Episode 3

In this episode of Survivor, we focus on the conflict within the tribes and between the tribes.

The Hunahpu tribe faces an internal group conflict with one of their members, Drew. When they all decide to work together to fix and repair their shelter, Drew decides to take a nap instead. His excuse is that he simply cannot complete the task and resides to sleep in the middle of the group’s work area. By deciding to brush off the group’s task, Drew focused on his own needs and wants rather than the groups’. This could be looked at as an affective conflict, as Drew shows the group how lazy he could be compared to how the rest of the group is hardworking.

In another example of conflict, there arose a problem between the groups. Jeremy from Hunahpu and John Rucker from Coyopa had created an alliance to protect each other’s significant other. John, however, backs out of this agreement and allows his group to vote Val, Jeremy’s wife, out. Jeremy explains that he feels betrayed by John’s actions and therefore, there is a procedural conflict. When John decided to break his alliance with Jeremy and allow Val to be eliminated, he also put his girlfriend, Julie, from Hunahpu in a bad spot. Julie, now at risk of elimination, also feels betrayed.

The tension between the two tribes arise when during one of the games, Coyopa decides to play dirty and aggressively push and shove the members of Hunahpu. There is also some group hate against John Rocker when the Hunahpu tribe finally learns about John’s bad reputation and bigotry. When he is called out, John simply responds in a way proves his aggressive nature. Here, there is affective conflict due to their conflicting beliefs and moral values.