1. An Analysis of the Lannister Family
Novea Lindsay

2. As each member of the Lannister family
has reached emotional independence, but
maintains a sense of involvement in each
other’s lives they are characterized as a
connected family.

3.  The Lannisters are a rigid
family, experiencing authoritarian
headship, firm rules and roles, as well as
little change.

4. A knight in the King’s guard, Jamie
Lannister keeps himself as close to the
king as he does his own family.
Providing his sibling with emotional
support, as well as family
management, Jamie keeps the best
interests of the Lannisters close at
Tywin Lannister is regarded as heart.
the most powerful man in the all Married to the late King
of the Seven Kingdonms, and Baratheon, Cersei rules the Seven
Kingdoms with her son. Determined not
commands his family as lose her kingdoms, Cersei assumes the
effortlessly as he command his role of nurturer for her children while still
40,000 soldiers. As the head of managing the affairs of the older
Lanniesters.
the Lannister clan he forgoes “All dwarves are bastards in the eyes of
providing emotional support in their fathers.” Despite his sagacious
favor of both necessary and ways, Tyrion Lannister is regarded as the
material resources. black sheep of the family. In spite of
this, Tyrion maintains his fidelity and
works to not only manage family
matters, but nurture the future king.

5.  Family Functions:
• Instrumental
 Provides resources
• Affective
 Provides emotional support
• Mixed
 Skill development and system maintenance
Despite their differences
and varying roles, the
Lannister children all
assume an affective
position in the life of
another.

6.  “Toxic secrets poison family relationships
(89).” Unless you’re one of the Lannisters.
Then, they provide leverage.
Defense secrets: protects
information from outsiders who
might use it against family
Cersei
members (90).
Baratheon has
more to fear
from her own
family than
she does
strangers.

7.  Story
Fucntions:
• To remember
and entertain
• Creates
belonging and
family identity
• Develops family
culture
• Provides stability
through
generational
connections
The Lannister uses narratives tool express
degradation of another’s character.

8. Tywin Lannister and
Cersei Baratheon are
stark contrasts in their
attempts at relational
maintenance.
 Confirmation: communicates
recognition and acceptance
 Recognition: acknowledging
the person’s existence
 Dialogue: implies an interactive
involvement between two
people
 Acceptance: avoids
interpretations or judgments

9.  Confirmation: communicates
recognition and acceptance
 Recognition: acknowledging
the person’s existence
 Dialogue – implies an
interactive involvement
between two people
 Acceptance – avoids
interpretations or judgments Even in adulthood, the
Lannister siblings fail to
successfully maintain their
relationships in a positive
manner.

10.  Normative Resources: family’s
values of who holds authority.
 Economic Resources:
monetary control
 Affective Resources: who
nurtures whom
 Personal Resources:
personality, physical
appearance, role competence
 Cognitive Resources:
insight, influential reach of
one's own power

11.  “Every family
member’s power
maneuver creates a
system-wide effect. As
one or more members
exert power or
respond to other’s
power moves, the
family system
recalibrates itself”
(180).

12. “Decision making, like
power, is a process that
belongs to the family
system, not to an individual”
(195).
 De Facto Decisions:
decisions made
without direct family
approval but are
made in order to keep
the family functioning.
De facto decisions appear to be the only
type of decisions the Lannisters know
how to make.

13.  Competition:
demands high
assertiveness and
pursuing what is
desired.

14.  Galvin,
Kathleen M., Carma Lee
Bylund, and Bernard J. Brommel. Family
communication: cohesion and change. 8th
ed. Boston: Pearson Allyn and
Bacon, 2012. Print.
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