My Sociological Perspective of an article by Horace Miner entitled Body Ritual of Nacirema by Lynn Byrne Horace Miner depicts a group of people from Nacirema, but is actually referring to Americans, whose cultural beliefs (totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior) are rooted in the perspective that the body is prone to sickness, degradation, and dis figuration. Miner states that Naciremians spend a substantial part of their lives on magic based rituals and actions to improve the condition of their body. Miner went into great detail when he wrote up his findings. His detail let me look at my life, as an American, in a different perspective. Miner used cultural relativism and qualitative research methodology to explain why the Naciremain culture uses magic to maintain their physical conditioning and why magic is prevalent in their lives. Cultural relativism (the viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture) and use of qualitative research methodology (research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical date) are prevalent throughout this article as Miner used ethnography (the study of an entire social setting through extended systematic fieldwork) and observation (a research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation by closely watching a group or community) to give us a deception of how the culture of Nacirema view the human body and use magic to maintain it. Because Miner immersed himself in this culture he was able to observe the rituals and hear first hand accounts of these rituals from the natives. Miner established rapport with them and that rapport served as a gateway into the homes of the people of Nacirema. He was able to observe the differences in status amongst the tribe, how