Introduction: Our society is full of religious beliefs, cultural traditions, and reserved holidays that always had brought members of society together for all different reasons. However, tragedy has also brought communities together as one in remembrance of those who lost their lives in our society. There are lots of tragedies that we can think of; but, I will focus on only one in this paper, the Boston bombing. The Boston bombing memorial has become part of modern practice in our society. By using Durkheim’s work, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, I will use tragedy to explore how people in society are held together by belief systems, how public rituals are important among the members of society, and how conceptualized social facts
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From lecture, “there are additional ways in which communal function of the [“tragedy”] is achieved, [which is through symbols]” (Hidalgo). “A symbol is something that stands for something else. It is a representation that calls up collective ideas and meanings” (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp. 114). The symbols in the case of the Boston bombing were obviously the t-shirts that signifies the tragedy worn by the crowd, flower (yellow), and perhaps the language or what they called themselves, “Bostonians” (Boston). A social pattern that was shown in the video clips were how they community set aside or “preserved” a day for a memorial (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp. 121). The concept from lecture regarding “sacred time and space,” the Boston bombing memorial/ anniversary was at the location/space that happened/ took place (Hidalgo). From the image of that communicates to members of society that they are polyphony in which makes them aware of their moral unity (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp. 122). Bringing individuals together is “by [the uttering] same cry, pronouncing the same word, or performing the same gesture in regard to some object performing the same gesture in regard to some object that they become and feel themselves to be in unison” (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp.
From lecture, “there are additional ways in which communal function of the [“tragedy”] is achieved, [which is through symbols]” (Hidalgo). “A symbol is something that stands for something else. It is a representation that calls up collective ideas and meanings” (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp. 114). The symbols in the case of the Boston bombing were obviously the t-shirts that signifies the tragedy worn by the crowd, flower (yellow), and perhaps the language or what they called themselves, “Bostonians” (Boston). A social pattern that was shown in the video clips were how they community set aside or “preserved” a day for a memorial (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp. 121). The concept from lecture regarding “sacred time and space,” the Boston bombing memorial/ anniversary was at the location/space that happened/ took place (Hidalgo). From the image of that communicates to members of society that they are polyphony in which makes them aware of their moral unity (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp. 122). Bringing individuals together is “by [the uttering] same cry, pronouncing the same word, or performing the same gesture in regard to some object performing the same gesture in regard to some object that they become and feel themselves to be in unison” (Appelrouth & Edles, 2012, pp.