Since young, I always feel that it is better to tell my parents everything that occurs in my life. I trust my parents and I know that they will always support me in whichever decision I make. There are times when it is extremely hard to verbally communicate to them about my feelings. The death of my grandfather had a great impact tremendously in my life. Through I came across many emotional thoughts and feelings, I never communicate to anyone about it. Many times, I found myself feeling regretful and depressed. The good memories of him flash back to me everyday. In such situation, I can not verbally communicate to my parents or anyone else. It is too complicated and indescribable.
Unexpectedly, my parents and friends do comprehend my feelings toward my grandfather’s death. I never know that I express any communication to them about my feelings. Through my silences and facial expressions, my parents understand how sad I feel. Likewise, many of us may overlook the importance of this non-verbal communication. While most people including myself tends to believe that verbal communication is among the best communication because one person can hear the exact feelings and thoughts of another person, it may not be entirely true.
As shown in the recent movie, Wall-E, the main character clearly demonstrates that non-verbal communication is just as good and as effective as verbal communication. The main character, Wally, is a lonely robot. He cleans up trashes everyday after everyone in the world evacuated to space. This film is fast forward to 700 years from now with a belief that the world is going to be destroyed and filled with pollutions. At the same time, the movie is projecting that people are shifting to space where they can enjoy the luxury lives they used to have on earth.
Unexpectedly, my parents and friends do comprehend my feelings toward my grandfather’s death. I never know that I express any communication to them about my feelings. Through my silences and facial expressions, my parents understand how sad I feel. Likewise, many of us may overlook the importance of this non-verbal communication. While most people including myself tends to believe that verbal communication is among the best communication because one person can hear the exact feelings and thoughts of another person, it may not be entirely true.
As shown in the recent movie, Wall-E, the main character clearly demonstrates that non-verbal communication is just as good and as effective as verbal communication. The main character, Wally, is a lonely robot. He cleans up trashes everyday after everyone in the world evacuated to space. This film is fast forward to 700 years from now with a belief that the world is going to be destroyed and filled with pollutions. At the same time, the movie is projecting that people are shifting to space where they can enjoy the luxury lives they used to have on earth.
Wally communicates nonverbally with a wide range of emotions using his hands, and facial expressions. This allows the audiences to realize that verbal is not necessarily needed when Wally demonstrates his emotions effectively without having to say much. This new movie is just one example to show that non-verbal communication is just as effective as verbal communication. In some situations, non-verbal communication is much stronger in conveying a message.
Personally, I do feel that both type of communication are useful and need to be co-existed. My own reason is that, verbal communication does not always allow individual to maintain privacy. For instance, anyone can eavesdrop or accidentally hear a communication between two people at anytime. However, non-verbal communication can be significantly important when two people want to discuss something very privacy. I am not implying that verbal communication is bad, but at some levels, it can have more disadvantage than non-verbal communication. Overall, both communications are like water and fish. They exists together as a companion in every individual’s life.
