1. Conflict theory and functionalism are two different theoretical perspectives that sociologists can have that allows them to make sense of a sociological event. Conflict theory is the idea that an individual or a group competes against others in society to obtain the greatest benefit. As a result of this competition‚ society is unstable due to the consistent change that occurs from conflict and inequality among groups. Functionalism can be thought of as the opposite of conflict theory because functionalists
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Functionalism is the perspective that social events are best explained as the contributions they make toward society. Functionalism interprets each part of society and determines its contribution to the society as a whole. Functionalism originated from the works of Emile Durkheim who was mainly interested in the idea of what held society together. Conflict theory is the idea that society tends to reinforce inequality and give power to the dominant groups; it emphasizes division of society. Conflict
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Structural Functionalism Parsons divides the social system into four subsystems; community‚ fiduciary‚ polity and economy. These action systems are intended to address the functional requirements that must be met by society. Each of these subsystems are capable of evolving in order to meet the current needs of society. At its core‚ Parsons sought to address the issues of adaption (economy)‚ goal attainment (polity)‚ integration (community) and pattern maintenance (fiduciary). These concepts
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Storm Boy is an Australian movie that has been loved and has given great pleasure and joy to a wide range of audiences for many‚ many years. Not just Australian audiences but also overseas‚ where people have learnt a little of what Australian scenery looks like. The first day of shooting the film was on 24th May 1976 but before this many decisions had to be made. Matt Carroll‚ the producer had to get permission from the author of the book‚ Colin Thiele who wrote the book in 1963. Once he got permission
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Butcher Boy: an overlooked gem Over the years‚ numerous directors have portrayed childhood in film‚ and some of them have done so in an extremely affecting and poignant way. Films like Francois Truffuaut’s 400 blows or Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander have left their mark on film history‚ partly because the directors dared to present childhood as a period of great insecurity and unhappiness‚ and not as the most idyllic period of one’s life. “The Butcher boy”‚ a
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would invoke peace in the adults of the future. To do so‚ they came up with Man: A Course of Study or MACOS‚ a film based‚ year-long social sciences course for 5th grade students. Despite the program being created in good faith and containing revolutionary concepts‚ it was eventually evicted from the curriculum by enraged parents and conservative politicos. The core of the program was a film series which followed an Inuit family living in remote Canada. The footage showed the life and culture of the
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The film "Boy" by Taika Waititi follows the life of an 11 year old child named Boy. He and his brother Rocky (6) are raised by their grandmother because their mother passed away and their father‚ an immature deadbeat‚ ditched them. Boy also lives together with several cousins in which he is the eldest out of the children. Because of this‚ he can be seen in the film taking on the role of a parent/adult‚ responsible for the children and meals while his grandmother goes away for an extended period of
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normative rules‚ understandings or expectations of social systems. The issue of obesity has become increasingly prominent within Western society and is deemed as being deviant due to its wide unacceptance throughout society. In applying the ‘Functionalism’ perspective of deviance on obesity‚ the ways in which society attempts to handle and understand this issue is further outlined and explained. Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered the
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Chuck Jones probably didn’t know that during the creation of “The Dover Boys” he would create an animation style that would later be used by future animation artists‚ especially Robert Cannon from the United Productions of America (UPA). Chuck Jones was known for showing the emotion of cartoons with abstract animation and was the first to use the “smear” style of animation with “The Dover Boys”. One would say that you could see a lot of Chuck Jones style with the UPA cartoon “ Gerald McBoing Boing”
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