The Reader Mother Son Relationship

Michael had some failures and obstacles in his life so far. Michael wanted to be a professional hockey player but he couldn’t because he was too small in height and he never grew large enough to play (Mills). In 1991, Michael was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He had a rough time dealing with it and he kept it as a secret for 7 sevens until he told the public in 1998 in New York

Michael was brought up in poor project housing that was consumed by drugs, alcohol, and gangs. He was pushed in and out of foster homes forcefully being separated from his mother and siblings. As the movie showed in harsh flashbacks, Michael is deeply affected by the forceful separation from his mother. This constant absence from the mother or other supportive figures leaves Michael unable to make a secure attachment to any strong base. Erikson’s stage of trust versus mistrust is displayed due to Michael’s inability to count on the kindness and compassion of others which leads him to withdraw from his surroundings (p 248). This abrupt memory in life affects Michael in his idea of family and commitment. The harsh environment also kept Michael from attending school, and the times he did there was no support for him to even try in school.

     On the road of life, many trials arise that one must overcome to make his or her life feel complete. In Langston Hughes’s poem, “Mother to Son,” these trials are a subject of concern for one mother. Hughes’ “ability to project himself” is seen in his use of dialect, metaphors, and tone (Barksdale 3).

Because the father was so involved with himself, he did not make the time or put the effort to develop a proper relationship with his son.

Michael suffers great depression since his dog Ked died. Most of his family and other colleagues address him to see if he is through with Ked’s death, but really he was depressed all along. “I can't tell how sad i really am about Keds versus how sad i am in general”(Cameron 223). In addition, Michael gets sad of unusual things. “I can picture her eating a banana in her tiny office. This, too, makes me sad”(226). Michael gets depressed about Mrs. Dietrich being alone. Also, Michael gets heartbroken about other little things. “I think of her learning to write beautifully as a child and then growing up to be a guidance counsellor, and this makes me unhappy”(227). Michael is not just depressed of his dogs death, but every little problems in his life.

With his family and his passion for football, Michael has become more of a man. He finally speaks for himself as he did with the inspector lady and speaks for his family as he did when he beat up the gangsters that were insulting his “mother”. He is now more confident than before shown by

Through the use of low-key lighting, long-shot and dialogue, Hancock made me recognize the significance of friends and family by revealing to me the positive influence one young teenager can have on a range of people - in this case Michael is having a positive influence on Sean, his football team/coach and Leigh Anne. Not only did Michael influence these characters in a positive way, but they influenced him as well and changed him for the better. I'm concerned about the fact that our society is not improving instead it is becoming much worse with all the stereotyping that is rumoured. Avoid stereotyping others because you are not going to receive anything from it apart from putting others down. A million people did not believe in Michael at the start, but I am certain they changed their view on him

This is represented and forcing all of the ideas of his mother and family out and he wants to forget the mishaps that they encounter.

He is has a job, though it seems to be unstable from time to time. Michael also did not attend university or college, which holds him back from receiving a better paying job or career. He also is still the primary caregiver for his mother, with no other support from family or the government, so it seems. This shows Michael’s continued resiliency. Even as the years have passed, and not much has improved in his life, he still takes life one day at a time, keeps his head down, and supports his mother.

Although they divorced it may have had its positive sides to Michael’s developments as he may have learnt to not rush into such a serious relationship and also to be completely sure that the person he decides to marry is really the person he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

This is shown when he starts to accept the help others are offering him. He accepts the Touy’s help by going shopping with Leanne and working with a tutor that they hire for him, he also starts to work with his teacher’s in-between classes in order to improve his grades. He is working hard to rid himself of internal conflict, or in other words he is working hard to achieve inner-harmony. Throughout the film we see that Michael holds the instrumental value of love. We learn that whenever Michael was taken from his mother he would run away to find her. This shows his need to help and protect her, which is Michael’s way of showing love. We see this concept throughout the film, such as when Michael deflects the airbag from hitting S.J, and when Leanne tells Michael to protect the football team as if they were his

Michael showed signs of antisocial personality disorder with being reckless and aggressive such as murdering people and seems to like to travel in the process. An example, in the film Laurie and her friends Annie, and Lynda were walking home from school and notice seeing Michael by some bushes just staring at the girls and it freaked them out. Laurie then walked by herself back to her house, when she got to her room, she looked outside to see him in the backyard staring at her making an unpleasant visit for

The “Life Drives” and “Death Drives” that Sigmund Freud theorized seem to conflict in just about every episode for Michael Scott. Whether it is avoiding a decision that he is obligated to make due to his need to be liked or falling in love with the woman who modeled for an office chair in a supply catalogue, he is constantly trying to strike a balance between either satiating his desire to be loved and reducing his tension. Michael’s lack of self-awareness show that his unconscious really does drive his everyday actions, and his repressed feelings of sexuality that appears in the form of crude jokes mostly directed at his female subordinates. Michael seems to have no issue with the self confidence that it takes to interject in everyday conversation but shows insecurity in his absolute need for everyone’s affection, and for most of the series he is single and struggles to retain a romantic relationship. When he does enter his first romantic relationship in the show, with his superior, Jan, he is completely fixated with her, imagining his life with her and the children they will have, even when the relationship would have been considered casual according to societal standards.

Breakups are hard, to say the least. It’s a similar idea to being addicted to some sort of drug and going through withdraw. Well, that would be in the most extreme of cases, anyways. Many people deal with breakups in different ways. What is generally expected would be a lot of crying and maybe some anger mixed in. Some people are calm about it, to the point of it showing no effect to them. Usually, I would see myself being the calm person, yet I find myself in my ex’s closet, looking out on an empty room in an attempt to see whatever he could be doing.

When observing Michael in a psychoanalytic manor, it seems clear that his childhood affected his personality. His childhood was often sad and lonely as he had an abusive father and he resented missing out. Potentially the disruption to his psychosexual developmental stages, and him not progressing appropriately through Erikson’s personality stages lead to the development of unique defense mechanisms which may have resulted in his abnormal behavior as an adult. His short adult life appeared incredibly lonely as he lived in a fantasy, unconsciously trying to make up for what he missed in his