- They are blinded by materialistic objects
- It is shallow and short
- They only speak to each other when they need to
- Contains no empathy
- They are too afraid to talk to each other
- Blinded By:
- Money
- The Gran Torino
- Mother's Jewelery
- Lion's Tickets
- Walt's tainted view of family
- Walt too afraid to talk
- Both unwilling to be vulnerable/ disclose
- In the end, Walt admitted and regretted not knowing his 2 sons
Social Penetration Theory
- Social Penetration Theory
- At first shallow
- Supposed to grow more intimate
- Never reaches that stage
- Fake and Poor
- Short and Shallow
- Patronizing Family
- During the funeral, family showed no empathy for Walt or the dead grandmother
- Grand kids joking around- not respectable clothing
- 2 sons talking bad
- The son and his wife try to send Walt to a nursing home on his birthday, not considering his feelings.
- Benefit the family
Communication:
Walt Kowalski vs. The Kowalski Family