Compare And Contrast Michael And David's Life

Social structure is “the internal institutionalized relationships built up by persons living within a group (such as a family or community) especially with regard to the hierarchical organization of status and to the rules and principles regulating behavior”. This definition is stating that, ones family has a great influence on a childs life and upcoming. The environment in which they are bought up in also has a great impact. As it did with Michael and David.
Michael was born in a low-income, predominantly black area, which was located in Los Angeles, Watts. Michael was born in jail shortly after his mother was arrested for knife fightinf while impregnated. Micheal’s life was already planned to be a disaster at birth, especially since his mother did not want …show more content…
His mother put him in a situation that affected his whole life. He was bound to go to jail because his mother went to jail. He was also bound to go to jail because of his environment. He raised around gang violence everyday. So, to him that was normal which is why he followed in the footsteps of others. He was also affected by his mother because all he knew was to steal, because he has to steal for food and everything he needs to get. He 's not used to working for things that he needs because his mother never showed him. Neither did his father.
David on the other hand was raised in a good social structure. David 's parents were rich and very powerful. David also had a multiple sibling but they were well provided for. David had a nice size house with no spiders, rats or cockroaches. It takes the house took 50,000 a year to maintain. David 's summers were filled with estates and sailing in expensive boats. David began working at his uncles bank as an assistant manager of a foriegn department. he worked there for 3 years and was promoted to vice president. a few years later he became president and