Essays on Significant Other

Reaction to Cartoons

I see that Thurber’s cartoons are dry and it takes a certain sort of humor to immediately appreciate them. I think that after one reads them and studies them briefly, they can still be appreciated regardless of any humor, primarily because many of them are universal in their own way. Thurber, known for showing men who overstep their boundaries in one way or another, and women who are not going to put up with it, managed to clue into this vein with the American public time and time again. One panel shows an obviously drunk man who has ...

Abstract

Lack of effective communication is one of the primary causes of failure in marriage. Communication is thus a key factor in a marriage’s success. Effective communication is especially important to how couples deal with and resolve conflicts. Although arguments and disagreements can be damaging to relationships, they can also be helpful to relationships by alerting couples to sources of unhappiness. The role of successful communication in conflict management and resolution can lead couples to correct negative behaviors and make positive changes that strengthen interpersonal bonds. Communication in a successful marriage is typically direct, or overt, rather than indirect, ...

Impact on Relationships

The advent of social networking has introduced a new dynamic to how people relate to one another in society. Where once only a broad circle of individuals might be known to a single person, now through social networking a single user can be connected to dozens if not hundreds of other people in a matter of minutes. From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn and several others, social networking has managed to connect the world in a way it has never known before. For all this however there is a very real and noticeable disconnect between individuals in terms of ...