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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