Analysis Of 500 Days Of Summer Analysis

The ways of communication is vary, and we interact each other through the unique communication each other. 500 days of summer, which is one of the famous movie, we can recognize some important communication theory. In this paper, I would like to write about focus on the social penetration theory revealed in 500 days of summer. In this movie, some essential perspectives of penetration theory are revealed: depth and breadth of penetration, stages of the penetration theory, and verbal and non-verbal communication. In this essay, I am going to discuss these three characteristics revealed in the movie, 500 days of summer with my observations. First of all, depth and breadth of penetration is revealed in this movie. Firstly, the breadth of penetration

In addition, for Summer, her breadth learned about her job, a fan of The Smith, and where she is from, and “Anal girl”. If I take one of example from these breadth, Summer does not tell when she started liking The Smiths, or how she discovered The Smiths, or what her favorite song by The Smiths is. None of that information is any more personal than “I love The Smiths.” I believe that it is not on a deeper level. As this story shows that at the first time they met, they talked small talk. However, the depth of penetration is not the same as the breadth of penetration. Through the depth of penetration, their relationship has changed. The Griffin (2009) describes about the depth of penetration: “the degree of disclosure in a specific area of an individual’s life.” It means that it is the degree of the depth at which one person reveals his or her inner core including true emotions, feeling about someone or something, their honest

The conversation between Tom and Summer certainly shows how their verbal self-disclosure impacts their relationship. However, the relationship grows in other ways as well; as a result of non-verbal self-disclosure. One scene reveals this character. This is when Tom draws something on Summer’s arm. I assume that this helps their relationship in two ways. First of all, Summer offers her arm as a canvas and it displays hat her desire for physical contact. Tom’s acceptance reciprocally discloses the same. In addition, Taylor and Altman (1973) contend that allow physical space penetration can affect willingness to allow personal penetration, and vice versa. Therefore, this moment can be a predecessor to future personal penetration. Secondly, when tom draws his architectural design, the imagined city, reflects the inside of his mind. I guess the architecture is his outlet, it means that when words fail him, it is one of the ways to express himself. Another example of non-verbal self-disclosure happens when Summer let Tom enter her house. Summer’s apartment is an essentially her world. When she invites Tom to the doorway, she takes him into her world. It describes a very deep penetration, and at the same time, it can also be a either reciprocal non-verbal or verbal self-disclosure. Thus, this situation is a little bit different from other scene,