Remember The Titans Group Cohesion Essay
Vincent Donato
Group Comms. 9:30 M & W
Remember the Titans 1) Interdependence is the mutual reliance on one another between two or more individuals in a group. In a group or a team each individual is relying on one another to perform to a certain level of expectation in order for their team or group to succeed. With each individual of the group or team it is important to discuss the mutual agreement of what they are expected of. In Remember the Titans the scene where Gery and Julius after a 3-a-day practice talk about honesty. The conflict between them is seen in this scene. Gery is expecting for Julius to pull or push the opponent or do something to get past the line. While Julius responds for his expectation of Gery to be a captain and tell his “white buddy’s” to block for Rev better. With the continuing of this argument …show more content…
With group cohesion it is the ability to bring the team or group together as one and to form a sense of unity in their group or team. With the successful ability to form this group cohesion, the feeling that an individual feels emotionally towards another member of the group/team and towards the group/team as a whole plays an important role in success. In Remember the Titans the locker room scene where they use verbal humor by calling an individual on a team “sunshine” because of his golden locks and also by trash talking about each other’s momma’s. This trash talking is the ability to joke around about a sensitive topic such as one’s mom but by this group cohesion that they are forming makes this subject not so sensitive. From the reminding of sunshine’s hair of Bertier’s Momma, to when Lastik complains about his back problem for giving Petey Jone’s mom a piggy back ride. The group cohesion is even more well seen by the singing of “Ain’t no mountain high enough” when both the African American’s and the White members of the team join in to sing for this team bonding
Group Comms. 9:30 M & W
Remember the Titans 1) Interdependence is the mutual reliance on one another between two or more individuals in a group. In a group or a team each individual is relying on one another to perform to a certain level of expectation in order for their team or group to succeed. With each individual of the group or team it is important to discuss the mutual agreement of what they are expected of. In Remember the Titans the scene where Gery and Julius after a 3-a-day practice talk about honesty. The conflict between them is seen in this scene. Gery is expecting for Julius to pull or push the opponent or do something to get past the line. While Julius responds for his expectation of Gery to be a captain and tell his “white buddy’s” to block for Rev better. With the continuing of this argument …show more content…
With group cohesion it is the ability to bring the team or group together as one and to form a sense of unity in their group or team. With the successful ability to form this group cohesion, the feeling that an individual feels emotionally towards another member of the group/team and towards the group/team as a whole plays an important role in success. In Remember the Titans the locker room scene where they use verbal humor by calling an individual on a team “sunshine” because of his golden locks and also by trash talking about each other’s momma’s. This trash talking is the ability to joke around about a sensitive topic such as one’s mom but by this group cohesion that they are forming makes this subject not so sensitive. From the reminding of sunshine’s hair of Bertier’s Momma, to when Lastik complains about his back problem for giving Petey Jone’s mom a piggy back ride. The group cohesion is even more well seen by the singing of “Ain’t no mountain high enough” when both the African American’s and the White members of the team join in to sing for this team bonding