...We decided to analyze the film, Lucky Number Slevin to determine how class and power, race and ethnicity, and gender and sexual orientation are displayed in a Hollywood movie. The main goal for the paper is to be able to get a better understanding of the main concepts of sociology, and how they can easily be related to a major Hollywood picture. The film is set in New York City where there are two major crime bosses that rule the criminal world. These two men are The Boss, and The Rabbi. They are former partners that had a massive falling out 20 years prior that caused them to go into seclusion for their safety from one another. Slevin seems to be a man that is in the wrong place at the wrong time, ending up doing dirty work for The Boss and repaying another man’s debt to the Rabbi. In the end Slevin was working with Mr. Goodkat to overthrow the two crime bosses and get revenge for his father’s death. By looking at Lucky Number Slevin, we analyze each concept separately and operationalize each. The breakdown of the paper was set so that Alexandra Polak worked on the topics of Gender and Sexual Orientation, Ahmed El Najmi analyzed the concepts of Race and Ethnicity, then Ian Ladouceur looked at the ideas of Class and Power. First item looked at was Class and Power, then Race and Ethnicity, and concluded with Gender and Sexual Orientation....
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...the early to mid- Nineteenth century the depression era. Her life is a struggle early on. She is beaten constantly and raped by her father as a result two children were born. Both were taken at birth. She leaves one hell only to end up in another one. Her father basically sells her into marriage her fate is no better with her husband. The beatings continue. She has to endure having sex with him. She is there only to take care of his house and raise his children who have no respect for her. She has no voice until a woman named Shrug comes into her life. She then becomes a woman with a voice and learns how to use it. The Color Purple Celie’s Life In the movie The Color Purple we deal with a young African American woman (Celie), who grew up in early to mid-ninetieth century in the rural south during the depression. She grew up poor and uneducated. She deals with poverty, racism and sexism. There is nothing about being a black woman in this this period of time to be proud of. In social comparison, her race, that is being black compared to being white, black people are considered inferior. And by being a woman only makes it worse. Thus we have the formation of Celie’s culture being the system of learned and shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another group. In this case blacks and white is the main issue. Her self-concept...
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...er Easy A Easy A is a movie about a nerdy girl, Olive, who is in high school. She only has few friends, and usually lies to them to get out of hanging out with them on the weekends. She has made up so many lies. One weekend she tells her friend she can’t hang out because she is spending the weekend with a college guy. When she returns to school Monday morning, her friend wants Olive to tell her all about her weekend with the college boy. Just when she thinks she is alone with her friend in the bathroom, Olive makes up her own rumor that she “lost her virginity” to get her friend off her back. Little does she know that the most Christian girl in school was using the restroom and overheard this rumor. Although Olive didn’t really lose her virginity, Marianne, the Christian girl tells everyone in school about this rumor and wants everyone to know how bad of a person Olive is for doing this. It just so happens that during the same week this rumor is going on, the students were learning about the book “The Scarlet Letter” in English class. Everyone starts comparing Olive to the girl in the book because of this rumor. One of Olives guy friends comes to her house one day and asks for Olives help. Everyone in the school thinks that he is gay, and he wants to change this perspective while he is in high school so he doesn’t get harassed. He wants to pay Olive to go on a date with him, but she says no. Instead, she wants to “do it big” and have pretend sex with him. ...
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...ETHICS IN PHILADELPHIA MOVIE (1993) In this paper, we are dealing with matters of ethics and profession from a contemporary perspective. Diseases also come in when you look at matters of employment and what the disease can do to someone in a particular profession. From an ethical perspective, one needs to stay honest in what they do. In this case of ours, Andy Beckett is forced to conceal his secrets about his health status and sexual orientation for fear of rebuke and rejection. These actions proves that he is unethical in his profession. However, it can be rightfully argued that he was right to stay like that. This is a condition of ethical dilemma whereby if one decides to be very honest as they are required they will lose credibility in their profession and end up being hurt. If they hide their secrets, they are thus breaching the ethical codes. This film presents to the audience the issue of discrimination and ethics. Thus, this Philadelphia movie of 1993 is an opportunity for all to discuss ethics as well as HIV/AIDS in the current organizations. I think that any lifestyle can never render someone inefficient and ineffective in their jobs. Beckett actually would still deliver what was expected of him. He had been a gay for a very long time but still delivered the work properly. By the fact that he defended his bosses in very many cases successfully since he is a quality lawyer. In the law field, Beckett had been a very successfully competent lawyer...
