Main Characters In The Beginning Vs. The End Of The Movie Case Study

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• What is the status of the main characters in the beginning vs. the end of the movie? (In other words, how and why do characters change as the movie progresses—what causes the change?) At the first, both Jamie and Dylan have small defects in their personality toward relationship which are emotionally damaged and emotionally unavailable and are vulnerable in their previous relationships, so they did not want to get involved in other relationship because they in order to avoid being hurt again. Therefore, even though they knew that both of them have sparkle between them, they denied the feeling toward each other. However, Dylan’s father did not want Dylan to make the same mistake that he made in his life, so he tells Dylan that his biggest regret …show more content…

Jamie comes from a broken family which Jamie does not even know her father. Besides, Jamie’s mother does not have a steady relationship, and her previous relationships seem not so successful. Therefore, Jamie does not want to be like her mother on her love life, so Jamie always believes that she will meet a Prince Charming and eventually has a movie-like life. As a result, Jamie’s mother has a huge impact on Jamie’s self-concept of getting into a relationship with others, so Jamie called herself emotionally damaged and has difficulty to reach her ideal relationship goal. • What styles of conflict management are used by characters in your film? Jamie and Dylan are open to each other, so the communication between Jamie and Dylan is pretty direct that they say anything to each other even each other’s defects. The way they deal with conflict is reactivity and avoiding seeing one another. My way of dealing with conflict is the same with Jamie and Dylan that I do not want to communicate with the person who has conflict with me because I am afraid that I would have too emotional reaction toward that person; therefore, I blockade many people in my facebook account. • Identify points in the film that display the relational stages in an interpersonal

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