According to the book Interplay self-concept is defined as the relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself and one way to understand self-concept is to imagine a special mirror that reflects physical features and other aspects of yourself. I would describe Erin as a smart, hard-working, beautiful, outgoing, strong, tough women who is a fighter and a doer. Erin is also a mother and a partner. In the movie there are times when Erin shows low and high self -esteem since she experiences ups and downs. Erin sees herself as a professional in her job as a clerical and chooses to wear what she wants. In the Movie there is a part when Ed Masry tells Erin to rethink her wardrobe and her response was “as long as I have one ass instead of …show more content…
For example, in the movie when Erin is talking with her plaintiffs she pays attention to every little detail. She pays attention to their nonverbal communication as well as there verbal communication when the plaintiffs are expressing how they feel about the poison water. Erin knows that her plaintiffs are suffering way more then they expose to the world. Which is why Erin notices every little …show more content…
If Erin didn’t use responsible language her plaintiffs would have hated her and wouldn’t have opened up to her like they did. Erin also uses responsible language when she is talking with her children. In example of when Erin uses irresponsible language is when she is talking with her boss Ed. All throughout the movie Erin says the f-bomb multiple times to Ed, for example the scene when Donna Jensen offers Ed coffee but he rejects it at first but Erin tells him to “have a fuckin cup of coffee”. Erin also uses Irresponsible language when she is talking with Brenda her co-worker and when she it talking with the representatives of PG&E by raising her voice and continuing to curse. In my opinion I do believe her language reflects her view of the world because people who have higher status then her, she treats like trash and people who she sees as equally to her she treats them with
...ent kind of awareness gained from the reader, makes the reader pay attention to the attitudes of each character, and what each of them could mean to the story.
Prior to this scene, Edna does have some awareness of the duality of her existence. The narrator tells us that “[e]ven as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life--that outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions” (14). As Edna grew older, that awareness was pushed aside. Chopin makes a comparison between Edna’s religious faith and how she conducts her secular life. She describes how, as a child, Edna once ran away from church and wandered aimlessly through a field of tall grass. She was simply following her impulses and her desires unthinkingly. As Edna grew older, her feelings towards religion changed: “During one period of my life religion took a firm hold upon me,” she states, “after I was twelve and until--until--why, I suppose until now, though I have never much thought much about it--just driven along by habi...
Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted, as well as described in relation to the examples extracted from the film. To begin with the film started out with a communication climate that was both tense and without verbal communication. This was mainly due to the variance in membership constructs of the characters involved. The character's included the brain Brian, Andrew the athlete, the criminal Bender, the princess Claire, and the basket case Allison. There was a great deal of interesting nonverbal communication taking place between these people. Their reactions and responses to each other demonstrated perceptual errors, which would be shown as the story progressed.
Knowing who you are is a big part in finding fight society since society is always trying to tell you who you need to be. Identity is one of Edna’s problem in the being of the book. She just did not know who she was or if who she is at first is the person she is supposed to be. She starts to realize she is not that she is not the person she wants to be because she does fit with the Creole women, and she is supposed to be one of them. She also starts noticing things in her life that she is unhappy with like how he husband treats her. Edna was two different people. She was this care free sprite on the inside and her outside conformed to society. Edna goes through a struggle with herself “At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life—that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.” (VII pg. 18). Who she was on the inside was fight to get to the outside. Chopin is saying that most women are like that, and even the Creole women weren’t true to themselves. They are supposed to be committed to their husbands, so they lived fancy lives through the books that they read about sex and etc. Most women fight with their selves on who they should be and who they want to be. As the story goes on the readers can see that Edna’s inner self is winning against her outer self which is conformed to the society. In the novel is says “she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that
...he also, expresses rude gestures as she complains that she has to go find Vivian a chair. Many times the personality of an individual can be evident by their facial expressions and body gestures.
Keller used a variety of methods in her speech. The majority of her words used pathos. For example, Keller said “The future of America rests on the backs of 80,000,000 working men and women and their children. We are facing a grave crisis in our natural life. The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.” Here, she used pathos to elicit a scared or angry response fr...
...g and appreciation of qualities of characters, and hence, a deeper understanding of underlying motives and psyche. Intricate and methodical characterization is crucial to grasp the full meaning of a narrative.
She makes it clear that attention focused on objects such as animals and
herself and her attempt to break through the strict bonds of society that all the other
In the novella The Awakening by Kate Chopin, the main character Edna Pontellier “becomes profoundly alienated from traditional roles required by family, country, church, or other social institutions and is unable to reconcile the desire for connection with others with the need for self-expression” (Bogard). The novella takes place in the South during the 1800’s when societal views and appearances meant everything. There were numerous rules and expectations that must be upheld by both men and women, and for independent, stubborn, and curious women such as Edna, this made life challenging. Edna expressed thoughts and goals far beyond her time that made her question her role in life and struggle to identify herself, which caused her to break societal conventions, damage her relationships, and ultimately lose everything.
...er than sympathize with her as more than just a character on stage. The audience therefore witnesses firsthand the breakdown of a strong and independent character as her torment trumps her.
From the beginning of the film until the end Annie is struggling to find her own self, often she is experiencing the negative cycle of the self-concept. Contributors to the self-concept include; self-esteem, reflected appraisal and social comparison, and all of this can be subjective, flexible and resistant to change. In the first parts of the movie it really showcases that
...f Bath, we see an individual who is willing to express that idea. Her courage to defy the traditional concepts as set by her peers does not intimidate her, and she boldly stands up for what she believes in, popular or not. Another strong feminist aspect to her is that she feels no need to be justified or have approval for her decisions and lifestyle. Just because she is a woman does not limit her choices in her life, and neither her gender nor her decisions make her inferior.
The film focuses mainly on two characters Adele and Emma. Adele is a high school teacher who is starting to explore her inner self as a adult. She dates men but finds no satisfaction with them sexually, and is ignored by a close friend who she does find attractive. She dreams of something more, she meets Emma a free spirited girl whom Adele’s friends reject due to her newly found sexual orientation, and by association, begin to reject Adèle herself. The relationship
The organism is the individual which interacts with the environment; the phenomenal field is the entirety of the individual’s experiences and includes events or situations which occur outside of the individual as well as inner experiences and meanings which are assigned to them by the individual (W. Meyer et al, 2003). The self-concept is central to humanistic theories, and includes the individual’s perception of themselves, their abilities, and their behaviour (Santrock, 2005). In Black Swan, Nina would be the organism or the individual; her subjective, personal experience would be the phenomenal field; and the picture she maintains of herself, the way she sees her characteristics, how she judges herself based on her appearance, talents and relationships, would all constitute her self-concept (W. Meyer et al,