Remember The Titans Relationship Development Analysis
Remember the Titans relationship development
Dejzon Walker
Movie Paper Assignment
Com 200
Summer 2012
Dejzon Walker
Com 200
August 6, 2012
Remember the Titans relationship development The time era that this film was connecting to was the early 1970’s due to the heavy civil topics such as discrimination and racism. T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia at the time was a desegregated school and the hiring of their first African American head coach Herman Boone which raises the racial tension throughout the community. Coach Boone seizes the job from Bill Yoast who is a Caucasian and has already been nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. The two coaches set aside their differences because …show more content…
Our most outer layer is our public self that’s available to anyone who is interested in knowing. To reach the inner core which holds our morals, self-concepts, unsettled conflicts, and deeply felt emotions you must have self-disclosure. This is the sharing of personal information that one might keep to themselves normally due to our vulnerability and the possibility of getting hurt. “The depth of penetration represents the degree of personal disclosure”, meaning the more personal detail you are revealing the deeper connection you are likely to have (Griffin, 2012). The law of reciprocity states that the openness you demonstrate with a partner about your deepest information more they are willing to share about their personal life with you. The social penetration theory is solely revolved around self-disclosure. The deeper the information you find out about someone, the more intimate the relationship will …show more content…
Some of which penetrated their inner core of their personality structure. One incident that caused this was Gary calling out Julius for his missed assignment on a play, and Julius responded by calling Gary a bad leader. Gary continues by saying, “I think you’re a waste of god given talent”, which causes Julius to answer back with “Well attitude reflects leadership captain.” (Bruckheimer). The conflict between the two made them both curious as to why the other acted a certain way and wanted to find out what deep down under all the layers caused them to act this way. The social penetration theory is confusing at times though because people can penetrate layers promptly at the start of a relationship but the closer you get to the interior of that person the tougher it is to penetrate those deep internal
Dejzon Walker
Movie Paper Assignment
Com 200
Summer 2012
Dejzon Walker
Com 200
August 6, 2012
Remember the Titans relationship development The time era that this film was connecting to was the early 1970’s due to the heavy civil topics such as discrimination and racism. T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia at the time was a desegregated school and the hiring of their first African American head coach Herman Boone which raises the racial tension throughout the community. Coach Boone seizes the job from Bill Yoast who is a Caucasian and has already been nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. The two coaches set aside their differences because …show more content…
Our most outer layer is our public self that’s available to anyone who is interested in knowing. To reach the inner core which holds our morals, self-concepts, unsettled conflicts, and deeply felt emotions you must have self-disclosure. This is the sharing of personal information that one might keep to themselves normally due to our vulnerability and the possibility of getting hurt. “The depth of penetration represents the degree of personal disclosure”, meaning the more personal detail you are revealing the deeper connection you are likely to have (Griffin, 2012). The law of reciprocity states that the openness you demonstrate with a partner about your deepest information more they are willing to share about their personal life with you. The social penetration theory is solely revolved around self-disclosure. The deeper the information you find out about someone, the more intimate the relationship will …show more content…
Some of which penetrated their inner core of their personality structure. One incident that caused this was Gary calling out Julius for his missed assignment on a play, and Julius responded by calling Gary a bad leader. Gary continues by saying, “I think you’re a waste of god given talent”, which causes Julius to answer back with “Well attitude reflects leadership captain.” (Bruckheimer). The conflict between the two made them both curious as to why the other acted a certain way and wanted to find out what deep down under all the layers caused them to act this way. The social penetration theory is confusing at times though because people can penetrate layers promptly at the start of a relationship but the closer you get to the interior of that person the tougher it is to penetrate those deep internal