The Break Up movie is a romantic movie which shows the real relationship that represents the context of our society. This movie tries to show that the difficult relationship makes the romantic situation of the couples more complicated. Interpersonal communication is defined in various ways, but it primarily focuses the communication between the people in close relationship (Alberts 190). This movie The Break Up is all about interpersonal communication in various situation. The main important thing to maintain a healthy and happy relationship is effective communication between both parties. This movie gives the detail picture of integrating, differencing and terminating.
While talking about the interpersonal communication, the first phase of …show more content…
Lack of communication for longer period will ruin the relationship. Effective communication is the primary activity to maintain healthy and long-lasting relationship (Alberts 202). Sometimes conflict arise in relationship because of feeling that one person does a lot of work than others and does not get appreciated. Equity theory in relationships are motivated by fairness rather than cost and rewards. The meaning of this theory is that both persons should be equally benefitted in any way otherwise conflict arise between their relationship (Alberts 195). To explain this equity theory, an example can be taken from the movie when Brooke felt like she does a lot of household work of cleaning, cooking and washing. Also, she expects appreciation and help from …show more content…
The movie begins with the initiation and experimentation stages. Gary is attracted by to Brooke by her appearance and he started on making impressions and tried to know more about her. Intensifying, integrating and bonding are the stages to become closer and closer than can lead them to establish the relationship with a label as in “husband and wife” (Alberts 196). The plot of the movie moves forward in the sequential order of intensifying, integrating and bonding. They started dating which falls under intensifying, then stays on relationship which is integrating and finally they live together as bonding stage. Then there come the stages of relationship termination. It started from conflicts and misunderstanding. As the termination stage starts from differentiating and circumscribing, they started thinking individually and limit their conversation and set up boundaries. Differentiating occurred in the movie when Brook do not agree with Gary to buy pool table. Similarly, example of circumscribing can be related with complaining to their work of cleaning and cooking. Then their communication became more limit and reach to Stagnation stage. Dating by Brook to other men to make Gary jealous is the perfect example of Avoidance. Finally, the relationship is terminated by Brooke. Gary tried to redeem the relationship, but it was too
While talking about the interpersonal communication, the first phase of …show more content…
Lack of communication for longer period will ruin the relationship. Effective communication is the primary activity to maintain healthy and long-lasting relationship (Alberts 202). Sometimes conflict arise in relationship because of feeling that one person does a lot of work than others and does not get appreciated. Equity theory in relationships are motivated by fairness rather than cost and rewards. The meaning of this theory is that both persons should be equally benefitted in any way otherwise conflict arise between their relationship (Alberts 195). To explain this equity theory, an example can be taken from the movie when Brooke felt like she does a lot of household work of cleaning, cooking and washing. Also, she expects appreciation and help from …show more content…
The movie begins with the initiation and experimentation stages. Gary is attracted by to Brooke by her appearance and he started on making impressions and tried to know more about her. Intensifying, integrating and bonding are the stages to become closer and closer than can lead them to establish the relationship with a label as in “husband and wife” (Alberts 196). The plot of the movie moves forward in the sequential order of intensifying, integrating and bonding. They started dating which falls under intensifying, then stays on relationship which is integrating and finally they live together as bonding stage. Then there come the stages of relationship termination. It started from conflicts and misunderstanding. As the termination stage starts from differentiating and circumscribing, they started thinking individually and limit their conversation and set up boundaries. Differentiating occurred in the movie when Brook do not agree with Gary to buy pool table. Similarly, example of circumscribing can be related with complaining to their work of cleaning and cooking. Then their communication became more limit and reach to Stagnation stage. Dating by Brook to other men to make Gary jealous is the perfect example of Avoidance. Finally, the relationship is terminated by Brooke. Gary tried to redeem the relationship, but it was too