Interpersonal Communication at the Movies

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Million Dollar Baby

Humans are basically social beings and just like in Million Dollar Baby , our ultimate happiness and despair is founded in relationships Satisfaction at work , at play and in family life depends mainly on the quality of our friendships and loves . In a national survey , found that most people consider it more important to have good friends and a happy family life than to have financial security . Based on a question posed by Klinger in 1977 , What is it that makes

your life meaningful almost all respondents mentioned being loved and wanted (Dwyer , 1

Million Dollar Baby ' is a bout a woman who is strong-minded to create something out of herself , and a man who doesn 't want to do anything for this woman , and will finally do everything . The plot written by Paul Haggis , is based on Rope Burns ' by veteran fight manager Jerry Boyd (under the pseudonym E .X . Toole ) which takes out of the blue turns before it reaches its devastating and controversial conclusion

More specifically , Maggie Fitzgerald (played by Hilary Swank , is the protagonist of the story , a typical female amateur who wants to show or establish that she is not worthless , by training and pushing herself to the limits to become a successful boxer . She is trained by Frank Dunn (played by Clint Eastwood , also the dramatic film director , who is considered to be a down-and-out boxing trainer . Frank Dunn is already placed outside the field of boxing by most of society , as well as his estranged daughter Katie . Another notable character is the ex-boxer Eddie Scrap Iron ' Dupris (played by Morgan Freeman ) who is observed to be the narrator in some of the movie 's non-dialogue scenes

In the movie , there are interpersonal relationships which can be observed and these interpersonal relationships greatly affect the plot in the movie . A father-daughter interpersonal relationship can be observed between Frank and Katie , and a similar relationship can also be observed between Frank and Maggie or Dupris and Maggie . In addition to this , a long-time friendship can also be observed between Frank and Dupris . In this , the interpersonal relationship between Frank Dunn and Maggie Fitzgerald as well as the interpersonal relationship between Frank Dunn and katie , will be evaluated

Frank Dunn and Maggie Fitzgerald 's relationship resembles the relationship of Frank and Katie . First of all , Frank Dunn does not have a good rapport with Maggie . He is also reluctant in training Maggie , who is about the same age as her daughter , because he fears the development of emotional attachments to her , the same way as he fears the development of his relationship with Katie . In addition to this , Frank does not trust the capabilities of Maggie and believes that Maggie does not have what it takes to succeed in the boxing ring . However , one good thing about this relationship is that Maggie does not submit to rejection and instead , she tries her best despite the odds in...