People Like The Names Sociological Analysis

As we learn more about sociology, we begin to understand how society comes with its own norms and foundation. Whether it is how people dress, act, or even who they interact with, all demonstrate how others classify them. It all starts when we are born. Our parents’ social status will most likely determine our social status; their beliefs and morals will most likely also pass down to us. However, there is one thing that most people do not think of— names. Names are very important in our culture. According to the Names film we watched, the social status and race of our parents both matter. I think that it is interesting that some people do not believe that names are important, but it is contrary to the evidence given. The more unique your name
When parents have children, this socioeconomic status is what determines what opportunities the child will have in the future. In People Like Us, the main point of the film was the idea of social status. The film showed various examples of how social status influenced people of all backgrounds. What stood out to me was social class, which was not only focused on the economic aspect. When the bourgeois class talked about how to become “part of” their society, they said class was something you were born with. In a way, this was true to me because class is most often passed down to you. Economic status is a large part of class, but it is not everything. For me, it is a way of life. When a child is born, they are immediately given a name and a life plan. In a high class society, they attend private school throughout their entire education, and this is where they begin to form their own society and cliques. Once these groups are formed, it is very hard to become a member after a certain point in time (ex. the popular kids in high school). This idea is shown by Marx, which we discussed in lecture. Marx stated that bourgeois society (business owners) and the proletariat (working class) had some type of conflict between
The majority of people consider themselves middle class, and I think this is partly due to them wanting to fit into the larger aspect of society, even if they may be considered part of upper or lower class. In the article Keeping Up With the Trumps, it was described how people are often influenced by those around them (friends, family etc.) and how they change their behaviors because of this. In addition, media is very influential to people’s behavior. “My research shows that the more TV a person watches, the more he or she spends” (81). This is most likely why many TV shows often try to achieve similarity. “In short, instead of adjusting directly to changes in the social environment, such as the shifting tastes of the television-viewing public, organizations end up adjusting to what other people are doing” (Newman 132). Both our textbook and this article demonstrate how everyone is likely to conform in order to be liked by others. Although this is a much larger scale example, it is also a good one because it highlights how deep rooted our society really is, and how most people easily conform instead of trying to stand out. Who we socialize with does in fact impact our lives, and it determines who our family will interact with in the future as