Tuesday with Morrie is a about a professor named Morrie Schwartz, who teaches at the University of Brandeis in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. (Albom, 1997). Professor Morrie teaches living life lessons that leave an impression on a seventeen-year-old college student named Mitch Albom. According to Erickson, every person has his own unique identity composed of different personality traits. Erik Erickson Theory emphasizes the subcultural development and presents them as eight stages of conflict. (Papalia, & Martorell, 2015) I will be discussing Erickson stage of Identity vs Role Confusion, the adolescent mind is essentially a search for a sense of self and personal identity between childhood and adulthood. (Papalia, & Martorell, 2015) Several years have passed and Mitch learned that Morrie has Lou Gehrig’s disease and goes to visit him. Morrie had left a lasting impression on Mitch that he visits Morrie every Tuesday in …show more content…
Morrie talks about the most personal thing- going to the bathroom and washing his private parts. Feeling ashamed that he had become dependent on others. Morrie tells Mitch that society had him thinking that growing old was something to be ashamed of (Albom, 1997). Too many were concerned on staying young that they had very little understanding about life. Who wants to stay young, as you grow you learn more Morrie tells Mitch? In Erikson stage 8 Integrity versus Despair old-aged adults in this stage deal with reflecting back on their lives. (Papalia, & Martorell, 2015) As they look back, some feel content and fulfilled for they believe that they have led a significant life and contributed substantially to their environment. However, some feel a sense of despair for they see more of their failures and as such, these people may experience fear of death as they are still not done with searching for their life’s meaning. This is the stage when individuals would ask, “What was the point of