Dorm Life Peselman Analysis

The function of paragraph one in Peselman’s essay was to introduce the topic of a dorm life “society”, without actually saying it. He talks about how people gain control, and sometimes it hurts themself and other time it hurts others. And, how a system can be really fragile if someone gains the courage to stand up for themselves and do something about it. Even though Peselman doesn’t use the word sociology in the first paragraph we know the essay will be about social interaction because one he is talking about dorm life, two he mention about people taking control, and to take control one must have to interact with others to gain the respect or fear. Peselman mentions Collins until the second paragraph, because in the first he is just talking about people take control of a situation. But by introducing Collins in the second paragraph he has hooked the reader enough to want to find out what kind of control he is talking about. It is important that he mentions that a society can come in any size. Even though it isn’t a real society it is metaphorical society, and I live in the dorms, and I could consider it a mini-society. And just like in the real world, depending on the environment of this so called society, it can really shape how a person is later on in life. In paragraphs 3 and 4
In paragraph 7 Peselman mentions that, Collins says that, “any social arrangement work because people avoid question it most of the time.” In Peselman’s dorm, for a whole semester, everyone basically lived in fear of the six guys to took control. But one them finally caves and decides to move out. One of friends couldn’t take it the ridicule that they would give him. Which cause him to take a stand and move out. After that people lived more comfortable because Ben finally told Marc what he deserved, and he might of realized it not okay to be someone that others