John C. Pemberton

Calixto 1 Marco Calixto Instructor: Jamie Schulman Soc 103: Section 1 11/27/17 Paper Report Subculture: Greasers The term “subculture” is defined in the dictionary as “a culture within a broader mainstream culture, with its own separate values, practices, and beliefs.” Studying subculture in the perspective of a sociologist, is to understand and comprehend a specific culture. In today’s modern society of America, there are many variety of subcultures that a sociologist can examine…

Aliens. The end of the world. School. All topics that teenagers think about. As a young adult, I find that the emotions of a teenager are never given justice in society. As a lonely student going throughout her daily routine of trudging off to school, completing homework, eating and sleeping, I often lie awake at night, wondering if these monotonous actions are really all life is meant to be. And as an avid reader, I sometimes find it arduous to locate books that accurately describe the real…

“A Grief Observed” tells us about the experiences of its author, C. S. Lewis, during his time of darkness, of grief, anger, confusion, and doubt. It tells us about Lewis struggle in life, especially after he loses his most loving wife Joy Davidson due to cancer. Reading the book, one will see how a believer of God journeys through negative moments of belief, reflecting on his faith, then realizing the fault in it which enables Lewis to purify his faith. In the first chapter of this book, Lewis…

The short story “Robert and the dog” by Ken Saro-Wiwa tells the story of a steward and his master and mistress. The main character is the steward named Robert. Robert’s master is a medical doctor and originally a bachelor. Robert is very content with his situation in the household up until the doctor’s wife moves in from Europe. The wife treats Robert very well, and he feels appreciated in the household. But soon Robert starts to develop a strong hatred towards the family dog, named Bingo.…

Mohan Rakesh was very socially aware, his characters show how aware he was of society and the way that people think and act in a particular situation. Four plays of Mohan Rakesh are being analyzed from the point of view of Social Consciousness, leading to the whole idea of Morality that really drives society. How the ‘boundaries’ of Morality keep the characters caught up in situations and states from where there is No Exit. Some characters are not even given a choice to leave, while some are,…

Ryan Hartwich 12 / 03 / 2017 Essay 4: Comment on the statement “We are what society makes us” In their scientific paper “Relation between Individual and Society” M. Anayet Hossain and Md. Korban Ali of the Department of Philosophy of University of Chittagong in Chittagong, Bangladesh, state that “Man depends on society. It is in the society that an…

Sociology is known to be the study of society itself, the relationship between people and the community; this is used to understand how our actions shape everything around us. They investigates social causes or issues such as the effects of a community on a person, gender identity, as well as race. To do so they may design research projects, collect data through observation or surveys, and collaborate with sociologist all around the world to seek help to test their theories out. To look at the…

Inflammation is a good thing. It is the natural way your body responds to threats such as infections or wounds. We have all seen inflammation at work when we have pain and redness at an injury. We say it looks inflamed, and it literally is, because injury activates the inflammatory response. When is inflammation a problem? When inflammation lasts for long periods of time, we call it chronic, and it can cause problems. Some common causes of chronic inflammation include allergies, autoimmune…

The roles of inductive and deductive reasoning can be seen as polar opposites, but they can actually be complimentary to one another. There are situations where these two reasonings merge, such as criminal investigations. There is also many signs of these two ways of reasoning being complimented infamous mystery novels, such as Sherlock Holmes. One example of this is the Sherlock Holmes tale, “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”. This tells a story of a Veteran James M. Dodd, who served in…

The Progressive Era was a period of time to objectively remove problems caused by immigration, industrialization, corruption in the government, and urbanization. Many people had an influential effect during this era, such as Samuel Gompers, Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, and so much more. But, out of all of these people, Booker T. Washington had one of the biggest influences on African Americans. This is because he opened a school for training other African American teachers,…