Aging In The Film 'The Age Of Adaline'

Kahlyvia Butler
The Age of Adaline The film “The Age of Adaline” is a great movie to represent the sociological take on the process of aging. In the film, the main character Adaline Bowman, 29, stops aging after a terrible freak accident. For decades Adaline remains 29 living through various periods of time. Originally from the 20th century, Adaline must change her appearance and location every 20 years once those around her begin aging. Never allowing anyone to get too close, Adaline avoids intimate relationships only keeping in contact with her daughter who, after nearly 8 decades, has begun to feel the effects of aging. This film is the perfect film for those who have reached the point in their life where aging has become a burden. The people I worked with during my volunteer experience contrasted perfectly with this film. Many of the residents in the care facilities along with my fellow ombudsman all look at the aging process with disdain. My ombudsman counterparts all envy me because of the point I am at in life, but watching
Aging is not an individual process, there are other factors that contribute to our experience and understanding of aging. Two factors that make a large contribution are our families and the economy. The situation going on within our family unit has the power to age us or make us feel younger. For example, many of the children of the residents in the nursing home seem much older than they are due to the stress caused by having a parent in a care facility. Although moving their parents to one of the care facilities may remove some of that burden; the stress caused by taking care of a parent along with their own children has already taken effect. Even though in the film Adaline stopped aging, the stress her daughter experienced from seeing her mother struggle to flee every decade was still there. Adaline may have stopped aging, but her condition did not solely affect