulthood. In comparison to each other, both of the works have conflicting tones, points of view, audiences, diction, and overall themes. The former poem is written for celebration, and the latter is written for a more sad realization.

Everyone wants to go back to being young. They are old in bodies, but their mind is still young. I think this is due to the fact that when you admit that you are old there is nothing left for you to do. Your body becomes weak, but your mind still the same. However, it

Humans are born already aging. There is know way to stop the process of getting older. As people age it is important that services and rescores are set up to

In the book, Morrie is in his last stage of development, integrity vs. despair. Erikson believed each period in life was a struggle between two opposing factors. He regarded this psychosocial crisis in later life as integrity vs. despair. Due to the increased declines and losses that occur in this stage, it is easy for many to resort to despair. However, the challenge is to achieve and maintain integrity, which can be done by accepting the past,

Late adulthood in Erikson’s life stage theory is the difference between in integrity versus despair. (Ashford & Lecroy, 2013, p. 99) Doris has found her life to be very satisfying. The only thing she wishes could have been changed is the passing of her husband so early. She is content and proud of the way her children have turned out and where her life is currently. We have talked much about how things were as she raised her children and even that of when she was a child. Cappeliez calls this the reminiscence bump, the ability to recall memories from adolescence through young adulthood. (2008, p. 1) She appreciates the life she has been fortunate to have and enjoys sharing the memories she has. I observed the way her face lit up as we talked about her as a child and her children.

     We humans especially, fear many different things: death, disease, old age, commitment, noises in the night, pain, responsibility, work, being too fat or too thin, or any number of other things. Some of our fears are reasonable and rationale, like the fear for our safety so we lock our doors at night, never walk alone on dark streets, and

Morrie becomes Mitch’s guru and life-coach in earnest, as he becomes Mitch’s ambassador to death. Mitch is caught in the nowhere-man, rat-race lifestyle. He is unfulfilled in his life and can’t see why. He has suckled from Mother Culture’s teat, and the poison it yields. Mitch shows he has bought into consumerism, when he says “I was part of the media thunderstorm that now soaks our country. I was in demand.” (Albom, 16) he thinks this is success, and success is happiness. Morrie reveals why Mitch’s definition of happiness is unfulfilling, because culture’s poison has been packaged as nourishment, meaningfulness and life itself. Mother culture is always whispering in your head, and the voice you hear is your own. Culture is not reality, just the mass acceptance of values and behavior that one is indoctrinated in from birth.

The author feels that it is essential that one enjoys life in their childhood since the feeling does not last forever. She believes that when one grows old, they are faced with uncountable challenges unlike in the youth when there exist a lot of good things to appreciate. According to the speaker, life seems enjoyable in the infancy the writer states that the sunbathed and danced some of the privileges that get to fade away when one grows old.

Anyone who is familiar with our generation knows that our generation is extremely different from our parents’ generation. Thus, creates a gap between the two generations, and has been acknowledged by many sociologists. Aside from today’s young people inability to accomplish the millstones of becoming an adult, there is lot more differences between this generation and the older generation. Therefore, in this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting both generations. From how their career expectations are different, what was their definition of happiness, and how their parents played a role on making their dream or expectation turn into reality?

Society is big on staying and looking young. People are constantly working out, watching what they eat, and getting surgeries such as botox and breast augmentation. Our society is too concerned on looking youthful. Morrie had aging in better perspective, "The young are not wise, they have very little understanding about life. Who wants to live every day when you don't know what's going on? When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you'll be beautiful, or this pair of jeans and you'll be sexy… It's very simple. As you grow you learn more. If you'd stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, it's growth." Aging is more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die and that you live a better life because of it.

Another meeting with Morrie came with a different topic and tone. Mitch recalls learning about Morrie’s family and how important it is to keep a good close relationship with them. During this period, Mitch, can relate to the Middle age adult theory, it is a time to develop care. This is a period where career and work are the most important things along with family. It is also a period when people can take a greater responsibility and control over their lives and

Many of us would not let go of who we are. We do not like the fact that we are getting older, this scares a lot of us to death. Suddenly we have to be grownups and act like one. Another thing we experienced when we were younger was our first love. It would, for many people, be awkward t meet their old boy- or girlfriend again. Time really changes us and we do not always want to do the same thing as others.