“The Swimmer” through a Marxist lens 1. Write one level-three-question about “The Swimmer” based on the quotes you identified in class. (You may also use one the questions that we share out in class) 2. Write a formal‚ analytical paragraph that answers this question. This should follow the format of a body paragraph of an essay. You must have a topic sentence‚ context‚ 2-4 pieces of evidence that explain your answer‚ analysis that goes beyond the literal explanation of the quote and transitions
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Assess the contribution of the Marxist theory to the sociological understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates and explores crime and deviance in relation to classes within a capitalist society. Marxists claim that laws do not reflect a value consensus‚ instead laws and law enforcement benefits the rich (protection of private property)
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society‚ for role allocation to occur. The individual must be suitably-fitted for his or her post. From a functionalist perspective schools sieve individuals in accordance to their ability for example by tiered examinations. This process in which educational failure is seen positively‚ aids role allocation. Parsons backed Durkheim’ s theory. He believed that education fulfils the function of secondary socialisation‚ thus allowing role allocation to occur. He firmly believed that role allocation was
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Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” in the Marxist Critical Framework “Death of a Salesman” is the most famous play by the American writer Arthur Miller‚ first performed in 1949. It depicts dramatic life of the American salesman Willy Loman and his sons‚ Biff and Happy. The protagonist aspired to create a happy prosperous life for himself and his family through embodiment of American Dream‚ but failed and ended his life by a suicide. Marxist criticism‚ as a form of historic criticism in literary theory
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104 12 October 2011 A Feminist’s View A feminist criticism is an approach to literature that seeks to correct or supplement what may be regarded as a predominantly male-dominated critical perspective with a feminist consciousness (Meyer 1658). The excerpt from A Secret Sorrow and “A Sorrowful Woman” are great from a feminist point of view. Both of these stories are about marriage and family‚ but their points of view are different. How would a feminist critic view the characters willingness to want
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Outline and evaluate the functionalist view of the role of the family in society. 33 marks - 25 minutes. A family is a kinship - people related by blood or marriage. Functionalism is a macro theory which means it looks at a wider sociological view. It focuses on the importance of the nuclear family (mother and father married with children)‚ the universality of the family‚ changing roles and how the nuclear family “fits” into modern society. The theory of “fit” is argued by Parsons‚ where he believes
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Assess the clam that Marxist theory no longer has any relevance for understanding modern societies. [25] Marxism was developed by the German philosopher Karl Marx and is a radical alternative to functionalism. Functionalism‚ developed by Emile Durkheim‚ was very influential in the 1940’s and 50’s but started to decline in the 1960’s. Marxism had the answers functionalism failed to give. Marxism is based on the idea that we need food‚ shelter and products in order to survive. We enter in to social
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methods: crammed into tight dark cages‚ beaten‚ taken away from their mothers‚ and fed food they would never eat in their natural habitat. When animals are fed food they were not made to digest‚ they become sick. For example: When cows are fed corn‚ usually genetically modified corn‚ it makes them sick to their stomach--literally. Cows are actually one of the only creatures that can digest grass and turn into fuel. But‚ By the time a modern American beef cow is six months old‚ it
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item A and elsewhere‚ assess the usefulness of Marxist approach to an understanding of crime and deviance’ (21 marks) There are numerous Marxist theories that help us to understand crime and deviance in different ways‚ however they are all based around the same ideas. They believe capitalism causes crime in three different ways including‚ selective law enforcement‚ criminogenic capitalism and ideological nature of the law. Traditional Marxists believe that crime is inevitable in all societies
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Functionalists view on crime Crime is behaviour that breaks the law. Functionalist explanations‚ like other sociological models such as labelling or conflict theory‚ look at the implications of crime and crime control policies‚ rather than directly attempting to explain the causes of criminal behaviour. However‚ unlike other biological‚ psychological‚ and sociological models that remove blame from offenders by claiming criminals have little free will‚ a functionalist approach favours repression
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