Introduction The film Madea’s Witness Protection is another classic film from Tyler Perry. It is about a Wall Street banker, George Needleman, whose life wasn’t perfect, but after he gets framed for a ponzi scheme by the mob, his and his families life gets even more complicated. They are then placed under witness protection, down in the South at Madea’s house. Where they soon become aware of her low-tolerance policies, and soon realize how good they had it back home. As George tries to fix the mess his boss left for him with the help of Brian (the investigator) and Jake (the victim) This film displayed many social concepts, but the five that stood out the most were: norms, prejudice, role conflict, race, and social mobility.
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Social mobility is very hard to do, usually once you are born into a class, you are able to move up or down on the social hierarchy scale. Some ways to move up would be to get a promotion, marry someone who is higher than you, or to win the lottery. Some ways to move down on the social hierarchy someone could get arrested, or lose money from the stock market. George was an accountant and then suddenly gets a promotion to become a Wall Street banker. This allowed George’s family to move up in the social hierarchy. Their family was able to move into the upper class, from the middle class. Allowing them to able to spend their money carelessly, and buy a bigger house. Another character that moved up the social hierarchy was Jake. He went from being a lower-class gangster, to being in the middle class. Jake changed his ways and decided to stop being a gangster, and by changing his ways his father trusted him with the money to pay off the church.
Conclusion
The film Madea’s Witness Protection is a great example of how sociological concepts in modern day life. The film shows how there are a variety of different norms in life, and how they change by location. It demonstrates the many of the different concepts that we don’t realize happens in our everyday lives. People should watch this movie not only for entertainment, but to understand all of the different sociological concepts hidden
Concept 1: …show more content…
Social mobility is very hard to do, usually once you are born into a class, you are able to move up or down on the social hierarchy scale. Some ways to move up would be to get a promotion, marry someone who is higher than you, or to win the lottery. Some ways to move down on the social hierarchy someone could get arrested, or lose money from the stock market. George was an accountant and then suddenly gets a promotion to become a Wall Street banker. This allowed George’s family to move up in the social hierarchy. Their family was able to move into the upper class, from the middle class. Allowing them to able to spend their money carelessly, and buy a bigger house. Another character that moved up the social hierarchy was Jake. He went from being a lower-class gangster, to being in the middle class. Jake changed his ways and decided to stop being a gangster, and by changing his ways his father trusted him with the money to pay off the church.
Conclusion
The film Madea’s Witness Protection is a great example of how sociological concepts in modern day life. The film shows how there are a variety of different norms in life, and how they change by location. It demonstrates the many of the different concepts that we don’t realize happens in our everyday lives. People should watch this movie not only for entertainment, but to understand all of the different sociological concepts hidden