Social Dynamics Of Prison Analysis

If you really think about it, the social dynamics of prison are just intensified versions of the way the social dynamics actually are in the real world. Although many may not admit it, the belief in segregation that happens in the book of Short Eyes actually does still occur in the real world, but in a larger scale and maybe in a less of a dense way. Since we have moved along from the era of slavery and segregation, things like racism and discrimination are no longer as common in the modern world, but you can argue that it is completely still in existence, just not as much advertised.
In the story, you basically have a small number of different “groups” that all either stick together or are torn apart. In some way, it was a division of race where in fact, the white people were actually the minority for once. The groups of races, almost exclusively hung …show more content…
The blacks, the whites, the hispanics; every group was segregated from each other. Longshoe goes into detail about how specific the groups really are when Clark is introduced, well before they all find out that he is a pedophile. The dynamics seem complicated, and to a normal standby person they are. In the real world, you rarely think about who you can and can’t stand next to, or who you can ask for help from. In some cases it’s true that you have to make and educated judgment about what kind of people are okay to associate with, but it’s only a true and technical “racist” that bases those sole judgments on skin color alone.
These days, there are people that both consciously and subconsciously separate themselves and their friends by race. No one will actually want to admit it, but secretly it is true for many people. We