Interpersonal Communication

“Why Did I Get Married?” directed and produced by Tyler Perry is a movie based on four couples who take a reunion vacation to the Colorado Mountains in order to reunite with friends from college. On this vacation things didn’t go according to plan. Throughout the movie there was heartbreak, infidelity, suppressed feelings, conflict, and secrets raging throughout each of the couples’ relationship in some aspect. With these unfortunate events occurred at various times throughout the film it cause their trip to evolve from a place to relax, enjoy friends, and time off from work into an emotional and tense atmosphere with the involved couple seeking validation from the other couples on the reason why their marriages are the way they are. Even though the movie ended on a good note in their celebration of Janet Jackson’s character (Pat) receiving an award one of the marriages did not survive. This couple’s relationship will be my focus for this paper.

On one hand, the author delivered the message very effectively through the following ways. First, the author delivers the message through the dialogue. Firstly, the film shows the daily life of the couple and there are full of conversations. However, the conversations are all about the arguments between them. For example, the man cannot endure the woman who always shakes her glasses; the woman cannot endure the man who always try to saw something in order to satisfy his fantasies from the TV shows. More importantly, the conflicts are insignificant, which means that it is totally not necessary to occur in the film. But why does the author added these insignificant conversations in the film and the

Two parents, with a beautiful daughter, well-paying jobs, and a dream house, have a crumbling marriage. Tony Jordan, the husband, flirts with temptation, as his wife, Elizabeth, is at the point of emotional breakdown under the strain. The two fight constantly, as Daneille, their daughter, doesn’t feel loved. Circumstances change for the better, when Elizabeth meets Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, during work. Clara mentors Elizabeth and shows her the true power of prayer.

The letter writer said that Tony bullied other students when he studied in boarding school. Kate asked Tony and Tony said that the writer said is the truth. Tony also said that he knew that his was wrong and he should be punished. But he did not want his children to know what he did at school. Kate’s sister was be bullied at school, so Kate really worried about her children and prevent her children being bullied at school. When she knew that Tony bullied others at school, she is very angry and she is also afraid that Tony will hit their children. Kate and children still live in their family house but Tony moved out. Kate does not want Tony stays with children and she only let Tony stay with children at the weekends. Their divorce causes some bad effects to their children. James wants to meet Tony and miss him very much. Michael becomes more naughty and Tony and Kate was asked to go to school many times. Emily often stays alone and do not participate in any group activities recently. Therefore, Kate decided to solve Tony’s problems with him together. Their children are happy to see Kate and Tony’s relationship become better and

With all the emotional roller coasters blazing into terms, it turns out that the past did predict the future. Their father continued his un-successful traits in the application of "how to treat a spouse" and reaped what he had sown.

* Body Paragraph #3 - Differentiate appropriate levels of self-disclosure and emotional intelligence in various relationships.

A day in the life of a veterinary technician may include answering clients’ questions, providing written or verbal instructions regarding care of an animal, answering the telephone,

In the film, two neighbours a man and a women suspect their spouse of extramarital affairs and they both try to investigate the behaviour and activities of their respective partners in order to find conclusive evidence regarding their infidelity towards their respective partners. In the course of the movie, the viewers get to see the close bond of friendship and affection which develops over time between both the neighbours (i.e. the man and the woman) and how they decide to keep their

These characters grow as they suffer through marriage problems. When the woman leaves the man, which lets him learn his mistakes and to be grateful for the things they had. He writes, “Things to tell her. That I’m sorry. That I miss her. That all I want-all I ever wanted-is for her to be happy” (Dooley and Holzman 3). The man has learned and developed into a greater human being.

This course on Interpersonal Communication has opened my eyes to the importance of effective communication as it relates to personal relationships. The information that I’ve learned has inspired me to take a deeper look into how I communicate with my husband. It also provides an understanding regarding the differences in how we communicate. The communication style that I use is expressive, the style he uses is instrumental. He also interprets communication different than myself. It’s apparent that our non-verbal communication skills are very different.

different ideals and problems within a marriage will be illustrated with examples from the text.

What roles do the individuals play in the marriage at the beginning of the film?

Since the consequences of bad interpersonal communication are dissatisfactory in the professional, social, and humane world, an interpersonal communication college course took me on a remarkable journey to strengthen my communication skills with other people, professionals, and myself. From the beginning, I knew my nursing and personal responsibility to learn the expertise of the subject matter at hand a must to further my career efforts and goals. The eureka effect, or a-ha moment, did its justice with each study module in place. Doors of personal and interpersonal insights open, when needed, or close, when not needed, in applying the effects of self-assessments within the course to myself, other people around me, and my relationships. In this paper, I will reflect on the moments of self-realization by the use of self-actualization and focus on the future of my interpersonal communicational life learned in this college course.

Since the start of this class, I have been reminded again and again that the concepts we are learning can be applied to everyday life. For instance, when we talked about non-verbal communication, I realized that it is impossible to not communicate. There are many activities, other than the use of language, that allow us to draw meaning from something we observe. When my mother widens her eyes at me without stating a word, I understand she is telling me to think twice about the action I’m about to take. It has been great to be able to assign concepts and vocabulary to interpersonal relationships and communication activity that I have been experiencing. Now let me introduce you to my friend Izzy and her boyfriend Ken as I analyze the

with another person or persons.” (McCroskey, 1977) It is very common for some to get more