Actually movies are the best sources of finding for excellent real life examples that express an interpersonal communication which include conflict that has taken a long time to resolve effectively. Therefore in the film of the American Beauty is a film that is grounded on many different interpersonal conflicts which takes a long time before getting the perfect resolution. Accordingly one of the most outstanding kind of conflict is the relationship between Lester and Carolyn Burnham. These are a husband and a wife, Lester as the husband and Carolyn as the wife. Their relationship is strained by various issues here and there such as, Carolyn is an ambitious person who feels that she is unsuccessful at fulfilling her potential. At the same time
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Nonetheless, Lester in the course of the film finds an emotional fragile Col. Fitts standing at outside his house in the pouring, he attempts to comfort him but surprisingly Fitts kisses him in return, but Lester tells him that that was a wrong idea. Out of shame Fitts moves back into the rain, and as this is happening Carolyn is sited alone in her car in hold of a gun and on seeing what took place between Fitts and his husband she becomes more infuriated at the day turn of events (Erickson, 2004).
Consequently when Lester realizes that Angela was a virgin after her confession to him he now looks at her as an innocent child, on hearing this information Lester immediately withdraws his affections and shifts it to a father-figure. On changing their minds they bond over by sharing their frustrations with and concern for Jane, and it is at this point that that Lester seems to be pleased by the confession of Angela that Jane was in love. Angela inquire from Lester to know his feelings after hearing that Jane was in love but surprising Lester feels great. Lester becomes happy on hearing of her daughter being in a relationship, this makes him to look at a photograph of his family in happier times while sited at the table, while unaware of the gun being held to the back of his head by her wife (Lisanti,
Nonetheless, Lester in the course of the film finds an emotional fragile Col. Fitts standing at outside his house in the pouring, he attempts to comfort him but surprisingly Fitts kisses him in return, but Lester tells him that that was a wrong idea. Out of shame Fitts moves back into the rain, and as this is happening Carolyn is sited alone in her car in hold of a gun and on seeing what took place between Fitts and his husband she becomes more infuriated at the day turn of events (Erickson, 2004).
Consequently when Lester realizes that Angela was a virgin after her confession to him he now looks at her as an innocent child, on hearing this information Lester immediately withdraws his affections and shifts it to a father-figure. On changing their minds they bond over by sharing their frustrations with and concern for Jane, and it is at this point that that Lester seems to be pleased by the confession of Angela that Jane was in love. Angela inquire from Lester to know his feelings after hearing that Jane was in love but surprising Lester feels great. Lester becomes happy on hearing of her daughter being in a relationship, this makes him to look at a photograph of his family in happier times while sited at the table, while unaware of the gun being held to the back of his head by her wife (Lisanti,