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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Throughout the semester, we have been introduced to many topics related to interpersonal communication.   I have come to believe that these concepts have allowed me to better understand interactions that occur in our daily lives.   My knowledge of these concepts was challenged when asked to relate these notions to a movie.   During the time that I was watching the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I realized myself grasping onto what was going on and being able to relate certain scenes and situations to topics I had previously learned about.   Interactions in My Big Fat Greek Wedding display concepts of conflict and politeness theory, which can be pointed out in a few specific scenes.  
During the movie, I found that these concepts that were taught in class helped me better understand and relate to certain clips of the movie. Throughout the rest of the paper, I will be going into a bit more detail about exactly what these concepts are and mean, following that I will be giving examples from the movie that demonstrate the concepts of conflict and politeness theory.  
The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding is about a 30-year old and single woman named Toula Portokalos who although has lived a very Greek life-style up this point, decides to pursue a relationship with a non-Greek man.   This, of course, is disturbing to her family since they are so proud about their culture, and do not really know anything different.   Her whole life, Toula has been instilled with a very traditional Greek outlook on life.   She has been expected to do three things: Marry a Greek boy, make Greek babies, and feed everyone until the day they die.   Throughout the movie, Toula overcomes inner struggles to find her own identity, and she overcomes struggles with her family.
The first topic that is found in the movie that was taught in class is conflict.   Conflict is expressed disagreement over perceived incompatible goals (Daena Goldsmith, class presentation, October 25, 2004).   Although it may seem...