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Erin Brockovich

Julia Roberts is the main character in Erin Brockovich and portrays a person who is confronted by many different types and management skills of conflict. Some principles of Conflict are expressing disagreement which is saying what's bothering you. Another type is that in order to have a conflict there have to be two people, interdependent. An opposition also needs to occur. There are opposite ideas that you need to express. Passive aggressive also is a main aspect in conflict. It is when one person is mad at you about one thing but that person takes their anger out on you for something else. They are mad at you but punish you in a different way. It is manipulative, dishonest, and a misattribution.
Erin is a role model in my eyes. She is a young mother who fought for everything she believed in. She had to raise her children and would fight at all expenses to get a job. She convinces her attorney Ed Masry to hire her and finally ends up with a breakthrough case against a huge corporation. She had determination and the will to fight to beat and take on a powerful adversary. One thing that made her different than anyone else was that she would never take "no" for an answer. She had a huge spirit and Erin Brockovich was a triumph in my opinion and my eyes.
Erin was married and divorced twice and had three children to raise. This is not easy to do when you are not well off and have no employment. She didn't even have a babysitter. The first conflict that arose was when she got in an argument with the babysitter who just left the children with someone else because she had something to do. This was very irresponsible and Erin was not hesitant to say something. She stuck up for her children and knew that this could not go on. This type of conflict was done by an overt style. There are four principles of conflict. Conflict can be managed well or poorly, it is good for individuals and relationships, can be overt and covert, and also is...

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