The social perspective is a perspective on human behavior and its connection to society as a whole. It is the influence exerted by the social group, encouraging individuals to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors in order to conform to group norms. The social group influence our choice; our choices influence our reality. It invites us to look for the connections between the behavior of individual people and the structures of the society in which they live. We tend to think of our society as just natural, because social perspective isn’t something we can get rid of so we may as well deal with it. The two short stories “Shooting an elephant” by George Orwell and “Learning read and write” by Frederick Douglass, both authors use three modes
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Slavery brought a lot of fear to the lives of black people. Frederick Douglass “was born a slave in 1818 in Maryland.” (Douglass 118). In Frederick Douglass ’essay, “learning to read and write,” his mistress was “a kind and tender-hearted woman; and in the simplicity of her soul she commenced, when [Douglass] first went to live with her, to treat [him] as she supposed one human being ought to treat another.” (Douglass 118) Douglass felt as he was blessed and thought he could be different than other slaves, but social perspective came into play, this was not how slaves should be treated upon the duties of a slaveholder. The act was simply not fit into this community. Nevertheless, his mistress realized “to treat [Douglass] as a human being was not only wrong, but dangerously so. (Douglass 119) Initially, his mistress tutored him, treated him like a human being, but turned cold-hearted and quit. This was not from her own will, but she wanted to be part of the slaveholder group and felt like she belongs in the community. She was doing something does fit with her sense of right and wrong, just thought that was her duties as being the slaveholder. Social perspective had caused Douglass’s mistress’s attitude toward to slavery and that became a bigger stepping stone for Douglass to learn read and
Slavery brought a lot of fear to the lives of black people. Frederick Douglass “was born a slave in 1818 in Maryland.” (Douglass 118). In Frederick Douglass ’essay, “learning to read and write,” his mistress was “a kind and tender-hearted woman; and in the simplicity of her soul she commenced, when [Douglass] first went to live with her, to treat [him] as she supposed one human being ought to treat another.” (Douglass 118) Douglass felt as he was blessed and thought he could be different than other slaves, but social perspective came into play, this was not how slaves should be treated upon the duties of a slaveholder. The act was simply not fit into this community. Nevertheless, his mistress realized “to treat [Douglass] as a human being was not only wrong, but dangerously so. (Douglass 119) Initially, his mistress tutored him, treated him like a human being, but turned cold-hearted and quit. This was not from her own will, but she wanted to be part of the slaveholder group and felt like she belongs in the community. She was doing something does fit with her sense of right and wrong, just thought that was her duties as being the slaveholder. Social perspective had caused Douglass’s mistress’s attitude toward to slavery and that became a bigger stepping stone for Douglass to learn read and