Stranger Things Sociology

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Combining science fiction elements with a 1980's aesthetic, Stranger Things has become a wildly popular original series on Netflix. Created and produced by The Duffer Brothers, the show consists of two seasons, but a season three is confirmed for 2019. The 80's set show takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. A group of young friends embark on wild discoveries when a boy named Will goes missing. After his disappearance, supernatural events begin occurring in the town. They meet a girl with psychokinetic abilities. Deemed “Eleven” by the boys, she has a tattoo of the number on her wrist. Even stranger, she escaped from a laboratory, which is thought to be the source of the phenomena.
In season 1, the episode “Chapter Six: The
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This could have altered their genetics and brain formation. It could have also been due to the sensory deprivation that they underwent. They also may have been able to figure out how to manipulate the conditions of the mothers' pregnancy. The ability of their child can then be selected. Eleven’s psychokinesis allows her to move objects and living things. Also, she can eavesdrop over long distances. To spy on the Russian agent, she was placed in a sensory deprivation tank. She entered a psychic state where she could communicate with other living creatures. According to a journal that discusses psychokinesis, it describes special abilities including telekinesis. This is referred to as moving objects of any size, shape-shifting, teleportation, biological healing, and thought-form projection (Morse). When Eleven meets Kali in season 2’s episode “Chapter 7: The Lost Sister” she discovers that she is the other child seen in her mother’s mind. The number that is Kali’s wrist is 8, which means there are at least 9 other children that Eleven will search for in season 3. Kali is able to perform telepathic projection, which means she can make people’s minds see something that is not actually there. This means that the other children have abilities that differ from one another, which would have been useful for Dr. Brenner’s

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