the lecture outlines‚ your lecture notes‚ and the assigned reading in the Ritzer textbook to prepare for the exam. A supplemental guide including study questions for the discussion section articles will be posted in a few days. I. Structural Functionalism A. Basic Assumptions 1. Society as a consensus on values a. social structures‚ institutions‚ organizations‚ and roles all embody these common values and serve to preserve them. A function is vital to the extent it supports the dominant value
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“Zero Hour‚” written by Ray Bradbury‚ and War of the Worlds‚ written by H.G Wells‚ both have similarities and contrasting events and characters. The authors create stories that include reactions to an alien invasion and demonstrate how the invasion changes the lives of those involved. Both authors portray alien invasions but each author has their own vision of how characters would react. When Mink in “Zero Hour” says‚ “Peekaboo” (Bradburry 261)‚ it changes the mood of the whole story because she
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are the right ones despite conflicting with Ralph’s. The irony of this is that his ‘correct’ views are resultant in slaughter. Such actions are a result of Jack loosing his civilised self to the surrounding environment. In the end Jack does realise what he has done wrong which is established as upon being rescued he looks in dismay upon the rescue team who symbolise civilisation. A high angle shot is also used as a rescuer looks down upon Jack representing the fact that he is weak whereas high angle
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divorce between academic and popular historians. As Margaret Conrad argues‚ popular historians have established the tension‚ by recreating “historical films without the involvement of trained historians”. This underscores the troubling gulf that sometimes separates public academics approaches to the past. Academic historians have been “too long focused” on professionalism‚ and discarded “generating” a “dialogue” (Conrad) with their contextual audiences. The substantial dissolution between academic
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Symbolic interactionism is a theory developed by George H. Mead‚ which outlines the nature of how people respond to actions and define those actions depending on an individual’s societal upbringing. In other words‚ people give actions meaning based on how they interpreted the action and these individual interpretations are based on their core values and ethics. Moreover‚ individuality is established through one’s social environment because that is where one experiences their life. Sociologists
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Similar to Fascist Italy and Communist Russia‚ Hitler’s Nazi Party was equally skilled in its manipulation of control by a single party. Coming to power in 1933‚ Hitler was in place to establish his vision of Germany. With the support of Nationalists and Center Party members‚ the Nazis capitalized on the Enabling Act that effectively gave Hitler emergency powers in government. Hitler was now in a position to fully actualize his dictatorial governance of Germany. The government immediately dissolved
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However‚ in spite of the many differences‚ there are similarities between the two stories. Romeo and Juliet and “Teen Couple Executed by their Parents…for daring to fall in love‚” both involve the deaths of the couples all happening at a young age‚ all of them dying before the age of 19 before any of their parents died. Throughout both stories a common factor is that the couples were forced to make adult decisions about their lives and love lives; while‚ the adults around them were making many poor
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Romeo & Juliet This teenage tragedy was written by the famous Shakespeare‚ being the third most popular of all his many plays. Romeo and Juliet is about two star cross’d lovers who are born into rival families that live in Verona. Many other movies‚ plays‚ and cartoons have been created about this story. A few things all of the movies have in common is that the characters that are suppose to die ‚ die in the same order. Almost all plays are shot in Verona except one. Romeo had still been played
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Difference and similarities between micro and macro sociology There are many differences between macro and micro-level theories. Micro-level focuses on individuals and their interactions. For example the relationship between adult children and their parents‚ or the effect of negative attitudes on older people. Some criticize on micro-level theories becuase they focus on what older people do rather than on social conditionsand policies that cuase them to act the way they do. Macro-level focuses more
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Deviance from cultural norms are what accelerate the rate of social change within a group of individuals. The more challenged otherwise solidified expectations of the individual are‚ the more likely those elements are to be uprooted and replanted‚ contributing to a movement that advances the group in a new direction. The film Pleasantville highlights the propensity humans have to become flexible‚ adaptive creatures when prompted by external forces that are appealing to their self interests. When
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