Communication Analysis

             Interpersonal Communication Analysis
             Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is one of today's most popularized films. This film is full of both comedy and drama. The
             main character Siddalee Walker (Sidda), played by Sandra Bullock, is being held hostage by her mother's friend's (Tinsey, Neciey,
             and Carol). After being interviewed by the Times Magazine and given them dark secrets about her mother Vivian Walker. The article
             placed in the magazine led to some misunderstanding, which led to Sidda's mother being very upset. So to resolve this conflict
             between Vivian and her daughter Sidda was the Ya-Ya sisters who intervened and help Siddalee to understand some things about her
             mother. This helped to explain why Vivian is the way she is.
             Conflict Strategy, Axioms of Communication, Principals/Pitfalls of Messages, Message Characteristics and Listening
             Techniques/Guidelines are the Communication patterns that I will be focusing on for this analysis. I chose these topics to analyze
             because there's quite a bit of conflict and arguing, and these are the most recognizable concepts when I look at the film.
             The first concept has three parts that will be discussed, and this term is Conflict Strategies. Conflict strategies are ways
             people deal with conflicts. According to DeVito (1998) conflict has both positive and negative affects, which are productive and
             unproductive strategies. One conflict strategy is verbal aggressiveness, which is a "method of winning an argument by inflicting
             psychological pain, by attacking the other persons self-concept," (DeVito, 1998, pg.326). In the middle of the movie there are
             many conflicts taking place. The conflict between Siddalee and her fiance, Connor deals with their children, which they don't have
             and their relationship in the future. Sidda and Connor are going back and forth arguing with each other, and it gets to the point
             where Connor says, "you got me painted up in a corner...

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