...The movie starts with a text which states, “From the ashes of The Ruin, the communities were built. Protected by the boundary. All memories of the past are erased” (The Giver). This text gave us a clues on what happened before the current setting of the movie. Moreover, it gave us a clue on what changes they did for the community that was created. Let us now analyze the meaning of the phrase. The first sentence says “From the ashes of The Ruin, the Communities were built” (The Giver). The phrase “from the ashes” might be a familiar expression to some of us. This phrase refers to the the mythical creature called the phoenix. A phoenix is mythical bird that symbolizes life, death, and rebirth (signology.com). The phrase means “emerge as new form from something that has been destroyed” (dictionary.com). The Ruin somehow sounds as a historical event: an event which caused “a state of destruction” (merriam-webster.com), as the name implies. This might be the clue that some sort of apocalyptic catastrophe happened which leads to creating a new society. This society refers to what they called Communities. This leaves us wondering what kind of catastrophe happened that lead them into creating this Communities. According to an interview made by Calderon with Lowry, the mind behind The Giver, in the book it was never mentioned what kind of destruction that made them built these new Communities. But in the second book of The Giver, “it refers to some sort of – its not explicit – some sort...
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...To break down the word, social means having to do with the society and interaction with others, while structure “is a key to sociological practice, because it points to a great deal of what gives social life its familiar and predictable shape” (Johnson 64). Therefore, concluding that social structure is the formation and administration of a social system. Social structure also deals with two key concepts including organization and distribution. Organization is all about the positions and relationships held in a social system, while distribution is concerned with the responsibilities of a social position. These social positions are also referred to as social statuses (Bobbitt-Zeher 02/06/17). A social status can begin from something you achieve or from being born into. With these statuses come expectations for how ones should behave, also called roles. These roles are a...
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...To start off with I would like to tell everyone a story. Once upon a time there was a young boy who lived in the land of average-ism. Everyone made the same amount of money, everyone went to the same school, same opportunities, and yet some had different amounts of work. All his life our young hero wanted to be special, wanted to escape the disease of average-ism. He wanted people to remember him, he wanted to be famous. Unfortunately our hero lived in a Socialist society and he ended up fading into the background. Socialism, as defined by the Merriam Webster online dictionary, is "any way of organising a society in which the government takes control of major industries and distributes goods equally." Keep this in mind it will be important later. The theory of socialism sounds pretty good, and even I, who is very opposed to socialism, can see the appeal by the raw definition. If only it was easier done than said. As many who have lived in Socialist countries have said, "it sounds good at first, but the charm quickly lessens." There are many problems with socialism including a lacking work ethic, extreme taxation, and limited freedom. Work ethic is the building block of capitalism. As defined work ethic is the "principal that hard work is worthy of reward." In capitalism the harder you work the more you are rewarded, this is not the case in socialism. My favorite example of socialism not working is the "school house" example... One day the class was talking and they had a sudden...
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...Sociological Imaging is the ability to identify that one person’s actions or experience can directly affect his or her surrounding society and vice versa. In the midst of all of the police brutality and murders came a story reported by Fox News. An anchorman reported that during a Baltimore protest a black man had been shot by a police officer while protesting. The Baltimore police later released a statement clarifying the man was not gunned down by police and the story was not correct, in fact, the man dropped his gun and it discharged once it hit the ground. The news team did broadcast a retraction of the story and clarified the reality of what happen on the streets of Baltimore as well. This information was solely to release the latest...
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...Jason Caprioni Professor O’Hara Sociology 12/10/15 Fight Club: Sociological Analysis Fight Club is one of the most bizarre but fantastic movies I have ever seen. The story starts about showing us the life of Jack (the mostly nameless narrator played by Edward Norton), attending a support group to help subdue his insomnia which emerges from his tasteless life and boring career as an office worker. He begins to attend many support groups, even though he is not diagnosed with any of those illnesses since it helps him feel better. Eventually, he meets Tyler Durden. The "two of them" create a men-only underground fight club which later evolves into Project Mayhem, while also creating soap from human fat stolen from liposuction clinics. While the...
