Transcript of In her shoes
- 1. In Her Shoes Family collage created by: Whitney
Pelletier
- 2. In Her Shoes Interdependence plays a is about a role in the
film when Maggie fallout looses her job and her sister between to
has to take her in and sisters who support her. Rose has to are
complete adjust her life to opposites. accommodate her sisters Rose
is needs. responsible and has her life together while Maggie doesnt
have any ambitions
- 3. Calibration Maggie and Rose have to re calibrate their
relationship often because Rose is constantly lecturing Maggie and
Maggie constantly fights back.
- 4. When looking at their relationship and how it relates to the
dialect theory, you can se the different tensions that are needed
in their relationship. There is a lot of give and take, and
ultimately Rose cant handle how much she gives and how much Maggie
takes so she kicks her out.
- 5. Family Secrets Maggie find out a family secret that their
Father has been hiding. Molly and Roses grandmother had sent them
birthday cards with money in them their whole lives and their
father hid them. Molly and Roses mother committed suicide and their
father blamed their grandmother so he cut her out of their lives.
In this case the secret was toxic because it hurt the
- 6. Narrative Maggie goes to live with their grandmother, Ella,
in Florida and she learns a lot about their family Through the
narrative theory Ella and Maggie bond over family stories and their
relationship shifts from strangers, to family.
- 7. Ella and Maggie develop communication rules as theyget to
know each other. An example is a constitutiverule that Maggie will
respect her grandmother and pickup after herself if she is going to
live there.
- 8. Sibling relational maintenanceWhen Rose learns thatMaggie is
in Florida withtheir Grandmother shenever knew about shegets on a
plane to gothere to meet herGrandmother andreconcile her
relationshipwith Maggie. Rose andMaggie demonstratesibling
relationalmaintenance byapologizing to each otherand bonding over a
new
- 9. Relational Currency Rose and Maggie bond over a few
relational currencies in the film. The most important is shoes.
Maggie borrows Roses shoes and that is a form of their relational
currency. Another is food. In one scene they go to their favorite
diner to get pie.
- 10. Family conflictRose and Maggies conflict in the movie end
up being a constructiveconflict and it serves as a learning
experience for both of them. In theend they are actually closer and
lean how to communicate moreeffectively. Instead of an ongoing
family conflict it is finally in theresolved stage.