Rising Above : a Sociological Perpective
Shawn Benavi
Professor Magnuson
3/10/2013
Sociology
Rising Above
Imagine you could be born into any family that ever existed! Would you choose your own family? When I think about that question I imagine being born into royalty, I can visualize the physical perks that come with royalty such as wealth, power, and status, but it is hard to imagine how I would mentally turn out. After snapping back to reality I realize that I would rather keep my own family, and the unique process in which I have learned the norms, values, and skills necessary to survive in society. In my essay I will define socialization and how it is related to our personal identity through the lenses of social classes. I will define and discuss social roles and their place in our lives, as well as their connection to social class “status”. I will analyze how these roles relate to how the society is organized. I will define culture, and analyze the relationship of roles with how culture is socially organized. I will analyze the way culture shapes our lives; ultimately I will connect the relationships between these topics back to social class and how it builds one personal identity. I will show specific examples from the text that support the relationship between these topics and class. I will establish my credibility of knowledge on these topics when I relate them back to my own personal experience of socialization. In modern society socialization, culture, and class shape our personal identity, and force people to survive by conforming with superficial, materialistic, and greedy groups, which expect a money-oriented contribution to the group because of the extreme deviations in the “Economy, technology, and urbanization” over time (Conley: 169).
“Socialization refers to these social processes through which an individual becomes integrated into a social group by learning the group’s culture and his or her role in the group” (Kane: 121). These behaviors expected by certain groups are
Professor Magnuson
3/10/2013
Sociology
Rising Above
Imagine you could be born into any family that ever existed! Would you choose your own family? When I think about that question I imagine being born into royalty, I can visualize the physical perks that come with royalty such as wealth, power, and status, but it is hard to imagine how I would mentally turn out. After snapping back to reality I realize that I would rather keep my own family, and the unique process in which I have learned the norms, values, and skills necessary to survive in society. In my essay I will define socialization and how it is related to our personal identity through the lenses of social classes. I will define and discuss social roles and their place in our lives, as well as their connection to social class “status”. I will analyze how these roles relate to how the society is organized. I will define culture, and analyze the relationship of roles with how culture is socially organized. I will analyze the way culture shapes our lives; ultimately I will connect the relationships between these topics back to social class and how it builds one personal identity. I will show specific examples from the text that support the relationship between these topics and class. I will establish my credibility of knowledge on these topics when I relate them back to my own personal experience of socialization. In modern society socialization, culture, and class shape our personal identity, and force people to survive by conforming with superficial, materialistic, and greedy groups, which expect a money-oriented contribution to the group because of the extreme deviations in the “Economy, technology, and urbanization” over time (Conley: 169).
“Socialization refers to these social processes through which an individual becomes integrated into a social group by learning the group’s culture and his or her role in the group” (Kane: 121). These behaviors expected by certain groups are
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