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...As Good As It Gets is a movie about a pessimistic, homophobic, obsessive-compulsive novelist, Melvin, who forms an ironic friendship with his gay artist neighbor. Melvin also falls in love with a waitress who is also the only one who can tolerate his obsessive compulsiveness and generally hateful attitude towards everyone. The movie follows and focuses on the unlikely pairing of the three, the obsessive-compulsive novelist, the single working mother, and the gay artist, as they set out on a road trip together. As Good As It Gets was a good choice for writing a sociological essay over as it covers many different issues, including healthcare, poverty, sexuality and homosexuality. Sexuality and homosexuality is a big theme in this movie. Homosexuality...
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...Jillian Wain Composition 101 Adams 16 Nov, 2015 Preface event paper This preface event I attended was “Making sense of animal abuse” and it focused on the cruelty shown towards animals. Dr. Clifton Flynn, a professor of Sociology was our speaker for this event. He is also the chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women’s Studies at the University of South Carolina Upstate. He has written a book on the topic of discussion titled, Understanding Animal abuse: A Sociological Analysis, which makes the lesson more interesting because he is not just using outside sources for this event. He discussed what social factors are related to animal abuse and identifications of the abusers. We learned that animal abuse is not always physical...
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...concept that highlights what I’ve learned and how the knowledge gained as a result has impacted my personal experiences is the “Sociological Imagination”. The Sociological Imagination is a unique way of thinking that allows individuals to see the interrelation between private troubles...
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... In addition, we need to address other factors that affect political and social participation as race alone does not solely attribute to the way citizens participate politically and socially. Class, gender, sexuality and race are only a few variables which make up a person’s identity that consequently alters the way in which a person partakes in society. Traditional gendered roles confine females to the private sphere as it is perceived that the likely role of a woman should take up is a carer who is financially dependent on men. This combination limits access to political citizenship. According to Jordan and Weedon, social class was used in the UK to restrict access to education. This deterred boys of lower class backgrounds who emerge from school with substantially lower levels of educational attainment not to participate. Therefore, it is now necessary to challenge how the state and social structures can uphold uneven power relations which limit democracy and undermine people’s ability to participate politically and socially14. Furthermore, within British society there has been a new surge of social discrimination against the white underclass in which the ubiquitous term ‘chav’ is commonly being associated with this social group. Though racial divides are relevant to political and social participation, these did lead to, and come from, class divides as well. The socio-economic disparities between different groups of people produces a definitive class division, outlined by...
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...Management Behavior on InterClean-EnviroTech Merger The current essay has the intention to briefly analyze the merger situation between the two companies InterClean and EnviroTech, after the acquisition of the latter from the former organization. As a part of InterClean’s new strategy newly proposed solutions/service model, sales reps from both companies will be set into multi-functional teams taking advantage of all the expertise gathered mutually from these organizations in the Cleaning and Sanitation Industry. A merger or fusion between organizations is always a sensitive subject to deal with, since the human capital from the companies involved will experience a cultural, structural and managerial change that needs to be handled delicately during the transition, in order to impact the least on areas like employees social identity, behavior and attitudes toward organizational commitments, turnover intention of key players among the company, to name a few. Lipponen, J., Olkkonen, M., & Moilanen, M. (2004) explain the approach of social identity theories, by stating that they “share the same fundamental assumption that individuals define themselves in terms of their social group memberships and that group-defined self-perception produces distinctive effects on social behaviour and intergroup relations. This means that the more an individual conceives of him- or herself in terms of membership in a group or, in other words, identifies with the group, the more his or her attitudes...
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...Abstract This paper explores the movie “Any Given Sunday” and attempts to discuss the movie in detail by focusing on character examples of the personal functions of sport such as feelings of belongingness and social identification, the socially acceptable outlet for hostile and aggressive feelings, and the role sport plays as a cultural element to bring meaning to life. Additional attention will be given to aspects of extra-sport character behavior and a determination of whether or not such behaviors support sport stereotypes and/or deviant characteristics. Through internet research, library study, and the use of periodical articles found in the ProQuest databases, I intend to apply the functionalist model of society to show that the fictional football team “The Miami Sharks” highlighted in the movie supports stability and equilibrium in the community of Miami based on common interests and convictions. The world of professional sports, especially professional football, is a world that most will only see on the television or through movies. “Any Given Sunday,” by Oliver Stone, is one such movie. It highlights a portion of a season for the fictional team The Miami Sharks with the interpersonal struggles on and off the field experienced by the characters related to the team. This paper explores the movie “Any Given Sunday” and attempts to discuss the movie in detail by focusing on the socially acceptable outlet for hostile and aggressive feelings, masculinity and gender...
