The Importance Of Effective Communication In Marina

Marina is a young teenage girl, horrified by the actions of her father. Marina is sent to Warrington boarding school by her egotistical, greedy mother, “I have been sent here to learn to talk again, sent here because my mother can’t stand my silent presence at home, sent here because of my face I suppose”. Marina rarely speaks to her family or anyone for that matter, but throughout the novel she talks about how she tries to communicate with the people she cares about using her own methods. She is seen trying to communicate with her grandmother and her father, not much so with her mother as she resents her mother for disowning her and sending Marina away when Marina was at the most weak and vulnerable point in her life.
Marina seldom communicates with her family. Every so often in the novel Marina would receive a short letter from her mother. Marina would never write back to her as her mother was the reason for everything that has torn their family apart, as well as throwing her own daughter in a boarding school when she was defenseless. In the novel Marina is …show more content…
Research classifies communication as an important ‘piece’ of strong marital, parent-child, and sibling relationship ‘puzzle’. Family communication creates an air of that allows family members to express and communicate their different feelings as well as their needs, wants and concerns for each other. Family communication is important as it can let others know what someone might be thinking about or what they are feeling. This is extremely important as it can let other family members know how to help that particular family member. Communication encourages trust and support in families. It lets children and adults know that they can come and talk to anyone in their family and they will be accepted not matter what the problem is. Communication between families can create a happier atmosphere and tighter bonds between each