James Henson Analysis

James Henson is the author of our text, and I appreciate his “down-to-earth” approach to explaining the core concepts of sociology. Chapter one opens with a real life example that does a great job of setting the scene; sleeping in a room with 100 men or more, on dirty bedding, sleeping in day clothes, standing in lines for food and drink that was unappetizing, and using cups and bowls that were not sanitized. This social researcher in this example purposely placed himself in a different social location, and even though this was a deliberate choice to do this, he quickly felt uncomfortable. He wanted nothing more than to quit and return to his family, clean bed, healthy food and everything else that felt familiar to him (Henslin, 2). I was transported there, and it put me in a place where I could learn and apply sociological concepts. I agree with using real life examples to help describe sociological perspectives to new students. This paper will discuss the sociological perspectives in a way that could help someone new to learning about social sciences, and tie the three social perspectives to relatable examples.

Amy Tan, who is an American writer whose works explore the Chinese American …show more content…
I lighthearted example of this theory can be seen in the movie Mean Girls. At the top of you have the “Queen Bee” of the “Plastics” which is Regina George and under her lead sets the social rules for the school. Immediately Cady learned how to dress, where to sit and how to think if she wanted to belong to this group. She also learned that decisions could not be made without the approval of the group. The ordinary students leveraged Cady to revolt against the top class and attacked Regina’s strengths that gave her that status and the resources (attention) that the ordinary group