Sunday, March 6, 2016

Conflict Styles in Trainwreck


The movie Trainwreck follows a woman named Amy through a short period in her mid-twenties. Through this time, she has many one night stands even though she has a semi-exclusive fling going on.  During these one night stands, Amy uses the competing style in order to get what she wants in bed without having to give in return. On one occasion, Amy broke her “never sleep over rule”, but she did so my using the compromising style. As the man insisted she stay the night and cuddle, Amy denied but was constantly pushed back by his persistence. When she finally agrees, she says that there needs to be a pillow between them as they sleep. She gave a little by staying the night and breaking her rule and he gave a little up by not being able to cuddle with her all night. Although compromising was found in this movie, the most highly used conflict style by Amy had to be avoidance. Amy not only avoided the men that she slept with almost immediately after, but she also avoided her break up, due to infidelity, when it happened. Even as her significant other stated that he had wanted to marry her, she changed the subject and asked if she or he could leave because she was too high to handle the conversation. This type of withdrawal can also be seen when Amy speaks her last words to her father. As she spoke to him about her new boyfriend, her father responds by doubting her new relationship’s future as well as Amy’s intentions. This lead Amy to argue with her father momentarily and then avoid the conflict by walking away from her father as he asked her not to leave. Amy’s father had been on some medication but was hoarding them which lead to his death shortly after their argument. This plays a big role in how the rest of this movie pans out, which proves that avoidance can cause a conflict to fester.         

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