In some narratives, the mother-son relationship is characterized by an overbearing or controlling mother. This archetype is exemplified in the movie "The Wrestler" (2008), where Marisa Tomei's character, Dolores, has a suffocating grip on her son Mickey's life. Similarly, in the novel "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen, the mother, Enid, struggles to let go of her son Gary, leading to a complex exploration of their relationship.