William J. Chambliss’ article “The Saints and the Roughnecks” show the two sides of these groups doing about the same thing and how the society looks at those actions. The Saints are looked upon as good, while the Roughnecks are the “troublemakers”. Saints are what we call the prep people and the Roughnecks are the people who have less than everybody else. Throughout this conflict it is presented mostly as well of course conflict theory and the labeling theory. The conflict theory is when there is a result of competition and social inequality of the haves and have nots. The labeling theory is the theory of once labeled as deviant, become more deviant and is the master status. Although in the article “The Saints and the Roughnecks” by Chambliss, …show more content…
Conflict theory is the theory of where the group has the haves or have nots. The Saints have the have because they could get out of class any time they wanted and have the wealth of their parents to keep them out of trouble. The treatment they were observed by Chambliss is that the police never arrested them for their wrongdoings. The Saints were the biggest trouble makers that should have gotten trouble then the Roughnecks. They in having money had power over the people. The evidence that is seen is the Saints had cars so they could escape the town to be deviant without being caught and always changed their places they would mess with the roads, speed, or drive while intoxicated. When they did get pulled they were very polite and got out of the problem. The effect it had on the Saints is that since they never got in trouble did not think it was bad. So inturn they enjoyed making trouble. The society then turns to them as good people since to them they do good and their parents probably are involved in the school. The …show more content…
Society expects success from the Saints so the Saints showed successful behavior to the authority. The evidence shown is why did the community, the school, and the police react to the Saints as though they were good, but to the Roughnecks as they were trouble. The police let them go every time they got into trouble because they were the “good” kids. Their parents could pay their way out of things. Being labeled the good ones to the boys it made the things they did good and they did not think any of it was bad, that it was just for fun and a laugh to the boys. The labeling theory that was for the Roughnecks was the bad boys that did everything bad and that they did for fun but really they were doing it to survive. The Society expected mediocre work and showed that, that is what they expected. The evidence that shows this is the Roughnecks as though they were tough, young, criminals who were headed to trouble. Through the people they saw them as bad and they just kept doing bad things because that was was expected of them. They did not expect nothing less though they all together had a C average so they were not too bad. They just needed understanding of what they were going through. The teachers understood why one of the
Simmel’s theory of conflict may be applied to the residents in “Two Towns of Jasper” because the murder of James Byrd Jr. had created conflict of racism and forced the town to examine their collective identity. The theory of conflict explains conflict as a form of interaction, more beneficial way to bring people in one society together, and a necessary for societal change. The benefits of a conflict are promoting growth in a society, resolving issues, and innovation. “Two Towns of Jasper” demonstrates that the conflict that arises from the murder of James Byrd Jr. brings the citizens of Jasper to recognize the racial differences that are occurring and resolve these issues in order to prevent future problems. Caucasians and African-Americans come together and view the murderers as common enemies which heightened the solidarity among the two groups.
The book “the Outsiders” (S.E. Hinton) is based on the story of two gangs the Greasers and the Socs. These two groups of individuals have conflicts. the Greasers are the East side working class people. The Socs are the West side rich kids. they drive around in a blue mustang, they “jump” the greasers and injure them purely because they are lesser than the Socs. The Greasers are a interesting bunch of individuals. the story is based from their perspective. They aren’t rich but they get by, they steal they fight they smoke but they aren’t bad guys.
...e better and the Socs to be worse. Being tough and tuff were the two things required in each group, but not every individual were able to be the two things. This caused some individuals not to be themselves for the gang. Internal and external expectations changed the group to be better or worse. The Greasers were expected by others to do bad things, but they were able to prove they could be heroes. The Greasers are disgrace to the society which helped them to strive to become real heroes. While the Socs were to pressure by the high expectations they decided to rebel. The Socs took advantage which led those group to be a disgrace, although no one ever thought the Socs were capable to do bad things. Society should stop being judgmental to avoid changes that make other worst. The only expectations people should make is to help other people to be the best they can be.
Greasers are the lowest of society and deserve whatever they get for being a Greaser nor do they deserve any chance to escape the vicious cycle of poverty and judgement and become anything but a Greaser. None of these beliefs are true, but society believes them to be true. Though it is true that many Greasers give up and conform to society’s expectations, who can blame them? In a society that will never accept them, why should they bother? However, Darrel Curtis, a Greaser, refuses to believe in his inherent “lack of worth” as a Greaser, unlike many of his friends and family. He is equal to or better than most Socs, and people can see it, yet few believe it and even fewer choose to make any note of it. The few people who take note of it, his family and a very select few, note that had he been born under slightly different circumstances such as not being born poor and had his parents not die, he could have been a Soc, gone to college and succeeded at life. Darry should have had a future regardless of his lack of socioeconomic status because of his considerable intelligence, hardwork and
The Boondock Saints movie exhibits and demonstrates many possible causes and reasons for social deviance. One example of this is shown in the Subjective view of deviance through a Constructionist Theory. The Subjectivist believes that a deviant person is a conscious, feeling, thinking subject and that one should understand the experience of that person. From a Constructionist perspective, deviants are actively seeking meanings in the deviant activities. The brothers in the movie are seeking meaning from their killing. They believe that they are on a mission from God, and that they will be protected and blessed for doing this.
