Chapter 2 Question 2

After reading Chapter 2 and looking over the question, how is communcation like a pattern and is it like a game and how so? I look at communcating with a person as a pattern because when i am talking to be brother, we are always exchanging signals in a from that has us both making progress of some sort. We both have our skills that are better than others and we know how to communicate to each other.

Communication is a game in the way that two or more people are involved in a verbal or non verbal interaction and signals are being exchanged. When i go hand out with my friends we are always meeting up at someones place and sit around playing xbox 360 or watching tv until we have somewhere to go. The game in communicating is when people are making progress whether it is helping one person or both are bennefitting in the conversation. Thinking that communcation is not a game can be seen if people are not trying to help eachother out but are just looking to find out their issue or need and nothing more.