Decisions in the Life of a Vietnamese Mother
Introduction:
I will write a short biography of my mother who has made crucial decisions, which have had a great impact not only on herself, but also on my current family life. I will identify the social factors which influenced her decisions in order to identify the importance of the decisions from the perspective of sociology (option #3).
To see my mother’s decisions in the viewpoint of sociology, I will apply Functionalism of Emile Durkheim, Marxism of Karl Marx, Interactionism of Max Weber and Feminism to the social factors that guided her decisions. As well, I will use five concepts to clarify the results of her decisions: manifest function and latent function, education, deprivation, religion, …show more content…
My mother had been given benefit of school, which could be seen as the manifest function and the latent function of attending the free class at that time. Due to that opportunity, schooling played an important role in running society efficiently during Vietnam War. But she had to quit her study because of family, which was another crucial factor maintaining stability in the country, too.
Section 2: My mother’s decision to go to university and to give a birth to me in the same time frame was influenced by her intimate relationships and her own sense of self.
My mother decided to go to University of Economics because of her deprivation and her recognition of the importance of higher education. Another reason promoting her to get a degree was that she was fired, which could be explained by Marxism of Karl Max. After that, her decision to become a mom while studying at university was indicated through the comparison of Functionalism’s perspective and Interactionism, as well as her Buddhism religion and the factor of anticipatory