My Sociological Imagination Affected My Life

The sociological imagination is basically how society effects an individual and also how the individual affects the society. This also has to do with thinking about the macro and micro aspects of the world. The sociological imagination for example, doesn 't just look at why the individual did something but also how the society could have had an impact on that individuals experience. In 2001, New York City experienced an awful tragedy. The terrorist attacked known as 9/11; which happened on September 11, 2001. This year was a big year for me. My birthday is on September 5, 1996, I started kindergarten in 2001. I could have started the year before but then I would have been only 4 years old. Kindergarten was just getting started, I believe we started in late August, early September this year. Only a few weeks into kindergarten there is a scary terrorist attack. At that age I didn 't know what was going on, all I remember is how sad everyone was. This was the first terrorist attack I can remember, the next one I remember very well was the terrorist attack on Paris. In 2015 there was an attack on Paris by ISIS that caused many deaths. These two events have affected my life personally in a way that makes not only my family but many people scared to go out of the country or leave their homes. My cousin is …show more content…
I’ve been beyond blessed with everything in my life, all the major events in history haven 't affect me or my family in a way that has put us in danger. Bad and good things have happened in my life that hasn 't had a huge impact on society rather than just having an impact on my family. So, thinking about what was something big in society that impacted my life or my families life as a whole was very hard to think about. I now know more as to how the sociological imagination shapes not only my life but others lives as well, but we also shape the lives around