Sociological Analysis Of Moonlight Movie

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For this paper, I plan to analyze the movie Moonlight. The movie follows a young black boy named Chiron through three developmental stages in his life; adolescences, teenage years, and adulthood. In the movie, Chiron battles through growing up in a very rough neighborhood while also battling with his sexuality. The film depicts the struggle he faces both mentally and physically as he attempts to decide what type of man he is going to be.I believe the sociological theories and concepts that will best aid in my analysis of this movie are environmental determinism, Travis Hirschi’s theory of social bonds, life course theory, social disorganization theory, Durkheim’s social facts, differential opportunity theory, the concentric zone model, labeling

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