Rayos, Bryan I. Date:
2013543681 Topic: The Sociological Imagination
The Sociological Imagination The selection gave a clearer view of the shallowness of human existence. It pointed out that human thinking is far from what the mind should perceive in his situation. We are being played upon by our past, our current situation; historical events happened before us and society wide changes in our surroundings. We are not conscientious to his connection to the totality of what and how changes in society affect us. The personal impacts ‘sociological imagination’ brought to me are, It made me realize that I am containing myself in the privacy I am trapped to. It made me realize that I unconsciously never knew that the changes and differences made to the society is directly hitting me. The article exposed that my apparently very private problem is linked to the important social issues of the society I belong to. The points of enlightenment I realized after reading the selection are, first, I am part of the society as a whole. I as a special component of the society am related to others who are components of the society as well. My existence to the society made a variety in the social order of the society I belonged to. This gave a difference to other existing societies. I have different needs, perspectives, practice and position in the society. I am being enlightened to the fact that the social structure belonged to stand in the course of history wherein facts and knowledge are easily gathered for further development of the society, thus, this society I belong to is a moving society, it changes and it develops as one individual integrates himself to the society by being aware of his part and function for the society. We are in the age of history wherein things we know and things we are right now are affecting what will be our situation for the