The world is a vast place, separated by broken up landmass, but united by beliefs, languages, and similar interests. The world is made up of societies, but what exactly is one? The definition of the word society is, “the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community”. In simpler terms, a society is made up of people, collectively and individually that decide what to make of it. So what does it take to make it a good one or a bad one? The answer is simple, but it’s also very hard to understand: the answer is the choices people make. It doesn’t sound very complex, but if you look at it at a wider plane, the fact that many choices form a community is quite baffling. In the books, “Warriors Don’t Cry” and “Jonathan Livingston …show more content…
Though the story is make-believe, the concepts, when taken into deeper though, can be relevant to today’s society. Jonathan the seagull doesn’t want to be like the rest of his flock that simply just fly to get food, no. He wants to be able to soar like the eagles above the clouds. This would be an amazing feat for a seagull, considering that their bodies are not built for that. With practice, the seagull is able to reach his goal in flying, and hopes to impress the rest of his flock. His plan of impressing them backfires, as he is banished and made an outcast. In wanting to be something more, he is pushed down and made something less in the eyes of the society. Choice plays a role in the series of events. Jonathan chose to soar higher despite his parent’s disapproval. The leaders of the flock toss make a collective choice to toss him out because his way is not identical to theirs, and so he is considered an outcast. The other seagulls do not object, representing a society built upon the choices of others. It’s like they are brainwashed to believe that different is synonymous to unacceptable because of something the higher authority establishes. Later, events follow that lead Jonathan into a society where he is accepted for who he is. “True, the same young Jonathan Seagull was there that had always lived behind his golden eyes, but his outer form had changed.” A sentence such as that would be dismissed without further thought when enraptured in reading, but I managed to analyze something out of it that is relevant to choice. His choice to defy what his society set as “disgraceful” set him free and led him to a place where he is accepted. Having a mind like that of a philosopher (or merely someone that has thoughts unlike those of others), I took this detail as a possible metaphor for a person/people taking action in a
For me, I chose symbolic interaction to define society because of the experiences that I have had in society, but others might see experiences and the world differently. In all, society functions with people and those people determine how it develops, either individually, in groups, or in search of power (Claerbaut, 2015, “Theoretical Perspectives of Sociology”).
Benjamin Franklin once stated “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
Have you ever wondered how some athletes have gotten so good at a certain sport? Have you ever thought about what they did in order for them to get this good? For some the answer is simple; workout and train. But for others the answer is different; the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids. There are some people that argue that steroids should be legalized and allowed in professional sports. Other people argue that steroids should not be allowed. Today I am going to state my opinion and justify my reason. Steroids should not be allowed in professional sports because it can be very dangerous to the athlete’s health, it is a way to gain and un-fair advantage and it can be dangerous in both social and physical aspects.
A society is an organized group of individuals. In the novel, The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham the Sealand society and Waknuk society are both similar and different in the way they live. The Sealand and Waknuk societies are both egocentric and ignorant, but the Sealand society accepts changes, where the Waknuk society does not accept change and would rather stay the same.
The United States is a never-ending battleground for issues to fester. We as a group of people seem to only be happy when we are unhappy, and everything is open for conversation of improvement. Others can classify our society’s constant need for change and enhancement, as a curse or a blessing. Nonetheless, the education system in the United States is always a hot topic for people to discuss, as it has not been a success with all of its parties. Yet we strive for perfection as a society and as we do, we look at the groups of people that control the decisions made that influence the masses of students that progress through the system. Who can we blame? Is it the teachers union? Or, are the administrators failing these children? How about the school board? Well if it’s not any of these groups it has to be the government, right?
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, [society is a] community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests (Society def. 3). For one to feel supported and content, they must be admitted into a society. This is evident in All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It is imperative for society to be the most highly valued as should one desire happiness, then the society must accept their actions, words, and identity though it may take time, and a society's consensus produces peace.
We call ourselves the United States, yet we are anything but united. Social justice, which I believe to be the promotion of equality in money, opportunity, and rights amongst all people, plays a key role in todays ever-so-demanding society. Although many aspects can be affected by social justice, gender is major one. By creating equal pay between men and women and making feminine hygiene products for women become free, I believe that we as a society will inch towards creating a more just society.
Macionis, John J.. Society: the basics. 12th ed., Annotated instructor's ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2013. Print.
With the modern age’s influx of new forms of communication, the skill of writing has taken a back seat for most people in their daily lives as brevity has become of greater importance. The more you can say in fewer – and often shorter – words, the better. While this is acceptable for those who have already developed the necessary motor and mental skills required to write well, it is increasingly worrisome for children who have not yet mastered these abilities, and could potentially set them back for most of their lives. Creative and persuasive writing is incredibly important and should be stressed in education to avoid future academic difficulty and promote a stronger intellectual generation.
I should receive a passing grade in this class because I can write now. Not just an exaggeration, but after another semester of English I finally feel confident that can write. Three of the reasons behind my confidence is I learned, I experienced and best of all I repeated. These three values helped prepare me for what is in store in English 1302 and here is why.
What is society and how did it help shape me into the person I am today? First, society is the state of living in organized groups of people. These organized groups of people are the ones that made me who I am today and will continue to shape me, as I grow older. My version of society is white middle class people who grow up going to catholic schools. These white middle class people are only associated with other white middle class people, and very seldom venture out of this little society. As stupid as that sounds to not associate with other people it is true. The reason this is true is because of where I live, where I go to school, and who my friends are. I guess it is just like Emerson said, “the virtue in most request is conformity.” So, the three social forces that have played the biggest impact on my life are my community, my friends (family) and my education.
All human beings are created equal, but every human being is different in his own way. Some people take advantage of their differences and some people do not; the ones that do are true individuals. Passion, perseverance, and preservation are the foundation of an individual. Individuals stand up for what they believe in, go after what they want, and contribute to part of a greater whole. Individuals embrace who they truly are and what they stand for regardless of whether they stand alone among the crowd. Since the beginning of mankind, people have yearned for meaning, searched for their purpose in life, but relatively few have found theirs. The majority of human beings go through life following the crowd, ants in a line, but those people
Many don’t realize that the road to success isn’t so much a road as it is a winding,
Poverty, the state of having little to no money, has taken its affect on every single country that exists here on planet Earth. It has taken its toll from notable poor counties like India, to even the world’s wealthiest country: The United States of America! Whether it was in the past, this present day, and even years to come, poverty has had its mark on a huge number of unfortunate victims from every territory you could possibly fathom. What is it like to be a prey of such an unfortunate life? According to the World Bank Organization: “Poverty is hunger, lack of shelter, as well as being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Also, it involves not having access to school or not knowing how to read. Finally, being in poverty is having
There are many key components in a society like people – individuals or members that live together in an environment, and is the basic component of society; Culture values – all the symbols, language, values that were laid down by the previous generations and lay the foundation for the next generation to follow, which form the distinct characteristic of each society; Material – what the people in society obtain through trading or producing, this maintains a lot of social activities (architecture, infrastructure…) and was influenced by cultural values. There are also Social organization that keep the network of relationship among the people in society, and social institutions that regulate the behavior of others like family, education, government, religions. These components help thrive the society forward, help it develop down the path that was accepted by the people,