Allisons Onion Layers
Allison’s Onion Layers Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor’s Social Penetration Theory and John Powell’s theory of Interpersonal Communication can be used to describe Allison’s behavior in “The Breakfast Club. ... Allison’s self-disclosure in this scene is a great example of the onion metaphor of the social penetration theory. Like an onion, a person has many layers and in order to see the next layer you must first pull off the outer one. ... This will better explain the layers of Allison’s self-disclosure with Andrew.