Category: Sociology 7256

  • Education and People’s Responsibility for Inhumane Acts

    The question of people’s responsibility for inhumane acts is a significant issue in current society. The knowledge about various events in history and experiments provides the chance to understand why people behave violently. Gourevitch (2015) depicts genocide in Rwanda and its consequences, analyzing why Hutu people aspired to murder the Tutsi minority. Milgram (1963) introduces…

  • Different Perceptions of New York

    The two essays by A. Busch and Elwyn White speak about the diversity of New York. Authors perceive this city differently; for instance, Busch says that New York is very adaptive, and every visitor might take what he needs from this city. White claims that the city is enormously huge and it can absorb even…

  • How Do Leaders Fights for Their Ideas and Beliefs?

    Leaders organize societies, lead their followers, gradually change the world by promoting justice and fighting for their ideas. However, it is hard to impose leaders’ beliefs since one may consider other ideas as fair or appropriate. Leaders use many tools to affect society and promote ideas, but communicational skills and language are the most significant.…

  • Hawthorne’s Views on Utopian Societies

    Table of Contents Introduction The American Dream Imperfection Attribute to Individualism Cultural Diversity Morals of Self-Reliance Limitations of Conforming Masses Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Blithedale Romance novel dramatizes the conflicts between the private desires of romantic rivalries and the commune’s ideas. Hawthorne’s book discloses the modern settings of communities and the challenges American societies…

  • The Idea of “Big Brother” in Modern Society

    Nowadays, almost everyone who lives in one of the first-world countries has a cell phone or any other mobile device that lets them get internet access anytime. Furthermore, in today’s age of technological progress, every device with internet access is equipped with a camera, microphone, or any other recording tool. This lets users depict everything…

  • The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick

    In his article, Ta-Nehisi Coates (2019) writes about the “cancel culture” that existed for a long time but became popular in the last few years. As an example, he takes the cancellation of Colin Kaepernick, an American football player, and civil rights activist. The main idea of the article is to demonstrate the hostility of…

  • The Crazy Movement’s Importance for Society

    Introduction Mental problems at the present stage of society are discussed with greater openness than in the past decades. One of the driving forces for the development of this factor was the Crazy movement or Mad Pride. This initiative contributed to the development of awareness that people, regardless of their social, economic, or social status,…

  • Injury and Violence Prevention in Children

    Table of Contents Proposal for Health Education Injury Prevention Violence Prevention Conclusion References Proposal for Health Education Children fall into the category of people that are most susceptible to injuries. Many young people die or become crippled because of suffering life-threatening injuries they cannot recuperate from. Injuries are not genetically predetermined, meaning they can be…

  • “How to Think Like a Sociologist” by Sternheimer

    In her article, Karen Sternheimer claims that in the present day, more and more people are taking sociology classes in their higher institutions. It is essential to learn how to think like a sociologist not only to gain higher grades in university but also to develop an entirely new image of the surrounding world. This…

  • Exposure to Violent Media and Violence in Real Life

    The debate regarding the relationship between the portrayal of violence within media and real-life cases of violent crimes is ongoing and unlikely to reach a definitive conclusion. However, staggering evidence has become more prevalent in recent years to indicate that while individual cases of violent crimes may be influenced by media, the more influential factors…