After Will receives Skylar’s number he is not contemplating commitment nor immediately calls her. When Will meets Skylar she is unlike any girl he has ever known, and as their relationship grows serious, Will’s fear of commitment supports his struggle with his identity status. Sean encourages Will’s relationship with Harvard Student Skylar because he wants Will to recognize his ability to have an emotional relationship with a woman without pushing them away, which ultimately proved his change in moral standard. Throughout the movie Sean is able to overcome Will’s sarcastic defense mechanisms and on their last session when each man reveals they were abused as children, Sean sees the true person that Will is and realizes he has properly prepared him for a future job in the real world. In addition, Sean enables Will to overcome his moral standard crisis particularly regarding women. During the movie, Sean helps Will by guiding him past the future work crisis through therapy sessions and Sean’s real life experience recollections. According to Marcia a person experiences four identity crises including future work, moral standards, religion, and political view. Sean’s influence on Will proved that Will experienced the process of identity discovery proposed by James Marcia because of Sean’s ability to help Will out of his identity crisis. At first Will was uncomfortable with realizing his intelligence but eventually he learned he needed to take advantage of his skills. It takes the guidance from Will’s best friend Chuck, to finally persuade Will to take advantage of his gift, not for himself, but for his friends and every other kid with the same lack of opportunities who would give anything for Will’s intelligence. In addition to that, Will’s best friends depict the epitome of “city kids” who balance blue collar jobs with nighttime bar reunions and it is evident that because this is the only life Will has ever known, he is hesitant to lead the life he is stereotypically supposed to.
This reveals that Will lacks aspects of self-realization because when the teachers recognize he is the genius, Will buffoons the therapy sessions and mathematical lessons that the teachers arranged in order to help him reach his full potential.
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