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...Wright Mills was an American professor and sociologist who formulated the concept of social imagination. He defined social imagination as the “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.” (Mills, 1959). In essence, the concept of social imagination is to be able to relate an individual’s experiences and hardships to their shared communal causes. As stated before people can become imprisoned with the mindset that their own personal trials and tribulations are a direct result of their own personal failings. So, they fail to consider the outside pressures put upon them through society’s structure and institutions. Through achieving the concept of sociological imagination, one is able to see and understand how these social structures affect them and consequently where they stand in their societal circumstances as a whole. This then allows them to correctly identify and recognize resolutions to society-wide problems. So if a problem affects much of the population and is not an exclusive phenomenon for certain individuals then it safe to say that the problem is a product of society, not the individual. (Macionis, 2012) For example, “If only a few people were unemployed, Mills wrote, we could reasonably explain their unemployment by saying they were lazy, lacked good work habits, and so forth. If so, their unemployment would be their own personal trouble. But when millions of people are out of...
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...Personal Responsibility Title of Paper Responsibility is something we are taught as we grow up, it may be as small as parents letting their children get the mail from the mail box, or as big as babysitting two young children wile their parents are at work. Personal responsibility is the duty to accept the rewards and the consequences of each individuals own personal actions. Personal responsibility goes deeper than just admitting when you make a mistake. Money management is an example of a personal responsibility. As a responsible student with loans out you must guard your credit and your education by making sure you can afford your way of life and school together. Spending less money is a very obvious but not so easy way of making sure your responsibilities are taken care of. Shopping around and comparing prices of normal items you usually buy is a good way to save a couple of bucks, many places these days have discounts for students never be shy about asking for them. Choosing to keep the temple of your body healthy is also a good example, eating healthy, and exercising are two good ways to upkeep your duty. With the delicious and amazing desserts and candies available it is so hard to keep the personal duty we have. Alcohol and tobacco are also two big things that can damage the responsibility we have to our bodies. It seems everyone smokes or drinks these days the thing to make a responsibility is not abusing the products in which you consume. Schoolwork is...
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...Running head: Personal Responsibility 1 Personal Responsibility Tia U. Robinson Gen/200 January 26, 2012 Eric Graves Personal Responsibility 2 Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility can be defined in many ways. It has different meaning in many aspects of daily life. This essay will discuss the definition of personal responsibility and how it relates to both daily living and education. This essay will also discuss a preliminary plan to practice personal responsibility in education. Personal responsibility means being accountable for one’s own conduct and being willing to receive the consequences of those actions, whether positive or negative. It has several other meanings such as personal growth; it demonstrates strength of character, making right choices, dependency, and so forth. “Personal responsibility is one’s ability to take care of oneself by means of, keeping healthy, managing one’s emotions, keeping a sound mind, treating yourself with respect…,” (“Can you define,” 2012). “All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much you fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him or her, it will not change you, “(Dyer, 1996-2009). Personal responsibility is a learned behavior. We, as human beings, are not born with this ability. At a young age we are taught by our parents to act responsibly. We are assisted by them to obtain a way of life and personal qualities that are used in our daily lives as we mature to...
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...------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Mateiral Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet In this course, you will write a 350- to 700-word Personal Responsibility Essay that includes the following: Define what personal responsibility means to you. Explain the relationship between personal responsibility and college success. Include a preliminary plan to practice personal responsibility in your education. Using the Center for Writing Excellence resources, provide the thesis statement and informal outline for your Personal Responsibility Essay assignment. Thesis Statement: 1. Even though why at thirty one? A. more job opportunities with the company I am in or other business opportunities 2completeing every assignment because I have been successful in life why not school A. taking every class one day at a time 3. My son needs to see that if I can do it so can he Informal Outline: Personal responsibility can mean many different things to people. When I think of personal responsibility the first thing that comes to mind is my job. I am the plant manager of J.P. Specialties we make contamination barriers for concrete applications. I am responsible for everything that goes in or out of the factory. That is complete in every way with no errors and that it is up to the standard I want associated with both mine and the companies name. I have to be responsible for my actions to be successful...
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