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Marian, Marcus’ sister, was a beautiful girl, and Leo did anything for her, including taking secret messages to a certain Ted Burgess. But Leo dramatically soon realized what these messages were, discovering Marian's relationship with Ted Burgess, and also that she was to marry Lord Trimingham. So Leo refused to take any more messages, but at the same time he not only lost faith in the adult world, but also his self-confidence, experiencing psychosocial problems which he will have to endure for the rest of his life. Leo’s personality literally collapsed upon itself, and he discovered the chasm that divides the ideal world from the real one, which created in him the breakdown of ego identity. In that sense Hartley was a great psychologist, and his work was so heartfelt that it's hard not to appreciate it, because it offered us an interesting psychological explanation for why a young man might choose a solitary life. 10
E. H. Erikson published a book on psychoanalysis in the early 1950s. In his Foreword to the First Edition, Erikson stated that his book “originated in the practice of psychoanalysis,” having determined to treat “anxiety in young children, apathy in American Indians, confusion in veterans of war.” However, he emphasized that his research was dedicated especially to “childhood,” because of “all people start as children.” (E. H. Erikson). The 1950s were discovering studies on adolescence, because, back then, it was rare to find research focused on it. Undoubtedly, the years immediately following the second world war represented the start of new lifestyles in Britain (consumerism, advertising, sexual freedom) that had a strong impact on adolescents. Therefore, according to the report of the former Ministry of Education, the young Brits “*were+ subject to continuous and considerable mental, emotional and physical changes” ( A. Ferrebe), producing in them the breakdown of ego identity (E. H. Erikson, p. 44), that is the breakdown of previously established patterns of thought and behavior, while the ego was overwhelmed by a deep fear of failure, resulting in relationship difficulties and identity crisis. 11
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