Communication In 'Sen-Jo And Her Soul Separate'

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One of the biggest conflict between families is communication. The story of ‘’Sen-jo and her soul separate.’’ illustrate this kind of conflict and the importance of effective communication. This story show how a girl named Sen-jo was obligate to marry Hinryo, the man her father choose to marry her. She didn’t want to marry him because she was in love with Oche. At that time her parents were the one that choose for her, she couldn’t say nothing, it was like her words at that time didn’t matter. She also was afraid to talk to her father about how she feel. The lack of communicant lead Sen- jon to run away with her love one. For her in her mind it was the right decision at that moment. Even thought she was engaged she run away and she became separated

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