Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

is base the 2002 movie The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. The movie opens in the middle of an ugly conflict between Sidda and her mother Vivian. The scene is based on a misunderstanding between the two, which quickly becomes aggressive verbal banter. In order to fix their conflicted relationship, Vivian’s life-long friends came to the rescue. The ya ya sisters, as they called themselves, took Sidda hostage in order to tell her the secrets of her mother’s past. They believed that a better understanding would help Sidda’s relationship with her mother. This movie shows many different relationships, but most of which are in one form of conflict or another. For this analysis, I am going to look at the unique characteristics of close interpersonal relationships as seen in this movie. I am going to identify the different ways conflicts were managed by the characters, and I am also going to look some of the consequences of destructive Communication. Close Interpersonal Communication…

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