Apply the functionalist point of view to the phenomenon of female juvenile gangs in Hong Kong and evaluate its explanation. The recent female juvenile gang problem has sparked off public concerns in Hong Kong‚ because they are more rampant in the newly-developed towns such as Tseung Kwan O‚ Tin Shui Wai and Tai Po. Comparing with the figures of girls joining gangs by Dr.T.W.Lo in 2001 and by the Federation in 2005‚ the trend of girls’s participation in gangs is increasing. In the following‚ the
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Lewis Carroll’s Criticism of Society Lewis Caroll published ’Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’‚ in 1865‚ mocking the children’s literature of that time‚ which suffered from a lack of imagination‚ only containing morals to educate children. Education plays a large role in the Alice`s life. Alice refers to her lessons and her education very proud of the learning that she has acquired. The information that she remembers from her lessons is usually useless or wrong. For example‚ although she can
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In 1994 Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman teamed together in Frank Darabont ’s The Shawshank Redemption making one of the best duos since Robert Redford and Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Based on Stephen King ’s short story Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption the film‚ although not popular in the box office‚ made its profits when released on VHS and DVD (Haviland). It is now listed as second in the top 250 films according to the Internet Movie Database. In this paper‚ I am
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All the Pretty Horses: A Classic A classic is a novel that will last throughout the ages. Such novels leave lasting impressions in the minds of those intellectuals who read them. Through unique and interesting styles‚ classics have the ability to tell a story as well as teach a lesson. These stories will never be forgotten‚ and they will last throughout the ages. All the Pretty Horses is destined to join the elite class known as the ‘classics’. Cormac McCarthy blends characters that connect to
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The Great Gatsby: The Corruption of The American Dream Through Materialism Freedom‚ equal opportunity‚ the chance for all to succeed by the ambition in their hearts and the strength of their backs. The American dream became a mindset in all who set foot in the country of possibility. Set in the bustling heart of America in the Roaring Twenties‚ “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald criticizes not the American dream itself‚ but the corruption of the ideal. He satirizes the capitalist distortion
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“The Yellow Wallpaper‚” is a feministic biography‚ in which the main character is remained with no clarification of her name. The character that author sets up in the first few pages is a proper woman‚ who is obedient towards her husband and non-technical. Also‚ the author goes out of her way to describe the garden as “delicious‚” possibly making an allusion to a woman’s place in the kitchen. A woman would naturally be intrigued by a beautiful garden. The character is a faithful woman‚ who does as
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Criticism Against The Modern Medicalization Today the world in which we live in has faced steady medicalization of daily existence. Critics argue whether this leads to a favorable or a non favorable outcome. The establishment and development in medicine has become a major threat to health. Dependence on efficient health care affects all social relations. In rich countries medical colonization has reached sickening proportions whereas poor countries are quickly following suit. Medicalization‚ that
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increasing‚ especially among young teens. The conflict theory of social problems states that‚ "society is marked by conflict due to inequalities in class‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ age‚ and other divisions that produce conflicting ideas (Kornblum and Julian‚ 2004‚ 7.)" Solutions to solve social problems include building stronger movements in conflicted groups and then possibly engaging in negotiations to reach accommodations. The functionalist approach to social problems‚ "views society as a vast organism
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New Criticism vs. Reader-Response A piece of work can be evaluated in plenty of ways. Critique methods such as Reader-Response‚ Deconstructive Criticism‚ New Criticism‚ and many others act as examples of literary evaluations. All of the critique methods share similarities‚ but differ in other ways. Reader-Response and New Criticism‚ for example‚ share characteristics but they are also two very opposing things. Reader-Response focuses on attention towards the text influenced by the reader’s thoughts
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debate on what is the best way to educate the children of our nation. With many theories and perspectives‚ how do we say which one is better than the other? The variety of theories of how education is influenced‚ and how we view the learning and teaching process is what gives us the purpose and expectation of how schooling and education should be. While we compare and contrast the functionalist perspective‚ conflict theory perspective‚ and the interactionist perspectives on the desires and potential
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