Emile Berliner

Perspective Introduction Emile Durkheim plays a pivotal role in the field of sociology. His innovative research paved the way to new theories that help us explain and understand the way society works. Durkheim is responsible for numerous contributions to the field of sociology, but is often known for his theories on collective conscience, solidarity, and anomie. Collective Conscience Collective conscience denotes the interest of the collective level of society (Emile Durkheim).…

The difference between whether or not a person is to be considered a failure or a success lies in their death. Throughout Into The Wild ,Chris McCandless was a young boy who graduated as a straight A student at Emory University Instead of pursuing his career he headed into the wild of the West and Alaskan frontier to inter country of his own soul.He was more of a misguided boy struggling with his place in the world, made himself ultimately a failure rather than success because of the mistakes…

As we jump “Into the Wild” story of Chris McCandless’s journey throughout the Alaskan wilderness, Jon Krakaur, the author uses rhetorical devices to further delve into the novel and the underlying points of McCandless’s adventure. In the novel, “Into the Wild”, Jon Krakaur uses pathos, imagery, and arrangement to solve the overarching questions related to motive, the effects of setting, and the mental state of Chris McCandless. These uses of rhetorical devices also help readers formulate…

The uncomfortable truths of humanity, what are they? Before I can state that, I'll need to explain what the film, “Into The Wild,” is about. To put it shortly, Chris McCandless is a young man who leaves everyone he knows to live alone in Alaska; this is all in his attempt to escape from society and to achieve ultimate freedom. Also, the director is Sean Penn. Throughout this essay, I'll be contrasting the wilderness against society to show how humans are distancing themselves from their…

Describe in a paragraph the trip Muir took exploring the ice cone, what did he find? Include a quote. Muir went out exploring nature at any opportunity he could find. During one of his many expeditions, Muir encountered an avalanche in his efforts to find out the source of the thunderous noise. He initially mistook the noise to be coming of from falling boulders. His encounter with the avalanche leads him to categorize the avalanches in two and he further states where exactly the annual…

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London is an American short story that is about a man that goes out into the freezing cold Yukon, Alaska. Jack uses many literary tools throughout his story. The best ones that he used throughout his story is setting, imagery, and point-of-view. “London emphasizes the existential theme in “To Build a Fire” in several ways, the most important of which is his selection of the setting in which the story takes place.” (lonestar.edu). The story is set in Yukon, Alaska,…

A Strong Ego Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a book surrounding the whereabouts of Chris McCandless and why McCandless really decided to take the big journey into the Bush. Into the Wild tries connect the dots with McCandless´ actions with different young adults who happened to do similar journeys like this. Krakauer interviewed different people that McCandless has encountered through his adventure and how he reacted towards them. McCandless also had a small notebook that allows us to go into…

Discussion and analysis of Marx, Durkheim and Freud, ideologies INTRODUCTION This essay attempts a discussion, analysis and evaluation of the ways, Marx, Durkheim and Freud applied sociological and psychological theories to define and understand the social world. It also does the same to Marx’s work on alienation and its impact on health, Freud’s work on psychoanalysis and its impact on contemporary understanding of mental illness and Durkheim’s work on suicide and its explanation of the causes…

Finding ones true character is something most people have difficulty discovering, and sometimes can take a whole life time. Rebirth is helpful in the process of self discovery, since it involves getting rid of the past. Sean Penn is the director of the film Into The Wild, which speaks of Chris McCandless’ journey toward finding himself. Chris McCandless left his family and belongings behind to start a new life. The film has chapters which go from “my own birth” which is re-birth to the last one…

In my essay I will be describing an aspect of contemporary society, suicide, through the ideas of Emile Durkheim. Durkheim was a French social scientist and philosopher, born in Epinal in 1858 and died 1917 in Paris. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emile-Durkheim]. He was fascinated by suicide, and wrote a book Suicide: A Study in Sociology. The book deeply examines suicide and reveals that there can be social causes to suicide. Durkheim emphasises that everyone needs a certain level of…