Interpersonal Communication Chapter 11 Analysis

Marriage is an adjustment between two people getting married Communication can cause a relationship to succeed or fail. If you do not share how you feel, it can cause your partner to withdraw. Listening can save a relationship. Schonberg (2011) found that “affective affirmation –basically, behavior that makes your partner feel loved cared for or special plays a role in a happy marriage and those men need it more than women. There are several factors and problems that can cause marriage to either succeed or fail. It is important to discuss problem things left unsaid can cause your partner to with draw.

Her frustrations are due to the various forms of isolation that have made their marriage the focus of outside forces. “In the distance, sky and prairie now were merged into one another linelessly. All round her it was gathering; already in its press and whimpering there strummed a boding of eventual fury.” (Ross 5) This is where the physical isolation and the mental isolation merge to form the ‘storm’ or the ‘Steven’ that would bring about the end of their marriage. The isolation of communication has cost them their relationship, where before, anything relating to infidelity would be ludicrous to exist, but now, it is a

The story makes clear that the husband knows he needs to put a stop to the tension created from the argument so he goes to tell his wife the only thing she wants to hear in the first place. Because the entire story is told through third person limited point of view, the husband doesn’t seem to see how much this argument affects his wife until he speaks to her in the bathroom.

Marriage is oftentimes praised for all its good qualities, but people tend to avoid discussing the downsides of marriage in order to avoid discomfort. Confronting the problems that many couples face in marriage is hard, and most people find it easier to simply overlook any issues they may face to avoid furthering the problem. In “My Problem With Her Anger,” Eric Bartels elaborates on the struggles he and his wife face and what experiencing the effects of spousal anger feels like from a husband’s perspective. Through emotional appeal and anecdotes, Bartels semi-successfully argues that husbands are too often, and unfairly, on the receiving end of their wives’ anger and stress.

We see a silence in several women today by looking at their swollen eyes and their cold and startled behavior that they are traumatized by their own husbands. Solnit expresses, "Every woman knows what I’m talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard,

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can to keep him happy. It is inferred that she isn’t very happy in her marriage through phrases

Before you enter into a new life as husband and wife, I will give you some words of wisdom to help you continue to grow as a couple, be able to communicate effectively and be able to overcome the storms that may come throughout your relationship.

The husband tries to convince his wife to discuss her problems with him instead of other people. `"Amy! Do not go to someone else this time. / Listen to me. I won't come down the stairs"' (Lines 41-42). He attempts to calm her down and explain his grief again, but she refuses

Husband and Wife have different emotions when it comes to dealing with stressful life events.

In every society nonverbal communication is one of the most powerful tools that a person can use to interpret the message that is being delivered. Even though verbal communication is fairly straightforward, nonverbal communication allows others to sense the true emotions of the person that is expressing them. For example even though a person may say that they are not irritated, their usage of voice may display otherwise. Nonverbal communication not only reveals hidden messages, but it also complements, substitutes, and exaggerates verbal communication.

In this part of the story, I found out the wife’s name: Ann. She cuts her hand and the husband immediately reacts by helping his wife by getting a band aid. He makes sure she is alright and comforts her. It seemed to me that this was some kind of peace offering to drop the conversation that his wife was so upset about. At this part of the story, I sided with the husband because of how considerate he is to his wife. He then let his wife go and relax while he finished the house chores. The wife, obviously wanting to finish the conversation, didn’t accept the peace offering. She made it quite clear when the first thing she asked was “so you wouldn’t have married me if I’d been black?” The husband becomes frustrated by the repeated topic and snaps back. This reveals the stubbornness of the wife and almost fake image of the husband. The husband seems to put on an act that he cares for his wife and does chores around the house, but does he truly care and understand his wife’s true self?

First of all listening is one of the keys to a relationship, Mr. listen to the Mrs. And Mrs. Listen to the Mr. The wife and the husband don’t listen to each other as the husband states “So she screamed, but I couldn’t hear her.” (27) The husband tried to solve this issue by shrinking a phone to talk to him. The phone went unanswered when the husband tried to contact her. Now the wife wasn’t listening to the husband. In my experience my mom and my dad didn’t listen to each other at times and things would go horribly wrong. In a situation such as getting lost on a trip to Arizona, my Dad didn’t ask for directions as my Mom asked him to. Things went horribly wrong as it did in the story. According to strongermariage.org many marriage issues start because one doesn’t listen to other important issues causing a bigger issue to be made.

The husband is stereotypically male chauvinist. He wants to dominate, by saying “shut up” and he cannot be bothered with his wife’s wishes.

Communication is a vital part of everyday life. Without communication we would not be allowed to express feelings, needs or even wants. Communication is more complicated than just speaking to one another. Some families suffer from the lack of communication and it is most important to keep a good communication flow through families.