The tribe people as well as Stewart and Borne assist Ada in taking her property up to the house. In this scene, all of them are standing on the beach together deciding how to carry her belongings. They are all helping out since they are a collectivistic community and putting aside their co-cultural differences. Go to index for Human Comm Goes to the Movies. This is a group of two to a dozen members where all members are fully participating in communication.
Sentiment based cohesion is a group where the members are tied to one another by their feelings.
The members feel a sense of obligation or loyalty to one another even like a family. The scene in the movie where two of the tribe women are dressing Flora shows sentiment based cohesion. They are helping her get dressed for an occasion even though they don't have to, because they are tied to her because of their feelings. Flora has become a member of their family so their loyalty and love is given to her. Go to the top of this page.