Introduction:
Life Course is one of the major theories in investigating the lives of individuals inside the cultural and social framework. It is a pattern of socially defined, age-graded events and roles, which are subject to historical change in culture and social structure (Elder 1999). Over the past several decades, life course has changed immensely throughout the world- where once there were large family size and everyone depended on the income of one family member, now the family size has shrunken and there is less standardization than before. Nevertheless, life course of every human being is exclusive; it is molded by the society they live in and the economic, social and historical events that occur during their lives. In order to analyze …show more content…
He was born in the Southeast Asian country known as “Subcontinent” (now India and Pakistan) where there was high birth rate, making him part of a large cohort size, implying that there were many births during those years. Sociologist like Easterlin, argues that “people born into large birth cohorts have too many competitions throughout life and hence have more troubles in education, work, family and criminal areas” (Pampel and Peters 1995 pg.165) The author, believed that, with so many births happening in same years leads to more divided attention of parents towards the children, decreases the economic opportunities and incomes of the people. Moreover, it causes stress and depression in the lives of individuals (Pampel and Peters 1995, pp. 177). The part of the Easterlin effect fitted Daniyal’s life. He was the oldest child in the family and had his brother when he was three years old, then his sister at the age of six and lastly his youngest sister when he was twelve years old. The first three years of his childhood, Daniyal got the undivided attention of his parents’ and the resources before his siblings came along. However, he did not face competition in employment from his sisters, as women were not allowed to participate in the labor …show more content…
Daniyal was about seven years old at that time, during which he became aware of the harsh treatment towards Muslims in the subcontinents and decided to join the political party, Muslim League, to fight for their rights. This illustrates an example of the concept put forward by Mannheim, “Formative Period”; it refers to the time period when one’s views on history and politics are formed. For Mannheim, this time period is usually early adulthood (17 – 23 years), however Daniyal experienced it really young and since then he has been engaged in social and volunteer