The brothers’ vigilante deviance has many causes, all stemming form the Social theory of deviance. The Labeling, Conflict and Strain theories are three of the most important theories for understanding what caused the brothers to start, continue, and stop killing the mafia. Each of the theories plays a part in causing the brothers’ to kill, but without all of them they would not have the acceptance and success that they did. These theories, even though they are meant for the real world are just as relevant for works of fiction in movies and books.
Identity is a substantial component of a person, it’s something that determines who they are and help establish themselves with people who you find enjoyable and shares similar interests. It could bring people together, and provide a sense of belonging and unity. However, there are times where these people who are within certain cliques are perceived more negatively or believe that all people within that group perpetually have a certain set of traits. In most cases, these negative perceptions lead to discrimination and conflict, and obscures the positive and more genuine traits of an individual. In S.E. Hinton’s book, The Outsiders, there is a group of poor and lower-middle class teens who are labeled as greasers. This group of wild teenagers
The novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about a boy named Ponyboy who belongs to a group called Greasers. There are 2 types of gangs in the novel; Greasers and Socs. The Socs look down on the Greasers because they had a low social status. Being an outsider produces a feeling of inferiority, isolation and even violence. In the following paragraphs these feelings will be fully explained.
Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders”, demonstrates how having both internal and external expectations impact the way you live and how you act on a day-to-day basis. In the text, the Socs and Greasers are put into roles with specific limitations, which impacted their lives accordingly. These standards for each group come from ideas relating to maintaining reputations. This could range from being the poor kids with turbulent, misfortunate lives to the wealthy kids who got to live a life of opportunity. In summation, the Greasers and the Socs dealt with conflicts that were related to living up to the expectations placed on them by the society they lived in and what they anticipated from
American History X is a great film that delivers a very strong message about deviant behavior. The story of Derek Vineyard and Danny inspires a lot in terms of changing the deviant behavior through various social concepts. The film shows good application of these theories and it involves the audience into a gripping tale of the change one hoes through to fight deviance and get through the tough journey of correcting oneself and choosing the right path.
According to Becker, the labelling theory of deviance looks at what happens to individuals after they are labelled as deviant (Skatvedt & Schou, 2008) The symbolic interactionist approach focuses on the role of social labels and sanctions that pressure individual gang members to continue engaging in deviant acts (Skatvedt & Schou, 2008).The labelling theory suggests that when an individual is labeled as deviant they are more likely to be rejected by families, friends, and societies which ultimately leads to further deviant acts (Becker, 1973). The deviant identity is thus complete when the individual gang member integrates himself into the gang subculture (Becker, 1973). Two high school gangs, the Roughnecks and the Saints, were constantly involved in deviant acts such as drinking, petty theft etc.,; however, high school teachers labelled the Saints as those headed for success and the Roughnecks as those headed for trouble (Chambliss, 1973) After high school, almost all of the Saints went to college and became doctors, lawyers, etc. while only two Roughnecks went to college and others were involved in killings and dropped out of school and so forth (Chambliss, 1973) This case study demonstrates that labels are powerful; they can trigger a greater involvement in deviant acts through social
Conflicts of ideals in the newly “freed” United States increased during the antebellum era, ultimately because of the long-driven question of freedom and liberty. Many people believed that to be free and have liberty was to be able to own land and property. This brought on the idea of the “freedom” to take the land that the Native Americans had been living on and the spreading of the institution of slavery. These issues both lead to an eventual division of the Union, causing the Civil War.
Chambliss, we see how two groups of troublemakers living in the same town can grow up to very different outcomes solely based on their labels in society. The roughnecks, being less fortunate, do most of their crimes in the city where people can see them and label them. On the other hand, the Saints were more middle class and had access to automobiles, allowing them to do things elsewhere where fellow townspeople would not see. The roughnecks were also told that they would never amount to anything causing lower self-esteem umost these kids. The saints being more perceived as good kids and were expected to do well in life, giving them a must higher
Appearance and violence from disagreement are some themes that differentiate the Socs and Greasers. In addition, in life there is stereotyping by appearance. People can judge others by the way they look whether it may or may not be correct, like how Ponyboy Curtis compared the Greaser’s appearance to the Socs. More on, people may treat others differently judging from how they look and appearance can separate someone from someone else but just based on looks or appearance shouldn’t be an excuse to distance others. Now in day appearances are used to heavily judge someone of their social class, personality, and background just like in “The Outsiders”. Violence is also a way people interact with one another in the real world and in stories. It’s a way to get something or a way to get in trouble, like how the Greasers and Socs fought to settle things, but even if violence is seen or read anywhere is shouldn’t be repeated. In conclusion judgement and violence upon people happen every day and
Society today is split in many different ways: the smart and the dumb, the pretty and the ugly, the popular and the awkward, and of course the rich and the poor. This key difference has led to many areas of conflict among the population. The rich and the poor often have different views on issues, and have different problems within their lives. Moral decay and materialism are two issues prevalent among the wealthy, while things such as socio-economic class conflict and the American dream may be more important to those without money. Ethics and responsibilities are an area of thought for both classes, with noblesse oblige leaning more towards the wealthy.