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Self-Disclosure In The Film 'Magic Of Ordinary Days'
In the movie Magic of Ordinary Days self-disclosure fills the lives of the two weds. Self-disclosure is a communication process in which a person tells another information about him or herself. It can be their feelings, aspirations, goals, failures, and successes. When we watch this movie we see many of examples with self-disclosure but three examples that really stood out was when Livvy just wouldn’t really tell Ray what was going on with her but ends up finding out a lot of things like she is bothered by her mother’s death. Ray is the complete opposite of Livvy he is a kind and outgoing person he talks and doesn’t really hide anything. On the other hand Livvy hides a lot like when she was writing letters to the man that is the real father

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