Social Norm In The Film 'Middle Of Nowhere'

Middle Of Nowhere
We are to identify sociological concepts and social issues throughout the film, we choose to watch. I will be taking a look at a social norm that was violated, sociological concepts, and some of the sanctions that come up throughout the film. Next, I am to watch the movie, and in my own words, come up with a paper describing some of the things I saw from a sociological point of view. The film I decided to watch is “Middle Of Nowhere” a film about two married people who encountered many unforeseeable events that leads up to the destruction of their marriage.
Throughout the film a few different sociological concepts rose to the surface. Specifically, one that prevailed throughout most in the movie is the concept of family. The neighborhood in this movie seemed to be full of broken families. Even the main character's family seems to be broken from the start. Derek had divorced his previous wife whom he had a child with and remarried joining the two families together. Notably, later in the movie we see a bus going to the jail carrying what was mostly wives thus proving my point of the families being broken. This is a main sociological concept in the film because it might shed light on the dynamics of the main character's family. The two characters end up cheating, so

The main sanction is when Derek is brought to prison for being involved in gang activity and the sales of guns. As another example, when a fight broke out in the prison Derek proceeded to fight with everyone else based on his own believes this would be an external sanction. The end of this sanction is the termination of Derek’s chances of being released early. Ruby and Derek altering the news of cheating they endured an informal sanction experiencing feelings of shame. In conclusion there is many sanctions throughout this film many of which had to do with