Walter Tarek Interview

Elshaday Addisu Kebede
Tamm McGuire
COMM 105. 04
28 May 2015
The Visitor
1. Refer to the scene where Mouna spoke with the immigration attorney and asked for his help in freeing Tarek from the detention center. Explain whether you saw feminine or masculine communication styles exhibited there. Be specific about the content of the conversation. (3 points)
I saw feminine communication style, because the communication was full of sensitivity and emotional expressiveness. Mouna was looking at him very emotionally. Moreover, when she asked him if he had any children, she was trying to emotionally get sympathy and connection. When he answered that his uncle was also deported after raising his kids in the USA for years, we can say that she was
Identify one power resource Tarek used with Walter when he was teaching him to play the drums. Explain why you chose that specific power resource. (3 points)
Expertise: Tarek has a right to direct Walter because he was more experienced and knowledgeable about the drum than Walter. Tarek had more information about the drum than Walter. Since Tarek was more knowledgeable and experienced, he had more power than Walter. Walter obeyed Tarek’s instructions because Tarek has the ability to teach Walter how to play the drum.
3. Identify a scene that demonstrates an external dialectical tension. Explain what the tension was in the scene, which type of external dialectical tension it illustrates, and HOW that tension is illustrated in the scene. Explain. Be specific. (4 points)
The scene where Tarek and Zainab were supposed to go pick up a table, but Tarek instead decided to go play drum in the streets with Walter. This dialectical tension was Inclusion-Seclusion. Zainab wanted to go and pick up the table with him, while Tarek wanted to spend time with Walter, the outsider. This tension arises because an outsider entered to the picture. Tarek and Zainab needed to figure out how much time to spend together, and how much time to spend with the
Explain how the film audience knows that the relational dialectical tension is between Zainab and Tarek—not between the couple and Walter the outsider.
The film audience knew that the relational dialectical tension was between Zainab and Tarek because the conflict was between the couple not between the couple and the outside (Walter). Walter was not aware that there was a problem.

6. Identify a scene in the film in which either Nonverbal or Verbal indicators of power was clearly demonstrated. Explain. (3 points)
Verbal indicators of power: Walter used powerless language to ask Mouna to go out and eat dinner with him. He asked her if she had any plan on Thursday night, and she replied no, to which he then replied, “ I was thinking maybe we might do something that night.” The way Walter asked her or his powerless speech make it seem as if he lack confidence in asking her to go out to dinner with him, and he seems uncertain if Mouna was going to say yes to him or not.
7. Identify a scene in the film in which ONE of the following General Indicators of power was clearly demonstrated. Explain. (3 points)
The scene where the police officer told Walter that Tarek had been deported. The police officer told Walter that Tarek had been deported, and while Walter was having a break down moment, the police officer was