The Jarrett Family Analysis

The Jarrett family is dysfunctional because they don’t show their emotional side of themselves. The Jarrett family consists of the mother Beth Jarrett, the father Calvin Jarrett, and the son Conrad Jarrett. This family needs help letting out their emotions and I think if they all sat down and had a civil conversation that they would be on the path of being a normal family or in this case a less dysfunctional family. Each of the characters engage in an act of both silence or violence, some more than others but overall it is common in each of the characters. Beth thinks she and Conrad have poor communication. This is clear when Beth gets mad at Conrad because she wasn’t the first to know that he quit swim team. This when she used violence. I perceive this to be both labeling and attacking. Labeling because she is somewhat stereotyping Conrad for his ideas and furthermore she is attacking because she’s trying to “win” as in get Calvin, her husband on her side against Conrad. I feel if she had just asked Conrad why he quit, and just …show more content…
He never really shouted at his wife until the end when he started to figure out that Beth really didn’t love him. His form of violence was toward the more middle- end of the movie when Beth, Calvin, and some other people were playing golf. They two were talking and got in an argument and started yelling at each other, and suddenly Calvin started cursing at Beth. This isn't healthy in any relationship. The Jarrett family has a lack of communication skills, and a lack of expressing emotions to each other. They are suffering from the loss of their first son, but I truly believe that they can overcome this obstacle with being together for each other, and looking out for each other. Everyone has a different way of expressing their emotions, but feeling love and belonging from close ones can help them express their emotions in a better, and healthier