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...The Civil Rights Movement happened during the 1950s and 1960s, so African American people can have equal rights. African American people were segregated and discriminated by white people. Remember the Titans took place during The Civil Rights Movement and showed how African American people were discriminated. In Remember the Titans no one got along at first and eventually learned to work together through an interest like football. Remember the Titans depicts different forms of hate filled actions and sayings because it represents how African American people were discriminated(1),(2) people that have a different sexual orientation were also shown being discriminated,(3) and people that considered themselves hippies. To begin...
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...As Good As It Gets is a movie about a pessimistic, homophobic, obsessive-compulsive novelist, Melvin, who forms an ironic friendship with his gay artist neighbor. Melvin also falls in love with a waitress who is also the only one who can tolerate his obsessive compulsiveness and generally hateful attitude towards everyone. The movie follows and focuses on the unlikely pairing of the three, the obsessive-compulsive novelist, the single working mother, and the gay artist, as they set out on a road trip together. As Good As It Gets was a good choice for writing a sociological essay over as it covers many different issues, including healthcare, poverty, sexuality and homosexuality. Sexuality and homosexuality is a big theme in this movie. Homosexuality...
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...* Value Orientations in Our School Campus and Barangay Values are the elements of life prevailing in a society. They are the rules by which we make decisions about right and wrong, should and shouldn't, good and bad. They also tell us which are more or less important, which is useful when we have to trade off meeting one value over another. They provide motivation and ground for choice. They shape and determine individual and group’s decision to like or dislike and change or not change something. Thus, knowing people’s value orientation will guide planners, administrators, policy-makers, and agents responsible in implementations of laws and programs. Every individual, social group and institution has its own value orientation. What is value orientation? Value orientation is the principle of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group. It is a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. In our school, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, various value orientations are present. Students are able to accept responsibility for their own behavior. Definitions of responsibility stem from a shared community understanding, and responsibilities are taught explicitly across the curriculum. The school recognized that the acceptance of responsibility for behavior is developmental and is dependent on students having opportunities to discuss and practice appropriate behavior. Students learn to accept responsibility when they are involved...
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...The documentary Paris is burning is about Balls, which are a form of a fashion show in the LGBT community in New York City. Their Race and sexual orientation makes them the torment of society. At the very beginning, Notable Ball legend, Pepper Labeja, gives a very distinctive quote from his father about Race in America. His father told him that he was born with three strikes against him, because he was male, gay and black. This automatically puts him at a lower position in society, then someone who does not carry these traits. In addition, in this documentary many members talk about how they could be professional businessmen and women, if they were born with a different color of skin. That is also one of the reasons that they created these balls in the first place, in order to create the illusion of being rich, illustrious and sadly, white. As far as seeing themselves fitting into society, they see it very little or almost not at all. The death of Venus Xtravaganza, helps illustrate this point brilliantly. Because of her Trans sexuality, she was murdered. When talking about Venus’s death at the end of the movie, Angie Xtravaganza talks about how living, as a Gay Man in Society can be treacherous. Death by murder is something that is very real and could happen at any moment. Another example of how they do not fit into dominant culture is the scene where Pepper is talking about the confrontations he had with his mother. His mother was disgraced at the fact that her son did...
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...And though the common man hardly knows something about the actual socio-economic-political situation of that geographical region, that does not mean they don’t have an opinion about it! There is a common sense that is propagated in society about the whole situation. So, if you go around asking a random guy on the street, what does he think about the whole Kashmir issue, you are very likely to get an answer, “Kashmir hamara hai, hamare paas rahega”. He might as well add the (in)famous dialogue from the movie Gadar, another example of the influence of movies as popular culture on the masses, “Doodh maangoge to kheer denge, Kashmir maangoge to cheer denge!” This is the most a layperson would know about the issue, thanks to popular...
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...people do not acknowledge that their behavior is affected by the society. Every action that they take and every choice that they make are restrained by their beliefs, social class, education, and economic factors. For example, an intimate relationship between members of the opposite gender is considered the norm. In addition, violating this norm would make a person deviant. In fact, most people would not go against the norms because they do not desire to be excluded from the society. Also, children are given specific characteristics on how to behave, depending on their gender. The movie Bring...
