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Why Do Family Relationships Cause Conflict

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A family is the means of by which members can rely on and respect each other. With all families, conflicts arise that can bring suffering and pain with it. Within two short stories read in class, and the help of a real-life connection, it is proven that family relationships can cause conflicts that affect people's feelings and behaviour. For various reasons, the characters in The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, and real-life connections gave prime reasons as to why conflicts arise from family relationships. The dynamic in the family of The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence can be viewed as damaged love. Numerous examples were given within the short story to demonstrate conflicts family relationships portray. "She assumed for love, and the love turned to dust." "...yet she felt her children were thrust upon her." Primarily, this loss of love derived from her lack of luck and …show more content…

A prime example of poor communication within a family relationship is miscommunication. An example of this is when parents get their days wrong on who picks up the kids from school. Miscommunication leads to the feeling of not being heard or understood. This could be caused by assumptions, misunderstanding, or lack of care. Nevertheless, miscommunication could cause behaviours such as frustrating acts or impatience. Another way poor communication could start problems is different viewpoints. An example of this is when people of different generations have different views on the same topic. Viewpoints on topics such as deep as politics or as light as choosing what is for dinner could swing in different directions depending on how well the family communicates. This could cause conflicts because people have different ideas and opinions on situations. Irrational behaviours could transpire from these conflicts which makes it difficult to persuade family

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