Sociological Imagination The Sociological Imagination is a concept introduced by American Sociologist C. Wright Mills in 1959. In his book, Mills argues that people occasionally find themselves unable to escape their everyday routine and thoughts. therefore, are limited to recognize how history and biography interplay within society. He states that, “neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both” (Mills 1959, p. 3) thus, he mentions that the concept to understand and recognize how an individual’s trouble connects to broader public issues, is by using sociological imagination, this helps individuals study their biographies carefully and acknowledge the relation between a person’s
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However, sociology professors and sociologists might consider it easier to attain. I gathered all of my significant happenings in my life and brainstormed which one was the one that interplayed with some issues in society. In my 20 years of life, I have experienced hardships such as my parent’s divorce that resulted in drastic changes in my adolescent’s days. Applying sociological imagination to my life gave me an idea of why certain events and situations occur. Furthermore, gave me a better understanding of how an individual’s misfortune are correlated to much bigger problems in …show more content…
Although it was not surprising to me since I had never seen him show any affection towards my mother, he was mostly working or out with my friends, most of my memories depict me and my mother together. However, seeing my mother depressed, overwhelmed me and made me feel helpless, my father’s reaction to the divorce was bitter, he became the type person whom I would only talk to on birthdays and holidays. Nine years later, I realized that my parents divorced affected me more than I thought. The divorce made me lose the relationship I had with my father, I had resentful feelings toward him because he was the one who was at fault and for the emotional pain he caused my mother. I was an only child then, I had no one to share my emotions or problems because I did not want my upset my mother more than she already was. I kept most of my issues to myself, I was secretive and that caused me to get in trouble with my parents several
However, sociology professors and sociologists might consider it easier to attain. I gathered all of my significant happenings in my life and brainstormed which one was the one that interplayed with some issues in society. In my 20 years of life, I have experienced hardships such as my parent’s divorce that resulted in drastic changes in my adolescent’s days. Applying sociological imagination to my life gave me an idea of why certain events and situations occur. Furthermore, gave me a better understanding of how an individual’s misfortune are correlated to much bigger problems in …show more content…
Although it was not surprising to me since I had never seen him show any affection towards my mother, he was mostly working or out with my friends, most of my memories depict me and my mother together. However, seeing my mother depressed, overwhelmed me and made me feel helpless, my father’s reaction to the divorce was bitter, he became the type person whom I would only talk to on birthdays and holidays. Nine years later, I realized that my parents divorced affected me more than I thought. The divorce made me lose the relationship I had with my father, I had resentful feelings toward him because he was the one who was at fault and for the emotional pain he caused my mother. I was an only child then, I had no one to share my emotions or problems because I did not want my upset my mother more than she already was. I kept most of my issues to myself, I was secretive and that caused me to get in trouble with my parents several