1. Chapter 13 opened with definitions of conflict and conflict management and a discussion of desirable and destructive conflict. Apply those definitions and discussions to this film sequence. Draw examples from the sequence.
2. Which conflict levels shown in Figure 13.1 appear in this sequence? Give examples for the levels you choose.
3. Which interpersonal conflict-handling style best fits the behavior shown in the film sequence? Give some examples from the sequence.

MINI CASE

Hollywood talk show host Roscoe Jenkins (Martin Lawrence) returns to his Georgia home for his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Cultures clash between the big-city Roscoe and other family members. The culture clash becomes even more severe because of the presence of his upper-class fiancée, Bianca Kittles (Joy Bryant), who does not understand this family and feels superior to them.
Conflict: It Can Sneak Up on You
This sequence starts with Roscoe and his brother, Sheriff Otis Jenkins (Michael Clarke Duncan), carrying a tub of fish and ice from Monty’s butcher shop to Sheriff Jenkins’s pickup truck. It follows the baseball game during which Roscoe hit a ball that struck Mama Jenkins (Margaret Avery) in the head. This sequence ends after Sheriff Jenkins knocks out his brother.