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...HSM 250 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.hsm250.com HSM 250 week 1 Checkpoint Human Services Vocabulary Hunt HSM 250 Week 1 Written Assignment My Cultural Identity HSM 250 week 2 Checkpoint Character Case Study HSM 250 week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 3 CheckPointCollaborative Discussion and Reflection on Perceptions HSM 250 Week 3 Written Assignment Developing Ethnicity HSM 250 Week 4 CheckPoint Gender Role Development HSM 250 week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Sexual Orientation Identity Theory HSM 250 Week 5 Written Assignment Sexual Orientation Case Study HSM 250 Week 6 CheckPoint Influences on Family Structure HSM 250 week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 7 CheckPointAbleist Beliefs HSM 250 Week 7 Written Assignment Care Plan HSM 250 Week 8 CheckPoint Religion and Human Service Organizations HSM 250 week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint HSM 250 Week 9 Final Written Assignment Character Profile ******************************************************* HSM 250 week 1 Checkpoint Human Services Vocabulary Hunt For more course tutorials visit www.hsm250.com CheckPoint: Human Service Vocabulary Hunt Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Use the reputable online resources to define each of the following vocabulary terms: Enculturation Acculturation Assimilation Encapsulation Collectivism Individualism Write an original definition for each term and provide an APA reference...
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...information that she includes is Caleb is a coder who works for Nathan. And created a Google Search engine called Blue book. She discusses that Caleb had won a ticket at work to see his boos in Alaska Mountain where he lived. Both spend a week together, discussing The introduction focuses on the plot she tells specifically little details about the movie trying to the reader’s apatite right before spoiling or giving away too much information about the movie. She discusses about the film techniques in her conclusion. She writes “film succeeding at ratching up the mood of quiet unease, provocatively engaging everything from intimacy, identity and agency to such hot button issues as corporate surveillance, sexual orientation and male...
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...Cognitive/Perceptual Pattern During the movie, Andrew remains oriented and sensible, still capable of understanding the law. Maintains his ability to research case studies to build the case for his lawsuit. Andrew starts developing head pain and vision problems ton the right hat lead to the loss of vision in his right eye. Infection enters the brain early during HIV. Impairments associated with HIV and infections will become gradually in the areas of attention, memory, vision behavior changes with the progression of HIV individual may develop dementia, speech delay, motor dysfunction, and impaired thoughts (Watkins & Treisman, 2015). Pattern of Sleep and Rest Andrew seems physically tired and weak often at the end of his life. No scenes are showing he had a disruption in sleep. Pattern of Self-Perception and Self-Concept Andrew looks healthy in the beginning, and gradually he develops visible lesions on his face from Kaposi’s Sarcoma, purplish sores that can develop anywhere externally on the body including internal. Concerned with his appearance due to others in his firm may link the lesion to his HIV. Andrew actions are conscious and have accepted his disease. Friends and family had realized the rapid advancement of his AIDS before he had; his partner asked him maybe...
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...preparation of writing this paper, I have researched information on the famous person indicated in an effort to make an attempt at providing a possible diagnosis of a psychological condition for which two theoretical orientations will be evaluated and used to support what is only an opinion. I am in no way qualified to give a diagnosis for the people mentioned within this document as it is a document written to demonstrate an understanding of educational material as it relates to the field of psychology. Any information mentioned with regard to the mental condition of the people in this document does not imply that they have any of the conditions mentioned nor have they consented to any kind of psychological treatment. Background Information Among Hollywood’s trailblazing women in film was Joan Crawford who represented not only well-earned stardom but who also took the lead in paving her way during the transformation of women’s roles after the turn of the century including the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition. Joan Crawford acted in musical revues, was a flapper during the Roaring Twenties, acted in silent films, was among the first actresses in the first ‘talkie’ films, and climbed her way to the top of the cinema ranks becoming one of the most famous movie stars of all time (“American Legends,” 2013, loc.30). However, Crawford’s rags-to-riches course encompassed a post-war era pathology in which women attempted to breakthrough former expectations of gender roles in American...
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...sexuality on adolescents’ sexual lives?What are some negative and some positive effects of the media’s portrayal of sexuality? o How has the media’s portrayal of sexuality affected your life? The effects of the media’s portrayal on sexuality on adolescent’s lives are vast. Most media in today’s society portrays acts of sexuality as commonplace and expected. It shows young girls being flirtatious and having sex. It shows young men as sexual predators or pressuring the girls. It is far and few between that a show displays age appropriate sexuality for it’s viewers. The media also represent’s young gays and lesbians more readily than it would have years ago. I think this is a good idea since that demographic of viewer base has increased greatly. This increased awareness for young people has both positive and negative impacts. The increased awareness of the effects of sexuality in early ages such as pregnancy and STD’s are more prevalent than in yester years. However, the increased stimuli of sexuality leads to more exploration of our younger generations to have sex earlier than they should be and producing babies at a younger age as well as they are contracting more STD’s. I think the media’s influence on our future generations needs to be tempered and that is the job of the parent or caregiver. The media’s portrayal of sexuality has not has as great an effect on my life as it could have as I do not watch much TV and tend to read more often than watch a movie. The media has more of...
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