Sociological Analysis

“Society is an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes” (Dictionary.com, 2015). Sociologists are interested in knowing how people from different cultures involve in other societies. They are interested in what problems people face that relate to a larger sociological perspective, from culture shock to social class. “According to C. Wright Mills, the sociological imagination in his article, The Promise, is the ability to perceive the interconnections between personal troubles of milieu and the public issues of social culture” (Mills). In this essay, I will highlight the personal problems which I had by growing up in a high class family in Pakistan.

After that I will move forward to the opportunity which I got to study in Canada and what personal problems such as (culture shock, problems with neighbours) I faced in Canada. Lastly, I will talk about how sociological concept (Technology) impacted my life.
I grow up in a High ‘Class’ family of Pakistan and I am the only child of my parents. “ Class is a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort” (Dictionary.com, 2015). I came into High Class category because my father has his own business and my mother is a doctor. The salary of my father is above $500000 and the salary of my mother is $200000. My parents have inherited wealth such as we have many properties and own several hotels. My father is sometimes also invited in schools as a chief guest so that he could tell about his success to children. As nowadays we are living in modern society so the competition levels between the societies have increased. So, the personal problems which I faced living in a high class family were that when I graduated from my high school, my parents felt that I need to find a spot in Canadian universities instead of taking a gap year as they reveal that the children in the neighbourhood have all received an offer letter from top Canadian Universities. I think every parent in this world would want their children to be successful in his life but I personally think that society plays a big role in putting academic pressure over the students. I lost my childhood at an early stage of the life as my parent always pushed me to excel in my studies because they see neighbourhood children doing so good in their studies.
Besides this, living in a high class family also leads to more level of opportunities for people so the opportunity which I got is to study aboard in Canada. As I have to live alone over here so the personal problems which I faced moving from Pakistan to Canada was culture shock. The timings difference in Pakistan was totally different from that of Canada. If there was morning in Pakistan then in Canada it was night. So, I usually missed my university classes because I wasn’t able to wake up in mornings and this caused my class participation to become zero.
Moreover, in Pakistan people only keep birds as their pets but in Canada people usually keep dogs as their pets. So, I had complains from my neighbours because their dog use to bark every time and it was very irritating. As I can’t study in noise so one day I went to my neighbour’s house to express my complaint. I was astonished that they had also prepared a complaint about me. My neighbours explained me that the reason behind why the dog barks is because my bird used to make loud noises. Social norms are produced in this situation because norms is an established rule that governs our conduct in the situations in which we participate so in this case my neighbours and I was dissatisfied with each other choices of interest and we expressed it through actions. I think this also leads to an idea of Charles Cooley’s theory of the “Looking-glass self”, which indicates that we develop sense of ourselves based on our perceptions of how others view us. Keeping the above paragraph in mind, the society runs by how the individuals act upon any situation and how my issues demonstrated in other’s lives.
I will conclude my essay with one of the sociological concepts which have biggest impact on the past decades is Technology.

“Technology is the purposeful application of information in the design, production, and utilization of goods and services, and in the organization of human activities” (BusinessDictionary.com, 2015). The introduction of new electronics in the household for example iPad, television and computers has changed the daily functioning of the Family. Technology has also impacted my personal life because the introduction of new advanced technological products has kept me away from the social circle of the family. Introduction of PlayStation 4 or Computers is so addictive that I usually spent like 16 hours over it and in that 16 hours’ time period, I have no communication skills with my family. I also believe that in past, as there was less distraction so there was a quality of life through socializing with family. However, in modern world, the family structure is destroyed by the rise of technology. Besides this, technology has bad impact on children because once I played the gangster game with my little brother and he liked the personality of the gangster so much that he started acting as that gangster and used bad language. “As mentioned in sociological imagination; The Promise by C. Wright Mills, most people only can focus of what is directly in front of them”

(Mills).