Talia Regan 05.29.13 Social Structure in Homer ’s ’Odyssey ’ Homer ’s epic‚ ’The Odyssey ’‚ is a lengthy poem that recounts the Trojan war hero‚ Odysseus ’ arduous and protracted journey home to Ithaca. In it‚ Homer accentuates the somewhat feudal nature of his world‚ a societal structure that far more resembles his own than that which actually existed in Mycenaean Greece‚ less to supplement the story‚ but rather to serve as the primary focus. Despite the feudal qualities of the world that
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The Social Interactionist Theory is a term used to describe how people react to toward things or events based on what they think that particular situation means to them (Stevens‚ pg 62‚ 2011). This theory explains in many ways why some criminals act hostile toward police officers even in instances where an arrest was not initially necessary‚ human beings act toward things on the basis of the meaning they have (http://www.csun.edu/~whw2380/542/Symbolic%20Interactionism%20Lecture.htm). In a study performed
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behaviors through flipping through makeshift colored-books. However‚ I became primarily interested in the brown pelican during my kindergarten years‚ where I read Scoop: Last of the Brown Pelicans by Robert McClung at my elementary school’s library. This child book made me became mesmerized with brown pelicans and appreciate their uniqueness. It was at this time that I learned that pelicans stood out from most aviary species not just by being large‚ but by having exclusive and fragile anatomical features
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Examining gender as a social structure and applying gender roles poses many challenges when explaining the phenomenon of social stratification. Barbara J. Riseman explores many expanses of gender and theories’ arguing the issues and importances a social structure has on gender outcomes. Riseman discusses the four distinct social scientific theoretical traditions that explain gender: individual sex‚ whether it be social or biological; social structure creates gendered behavior; social interaction and
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criminology is a theoretical perspective in criminology which takes a conflict perspective‚ such as marxism‚ feminism‚ political economy theory or critical theory. The focus of critical criminology is the genesis of crime and nature of ‘justice’ within a structure of class and status inequalities. Law and punishment of crime are viewed as connected to a system of social inequality and as the means of producing and perpetuating this inequality.[1] Critical criminology sees crime as a product of oppression
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their surroundings. Mary Louise Pratt describes this as creating a contact zone where parody‚ critique‚ and unseemly comparisons create social disruptions in which students are challenged. In her essay “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she proposes that classrooms should take up this style of educating. What would a contact zone in a classroom perform like? Out of all the elements that are capable of creating a contact zone‚ parody is one of the more familiar choices that would behave well in a classroom
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Religion (Just War) Christianity preaches peace and loving your neighbor but for the history of christianity‚ there has been violence and war in its name. For Many years people have been killing other human beings in the name of christ or justifying their killings by saying that the war is in the name of god. The belief that violence and war can be justified is called the “Just War Theory.” Just war is a war that is justified because it is necessary for peace to happen. Just war theory has its
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Over time many theories have been developed into the structure of the atom and what the world around us is composed of. Many scientists and philosophers have dedicated their life works into trying to understand how atoms work and what they are made up of‚ although not all theories have been accepted they have all come together to form what we know today. It all started from a Greek scientist called Democritus‚ who developed the idea that everything is made up of smaller things‚ which he named atomos
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Extrinsic motivation drives me to do things for tangible rewards such as money or pressures‚ rather than for the fun of it. In a workplace this motivation would be the most used because most people work for money. I am employed at the Corcoran State Prison and this is an extrinsic motivation because I get paid to watch and protect inmates and control any possible hostile situations. One way where my occupation wouldn’t apply as an extrinsic motivation‚ but as an external regulation‚ is if I was
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Family is the foundation of the Puerto Rican social structure. ”Familismo” is a Puerto Rican word meaning close family connections‚ stressing the well-being of the family‚ as opposed to cultures which place a greater emphasis on friends and same-age peers as an integral part of the social structure. Puerto Rican family complex is extensive; it is based on the Spanish system of compadrazgo in which many members—not just parents and siblings—are considered to be part of the immediate family. Thus
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