How To Respond To Conflict

Responding to Conflict Conflict is a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.It can be described in many different ways, but it is commonly refured to as a strong disagreemen between two or more people. When conflict is brought up the outcome is usually predictable based on how someone responds the the situation. Once you’ve had to deal with bad situations multiple times you learn how you deal with them best. There are many different ways to approach a conflicted situation. Depending on you respond it will affect the rest of the conversation positively or negatively. Most people choose to react to conflict negatively and not take the time to calm down and process the problem. When confronting someone with a situation of conflict you need to be sure you’re using the right words and tone just as much as the other person. The way the …show more content…
He is a very violent, mean, and unthoughtful character. In chapter 5 Okonkwo gets very aggressive. Near the end of the preparations, Okonkwo's suppressed anger and resentment about the feast explodes when he thinks someone has killed one of his banana trees. However, leaves have barely been cut off from the tree to wrap food. Okonkwo is so furious that he scares Ekwefi into admitting she’s the one that is responsible for killing the banana tree, he beats her profusely to let out his anger. He then goes to get his gun which provokes Ekwefi to mumble something under her breathe that inferred Okonkwo being weak or unmasculine. He takes the gun and aimed it at her and shot. Fortunately enough for Ekwefi the bullet hadn’t even hit her, she had not been injured other than the severe beating she received, out of anger. The beating incident happens repeatedly throughout the book. Okonkwo doesn’t choose to react to conflict calmly, because he doesn’t want to be represent anything like his