The Empty pillow

Using the theory of reason action-Fishbein and applying it on a 5 min. scene of the movie
by: AlomaniQ8 THE EMPTY PILLOW This is a love story that it’s events occur, in
Egypt, in the fifties, where there were strict traditions about love between non married
lovers, and where the word of the parents rules the lives of their sons and daughters. In
that movie, a young man (salah) who is still a student falls in love with a beautiful girl
(Sameha), whom she is also an eighteen years old student, they are both college students,
that get supported by their families. The scene begins, when Salah asks his father that he
wants to be married, but his father laughs, and asks him if he is able to support himself or
her. Salah’s father suggested that he should wait until he graduates and gets a job, so he
could marry her. Salah refuses, saying that she would get married to someone else, and
her parents will not wait for me until I graduate. Unfortunately a doctor proposes to her
and asks her hand to be his wife. Sameha’s father and mother agree instantly, without
giving Sameha any notice, only thinking of the position and the how they would
guarantee a wonderful future for their daughter with this doctor, adding that he is a very
nice man and have great reputation. Sameha says that she is young to be married, and
disagree. Sameha’s father say’s “no doughtier of mine argues with me in such matters,
you will do as I say” Consequently, Sameha stop arguing. And shows yielding. She think
about the hard time choosing between the two, the one she loves! or the fine rich
physician, which her parents ergs her to marry. In order to prevent the marriage, Salah
meets her in the desert where they used to meet. He starts convincing her to run a way
with him. Sameha refuses, saying that her parents might have a heart attack, then she will
not forgive herself. Salah remembers, what one of his friends suggested to him, and that
he should rape her, and in this way she would be his according to the traditions.
Consequently he tries to do so. She cries and begs him to let her go. But he refuses, until
he notices the ring that she is still wearing, which he brought to her as a token of their
love. Sameha runs a way. Sameha thinks hard and consults her heart and mind. Salah
calls her but she refuses to answer. The next scene she is observed in a nice car with the
doctor. The doctor opens the car door for her. The next week she gets married to the
doctor. Other events happen in the next scenes where Salah graduates and get a job,
making great success in his curare as a businessman. Salah marries the daughter of his
boss. Salah invites Sameha and her husband (the doctor), so she sees the position that he
got and the beautiful wife that he is marring, thinking that Samaha would be jealous and
regret that she did not wait to marry him. But Sameha congratulates him and showing that
she is happy with her choice to marry the doctor. Using the Theory of Reason Action-
FISHBEIN. Fishbein refers to beliefs, attitudes, and intentions. We have referred to these
as the cognitive, affective, and cognitive (behavioral) components of attitudes. In this
theory, the receiver’s variables such as the demographic: age, sex, education, religion and
the personality have a direct impact on beliefs and how they are evaluated. The behavior
is a function of the individual’s behavioral intention. Intentions are compromised of two
components. 1. Affective attitudes, which are a function of beliefs about consequences
subjective Evaluation of those consequences. 2.Subjective norms, which are a function of
beliefs about the expectations of others times my motivation to comply with them.
Behavioral intentions are the only direct determinant of behavior. And are determined by
affective attitudes and subjective norms. The personal component: Belief: How true is it
about the attitude object? Evaluative: Hoe good or bad is it? Social component Normative
beliefs: How supportive is the person? Motivation to comply: how much do I want to
listen to this person? The research study: In the text, page (108-112) we see the example
of buying a new car. We have two consumers A and B. Both of the consumers are placed
in an equal weight on the attitude and the subjective norm components. For consumer A,
a calculated attitudes by adding the multiplying attitudes to evaluate the belief by
considering the consequences of buying a new car, such as better gas mileage, prestige
less money in bank, and higher insurance premiums. We notice the sum of belief
evaluation tends to be in the positive +8, while consumer B belief evaluation of his
attitude tends to be in the negative –6 consequently we say that consumer a has high a
positive attitude towards buying a new car, while consumer B has a negative attitude
towards buying a new car according to their money in the bank, which wouldn’t allow
them to buy the car. As for their normative belief (motivation to comply), the subjective
norms are measured based on the important referent such as, spouse’s, father’s,
neighbor’s, and child’s opinions and would they agree on buying a new car. Again the
subjective norms are ca! lculated, resulting the same results as the attitude evaluating, as
having positive for consumer A and a negative for consumer B. Concluding the
behavioral intentions of the two consumers towards buying a new car. Hence consumer A
has positive results the attention is to buy a new car is positive. And for consumer B, the
attention of buying a new car is dismissed. In the scene the person who is measuring her
attitude is Sameha, who tries to calculate the consequences of marring the doctor and
forgetting the student that she loves. She evaluates her belief by first, considering her
love for the student Salah. Consequences of marrying the doctor Belief evaluation And
leaving Salah 1. Salah is the one she loves (+3) x (+3) >From the scene we see that she is
in love with him. Dating him and wearing the ring that he gave to her as a token of their
love. 2. Salah is a student (+3) x (-1) Being a student is an obstacle in their marriage, but
she does not care if he is a student or not, as long as he could convince his father to
support them financially, and we see that when she asks him to tell his parents to come to
her parents and propose. 3. Salah tries to rape her (+2) x (-3) She gets extremely upset
and resists him and begs him not to do such a thing. So she have a negative feeling about
his actions. 4. The doctor has a very Bright future. (+2) x (+2) She knew that she would
be a doctor’s wife and she would be, pleasing her parents if she would marries him. But
she don’t care if she gets married in the first place because she tells her parents that she is
still young to get married. 5. The doctor is a nice and a (+3) x (+2) Gentleman who treats
her nicely. After Salah tries to rape her, observing that from the scene. She considers
marring the doctor because her parents know him, they say nice things about him in the
scene. And she has no choice but to obey her parents, and that is observed when she
yielded to her father’s argument with her when he imposed his opinion on her.
Calculating the results of the attitude we can figure her attitude of leaving Salah and
marring the doctor to be +7. Confirming that from the scene, when she is observed riding
with the doctor in the car and refusing the calls of the student Salah after his try to rape
her. As for the subjctive norm effect we can observe different subjective norms
MARRING THE DOCTOR & LEAVING SALAH Formative beliefs Motivation to
comply (How supportive is this person?) (How much do I want to listen to this person)?
1. Father (+3) x (+3) Since he is her father and she obeys his orders, and being raised in a
family so strict. She yields to her father’s decision. Observing that from the scene when
she stops arguing with her father. Also when she refuses to run a way with Salah, because
she loves her parents and she is afraid to lose them. 2. Mother (+3) x (+3) Sameha’s
mother supports her father. Since he have the last word in the house. So Sameha have a
positive belief towards her mother’s opinion in marring the doctor. 3. Salah (-3) x (+2)
Salah tells her to run a way with him. So she won’t have to marry the doctor. She refuses,
and instead she tells him to talk to his father to help them financially. And he tries to rape
her she consults her heart and mind. Sameha finds a little amount of possessiveness of
taking Salahs opinion to marry the doctor. Resulting that Sameha, evaluated her attitude
and subjective norms, and found that she would be better off with out Salah, and we can
see that in the scene. When she refuses to answer his calls. Consequently in order to do
what her parents wanted, measuring that from the positive results that she got from her
both parents, as for her to marry the doctor +12. She is observed riding with the doctor in
his car, and marring him in the next scenes. Finally we see that Sameha had made up her
mind to marry the doctor and abandon her lover after she measured her attitude and
subjective norms.