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    Deviance‚ social sanctions‚ and the control theory are other sociological concepts observed in the film. Deviance depicts an action that disobeys social norms. Every character in the film is seen as deviant by either their actions that forced them into detention‚ or executed actions during the detention. For example‚ Claire is deviant because she skips class so she can go shopping‚ and during detention‚ she instigates a relationship with John. Allison appears in detention because she was bored on

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    Social Theory Our understanding of religion has been influenced by the contributions of sociological theory. Functionalists view religion in terms of how religion contributes to society. Durkheim claims that the one purpose that all religions serve is ‘the celebration of the social group’. A religion is a way of fulfilling social cohesion and satisfying societies need for a community. For example the aboriginal society‚ they were a community split in to tribes that worship a particular totem

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    Crash, Anomie, La Gangs

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    instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values; also: personal unrest‚ alienation‚ and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals; also: outside framework of society. In the movie L.A. Gangs it gave a great background on what gang life is about and the movie gave a background on what gangs are capable of doing to their community. A gang is look to as a replacement of family and a form of survival. Being a gang member means getting respect. Gang members start off

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    Car Crash Essay

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    Car Crash While Hitchhiking In the story “Car Crash While Hitchhiking” by Denis Johnson wrote the story talking about a man who is a drug addict who soon recovers from the addiction after a car crash. The drug addict is also the narrator in the story and claims to be able to see the future‚ the story jumps from time to time talking about different days. When reading the story I found 2 themes in the story; death and love. The main characters in the story were the drug addict and the married man

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    Crash Film Critique

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    Mark Zelayaran English Honors 1A Mrs. Breckheimer. Crash a film critique The film “Crash” produced and directed by Paul Haggis is a compilation of clever vignettes all throughout the film and for most they undergo some change; however‚ for the change to occur the film shows the human side of certain characters. The film is a compilation of lives of various characters in a course of a day in the city of Los Angeles. Although racism‚ discrimination and prejudice is constantly used all throughout

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    unassailable. Alan Greenspan‚ in his evaluation of the housing crash stated‚ “...the financial system would have held together‚ had the second bulwark against crisis-our regulatory system-functioned effectively.” (Greenspan‚ 212) Creditors‚ credit rating agencies and banks were neglectful in certain areas and found loopholes in the system that eventually lead to the collapse of the financial system. One of the main issues that lead to the crash was not following the simple practice of fair value accounting

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    Matthew Miller Paper #1: Privilege‚ Power‚ and Difference* and *Crash The Movie Crashis set in Los Angeles and begins when several people are involved in a multi-car accident. From there the movie skips to the day before where we see the lives of several of the characters who were involved in the crash and the racial problems they encounter that day. The moviebegins by showing an Islamic man and his daughter going into a gun shop to by a gun. When the Islamic man speaks in a different language

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    Sociological Perspectives

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    Sociological perspectives explain how individuals and groups experience life and portray their behaviours within society‚ examining the norms‚ values‚ rules and institutions. There is argument over which perspective is most accurate because there are a range of perspectives with different views. However‚ they all take a similar approach and disagree with the view that an individual’s behaviour is freely chosen by them. In relation to this essay some sociologists suggest that behaviour is natured

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    Dot Com Crash

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    Case Study Chapter 1: The role of capital market intermediaries in the dot-com crash of 2000 1. What is the intended role of each of the institutions and intermediaries discussed in the case for the effective functioning of capital markets? i. Venture Capitalist: provides capital for the company in the early stage of development and ensures company to have a good management team and sustainable business. VC demand high return on investment and sells stock usually to public through IPO

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    By examining the differences in a society over a period of time and by using the sociological imagination. The influence of history placed on us as individuals we can explain private problems in social issues such as divorce‚ births and child behavior and contribute to its increase. Some things that might cause a married couple to divorce‚ like infidelity‚ finances‚ abuse‚ incompatibility‚ and unwillingness to compromise are some of the more common. These are troubles or personal problems people

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