One can’t help but to draw links to the aging process when watching the three times Oscar winning movie On Golden Pond. In Mark Rydell's On Golden Pond, we encounter a couple in the middle of dealing with the anxieties and hardship of moving through the latter part of their life cycle. The older actors played by Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn demonstrates different levels of activity, age stratification, continuity, and disengagement theory in their lives.
Activity Theory argues that the more active a people are the more likely they are to be satisfied with like (Moody & Sasser, 2015). This is evident throughout the movie as Ethel tries to get Norman to be more engaging with life. Ethel is active, very optimistic and has a positive outlook
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Age Stratification Theory is simple a system by which a society ranks categories of people in hierarchy according to their age bracket. When Ethel levels Norman alone with the gas attendants they quickly begin to question Norman’s ability to function due to his age. One of the attendant even question the existent of gas during Norman’s time. Ethel doesn’t experience the same level of age stratification because she is significantly younger than Norman, which places her in a different age category. Also Ethel is more functional than …show more content…
He finds as he advances more and more toward his 80th birthday his mental and physical functionality are noticeably degrading. Even with these diminishing abilities Norman turns his life around by employing Activity Theory. His preoccupied thoughts of death begin to fade and he has sense of fulfillment when he begins to mentor a young boy. On Golden Pond shows how Norman over comes his growing thoughts, anger and fear of growing old and finally death. Growing old is process and everyone has to find our own way. It also show there is no one theory that encompasses everything that a person deals with as they transition into old age. Lastly the film depicts how these changes effect the supporting family member as they come to grip with a love one who in the last stages of
The movie “Grumpy Old Men” starring Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau, portrays aging in its highs and lows through humor to soften the ageism put on the last stages of life. It exposes the disengagements, actions and social emotions of the second half of life from a development process.
A very interesting movie On Golden Pond. Not only learning as you get older there are a lot of changes as well when exploring your adolescent’s years. Confusing, anxiety, anger, and a lot more feelings that occur throughout the journey to late adulthood. The movie was mainly on the characters Billy, Chelsea, Ethel, and Norman who were viewed dealing with biological, cognitive, sociological experiences while dealing with obstacles of family struggles.
Society is a man made system that allows humans to have an orderly life, and it is important because of its provision of betterment of the world. It is essential for the world to have an organizational system like society, considering that we would struggle to better our lives without someone to take charge or lead us. Feral children are children who lack exposure to society and its factors. They do not experience society like most people do. Because of this, they tend to act wild and abnormal in comparison to normal social standards. In the book Lord of the Flies, the boys stranded on an island lack an organized society. Without society and social skills, it would be hard to find a way to better lives. We would not feel a need to fix the
On Golden Pond” is a movie with Henry Fonda, that enacts a family’s dealing with end of life issues for its older members. Watch the movie. Write an assessment of where the various family members are developmentally and any struggles each one is having in development. I feel that the Chelsea (daughter) has issues with Norman (father) as well as Norman is struggling despartly to except the fact that he’s getting older. Ethel (mother) is doing the best she can to keep the family together, and the new boyfriend is trying to fit in.
However, others argue that society prevents other people for maintaining major activity in older age which keeps them independent. For example, if the older person was to go to a care home when he or she is incapable to look after themselves in the health care settings encourage the activity theory by ensuring the services user(s) have activities to keep them motivated and interested in others around them throughout the day.
Ageism can affect both the youth and the elderly, but in today’s times it is mainly focused on the elderly. The elderly are constantly harassed, judged, and stereotyped for their age. The elderly are viewed as disabled, has-beens, and basically serve no propose, instead of being viewed as wise, bold, experienced, and valuable. In the article “Putting The
In society age is a key aspect in the way people view others and how they communicate, a person’s age sets a tone for the language they use in communication with different groups be it their peers, elders, or the young. Three aspects of age in society are communication, ability, and socially constructed stigmas. Many of such aspects are portrayed in the movie “Something’s Gotta Give”, where a swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age. Harry, the soon to be senior citizen is played by Jack Nicholas and Erica, played by Diane Keaton is an accomplished writer and the mother of Harry’s young companion. The movie makes you stop and think; what does age mean in the dating world today.
In this movie titled “On golden Pond” it represents the lives of an old couple Norman and Ethel as well as their family. As the movie progresses we are introduced to their daughter as well as her new husband, Billy and Billy Ray Jr. who are all at different developmental stages in Erickson's Psychological stages. Which the movie and the actors do a superb job at showing information through their actions and as a result makes it easier to determine what stage they are in.
London Docklands A Case study of: q Urban redevelopment / Urban regeneration q Economic decline and regeneration q In migration into an area and its impact q An urban planning scheme Where are the London Docklands?
In our society, we all come from different places, different genders, and many different ages. It’s safe to say that we are all different in our ways, but if we involve of all of the different stratifications how are they related? In one of my views, race, class, gender, and aging are all related in a way that at times they are hard to change. Aging is something we can’t stop no matter what culture, class, gender. The children of the Mountains for example, where families deal with overwhelming weather conditions, and lack of food, with very short life spans.
This movie “On Golden Pond” starts a long-married couple (Norman and Ethel Thayer) arriving to their home in the lake that is called Golden Pond. That moment Mr. Norman shows a memory problem because he could not recognize the pictures of his family or himself. In this movie, you could see how much this couple loved each other with so much respect even though there have very different personality. Mr. Norman always talks about his death and does not want to think of this future and he also have issues socializing with other people. The first signed he got scared when he was sent to pick up some blueberries where he got disoriented in the woods. He came back empty handed but happy to see his wife that comforted him so much
On the Waterfront is a classic, award-winning and controversial film. It received eight academy-awards in 1954, including best-picture and director. The director, Eliza Kazan, in collaboration with Budd Schulberg wrote the film’s screenplay. Based on actual dockside events in Hoboken, New Jersey, On the Waterfront is a story of a dock worker who tried to overthrow a corrupt union.
“Sunset Blvd” is not subtle in stating illusion will win out over reality. After all, Norma Desmond, the aged silent movie star who deludes herself into believing that she will be famous again, kills Joe Gillis, our involved narrator and voice of reason. But before we analyze the dramatic pool scene, which dispels any idea that “Sunset Blvd” sides with reality, we must first look at the characters, the embodiments of dreams and of reality in this movie. Norma Desmond, who dreams of rising to greatness again, refuses to believe that time has passed and that she no longer has any fans. Max, her butler and first husband, feeds into this facade by writing her fan mail, encouraging her
In the poem "Dover Beach",witten in 1867 Matthew Arnold creates the mood of the poem through the usage of different types of imagery. He uses a dramatic plot in the form of a soliloquy. Arnold also uses descriptive adjectives, similes and metaphors to create the mood. Through the use of these literary elements, Arnold portrays the man standing before the window pondering the sound of the pebbles tossing in the waves as representation of human suffering. The man arrives at the vision of humanity being helpless against nature. Arnold creates the mood by suggesting mental pictures, actions, sights and sounds the man sees. Some examples are "folds of a bright girdle furled", "lie before us like a land of dreams"
The movie Last Vegas (2013) thoroughly presented the concept of the embodied aging and experience by creating a storyline based on the character, Billy, shared the good news of him finally proposing to his much younger girlfriend with his dearest friends and wanted them to be supportive in his decision-making. All four friends decided to escape from their daily lives a couple of days in order to throw a bachelor party together for Billy in Las Vegas (Last Vegas, 2013). They have been best friends since childhood, yet have experienced a different aging journey (Last Vegas, 2013). In the film, seniors are perceived as dominant and powerful characters because of their life experiences and wisdom.