What is a Democracy exactly? Democracy is rooted from the Greek, literally meaning “rule of the people.” In today’s modern usage, democracy is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is a tender subject for […]
Can you imagine a time in your life when men had a higher power than women did? Most people probably remember in History class when we read those old textbooks. In the Old English epic poem, Beowulf, the Beowulf poet tells a story about a Geatish warrior who comes and saves the village, Herot. Beowulf […]
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Get startedThroughout the British Literature time period of 450-1066: the roles and perspective of women were very subjective in the idea that a woman needs a man to be powerful. An independent woman was viewed as weak and unimportant. The belief that a man good fix or heal an evil/ bad women was a common belief. […]
The play Antigone presents the conflict between Antigone and king Creon. Antigone holds religious beliefs and respect of the dead while king Creon stood for the rule of law. Antigone made the choice to give her brother a proper burial after he was killed, hereby disobeying the orders of king Creon which eventually let to […]
Antigone is the quintessential character who knowingly risks her life to comply with divine order, familial loyalty and social decency. Antigone, with her defensive posture of sacred laws that no human will can prohibit, is the heroine that will die to defend divine order. The conflict is with Creon, king and uncle of Antigone and […]
Antigone is about a woman with the same name as the title who is willing to die as she goes against the king’s rule to bury her brother while A Doll’s House focuses on the Helmer Family especially Nora who tries to balance being a mother and a secret she is keeping. We see different […]
The story takes place in an unspecified future in America, where the reading of books is abandoned. If someone is caught owning them, he is sent to a mental hospital and his books are burned, or he is condemned to immediate death. People are not interested in politics or world issues, their only entertainment now […]
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a utopian and dystopian fiction novel that talks about the censorship of books. Through the use of vivid imagery, Ray Bradbury shows us the authoritarian society that causes many conflicts. The authoritarian society is demonstrated through many ways including censorship. Censorship is the prohibition of books and media that are […]
The novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury exemplifies a world of technological takeover much like present day society. Television is the medium with the greatest socialization effect surpassing all the other social media by far in its influence on society. Television and technology can be seen in homes, schools and even prisons, it is […]
‘If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all,’ declared First Lady Hillary Clinton to the United Nations at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995 (PBS). Clinton, a staunch […]
Domestic violence is violence or destructive behavior abuse by one person which usually is a male figure against another which in most cases is a female figure. In a domestic setting such as in marriage or cohabitation. Speaker Jackson Katz an Anti-sexism educator speaks on how gender violence is a male’s issue as well as […]
Domestic violence is something that can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion or gender. In our week 13 and 14 discussions, we focused on the U.S’s take on domestic violence, however, it is critical to also talk about how domestic violence is viewed in other countries as well. There have been […]
Mass incarceration ranks high among the most significant social problems that the United States faces in contemporary times. While the United States makes up approximately five percent of the world’s population, it makes up 25 percent of the global prison population. These figures highlight the fact that something is fundamentally wrong with the justice system […]
In Romeo and Juliet’s times sexism was popular, leading them to a senseless and corrupt society. Romeo and Juliet lived in Verona during the Italian Renaissance. This time was full of trends that left people in the twentieth century scratching their head. Their civilization had very strict gender roles. Gender was a deciding factor in […]
Romeo and Juliet, were raised to loathe each other, but could not because of either their love for each other or because of their need to rebel. The way Romeo was raised, was not normal in any way. Juliet was raised not ideally, which could have led her to take the actions that she did. […]
In Romeo and Juliet many decisions are made through their nature and how they were raised, these are what made the story until the tragic end. Romeo and Juliet was written and directed by William Shakespeare in the late 1500’s, and is about the characters Romeo and Juliet and: how their families are enemies, how […]
Until the 1900s women were forced to be of ownership to men, and men were to only work and marry, this seems insane to us now, but this was norm back then and it affected many teens in the process, including Romeo and Juliet. Women and men in the 1600s had extremely high expectations set. […]
Love is deadly if misused. In the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet faced many trials in their growing patience with love, however in the end, love killed them due to their poor decision making. Parenting styles and the teenage brain affected Romeo and Juliet’s decision making altering a reader’s perspective on how […]
Romeo and Juliet’s parents and society caused their deaths. In Romeo and Juliet two teenagers from families with long-standing bad blood fall in love. Through brief interactions and meetings without their parents’ approval, they strengthen their relationship and dedicate themselves to one another. In a frenzy of impulsive decisions, the teens get married and die […]
Romeo and Juliet: possibly the most popular play in the world, but many people overlook the true cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Looking into the story’s plot, two teenagers meet and fall in love. However, due to their families’ rivalry, Romeo and Juliet get driven into suicide. There are many factors in their deaths, […]
People every day hide their true self from society to be like everyone else. In the 1600s all people wanted, was to get married and have kids. In Romeo and Juliet, there are several instances when characters are pushed to act a certain way. People during Shakespeare’s time had to cover up their true identity […]
Some individuals stay confined in the borders they place around themselves, thinking only of themselves and their current issues. Therefore, they completely disregard what is happening in society. One can assume that these types of individuals do not, or may never have the sociological imagination. The sociological imagination is having an open-mindedness that allows one […]
Sociological imagination perspectiveIn this digital age, everyone around the world needs to virtually think in a new perspective away from our daily lives realities in order to gain brilliant insights and knowledge of what really happens around them globally. My perspective about what the great American sociologist C Wrights Mills coined as the sociological imagination […]
A commonality all societies face, no matter the location or language, is the fact that the societies face a variety of situations that may feel like they’re affecting us as individuals when in fact it could be a population crisis. In more advanced terms, this phenomenon is described as the vivid awareness of the relationships […]
In his General Conference address “Songs Sung and Unsung”, Elder Jeffery R. Holland highlights how mental health struggles can be detrimental to one’s spirituality. We can look at what we can do as collective sons and daughters of God to help those around us who are suffering. We can use the sociological imagination to identify […]
The primary purpose of this assignment is to showcase my developing knowledge on sociological topics and more specifically the process of socialization. Let’s begin the assignment by answering the question “Who Am I?”. I often times wonder what it is that makes me who I am. Is it my choice in career? Is it my […]
Team performance involves numerous initiatives to ensure there are effective service delivery and motivation. Without having a reward for teamwork, it can be hard to achieve any meaningful achievements as a team. Therefore, conditions that need to be in place for a team to excel include effective communication, reliability, respect, and being supportive, and finally, […]
The team’s success is a manifestation and determined by competent leadership. This research paper intends to analyze the relationship between identity, cohesion and climate mainly in military teams and organization. It is the purpose and objective of this research paper to elaborate on how a leader builds effective teams in an organization. The signs of […]
As, Frederick douglass and Malcolm X write in their experiences literacy is empowering because it helps you understand more about your social context and communicate with the world. Malcolm X begins to teach himself how to read and write in prison. He would go through the difficult stages to become intelligent person. For example, he […]
African-Americans have a long history of racial discrimination in America. Their rights, as well as identities, were degraded for over 400 years during slavery. Even after the Union won the American Civil War and slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment, African-Americans still experienced racial discrimination and were denied their civil rights due to laws […]
