Examples Of Sociological Imagination

Sociological imagination helps us understand how personal problems are related to the large social forces. For example, suicide used to be a personal trouble, but as more and more people committing suicide, it has been considered as a public issue that shaped by large society.
If a person commit suicide, people first may think that the person is vulnerable. Perhaps, this individual is not able to overcome some obstacles in his/her life. From a personal view, there are many reasons for an individual commit suicide. When people suffer from the incurable physical diseases, such as cancer, suicide seems to be the only way to save both time and money. Substance abuse might be another reason of suicide. Buyers of alcohol and drugs enjoy the temporary
Because there are a large number of people are facing the same issue, individuals can hardly solve this problem by their own power. Therefore, it becomes a public issue that all social members need to pay attention to. If we see suicide as a social problem, the reason of suicide might be larger forces. Economic condition is deeply intertwined with suicide rate. For example, bankruptcy and economic depression are main economic causes of suicide. The reason is that company hire less employees, which leads to unemployment. People who lost job cannot sustain their normal life, some cannot afford the debt. Hence, they commit suicide to get away of the debt. In many cases, suicide is also linked to feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness. Especially for people who live in apartment. They are more likely to feel lonely and unsecure. As a result, it increases the isolation among people, which may case suicide. The massive pressure is another reason may lead to suicide. For adult, they have to work hard to sustain themselves and their families. For youth, there is fierce competition in school, there have enormous work load and sometimes experience the peer