Reference class forecasting

Is it really possible for people to change? In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, the thought of people changing their ways for the better is expressed, throughout this story. In this novella Scrooge, the protagonist, is a dynamic character, and his grand change is from the doing of three ghosts. Scrooge evolved and became a generous person by overcoming greed. He was very greedy. A man asked him if he would like to donate to the poor, and Scrooge replied no, in the rudest manner possible.…

Educating Rita – Exploring Transitions Good morning/afternoon Mr Hope, and class. Have you ever wondered what exploring transitions means? Well It basically refers to ways individuals experience the journey into new phases of life and a new social context. The transition from one way of life or social background into another can change the person who is moving as well as those they meet along the way. This is deeply portrayed in Willy Russel’s “Educating Rita” which depicts the characters…

Sociology involves a unique way of thinking as one should have a broad mind in order to see little difference in everyday routine (Johnson Bethany 03 June 2015). Indeed, the sociological imagination is a concept used by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills to describe the ability to “think yourself away from the familiar routines of everyday life” and look at them from an entirely new perspective (Johnson Bethany 03 June 2015). In order to develop such skills, one must be able to free…

conflict that exists between the different classes in society in terms of wealth and social status. In the novel, the settings reflects the level of social and wealth status each character has. There is a clash between the old money, new money and lower class. It arises from old money’s traditional views and new money and the lower classes’ desire for more. Setting is used to emphasise this through the three distinct settings in the novel that represent their level of wealth and status in…

The text’s urge the reader to not marry below their class as the wife’s family will take you wealth. Likewise, the text’s section on marriage encourages the young men reading to marry above them, or at the very least, marry within their own class. The sections on courtship and marriage conform to Smith’s idea that a “social pedigree” is part of the defining qualities of masculinity. They also present…

At the beginning of the year each Jubilee Ringer was given two songs to learn and memorize. Their success would be determined by how well they occupied their time to achieve the goal. The reward for mastering the task would be a scholarship award. After months of disciplined practice, the moment finally came when the Jubilee Ringers stood before an audience and performed their piano selections. After the scholarship concert, several students asked “did I do well?” One day Jesus was…

John Hughes wrote and directed the cult-like movie which is set in the 1980s called the Breakfast Club. The movie is about high school students that all do something wrong during school and end up in a day-long Saturday detention with an extremely strict principal that has them work towards a single goal. Throughout the movie the interaction among the different characters is very interesting and eye opening about how people can learn to get along and to communicate, The diversity of the group,…

I grew up surrounded by women, but with women who were enclosed in the mentalities of a male-dominated society. We spun on the axis of sexism. We walked the grounds of bias opinions. We got caught up in the silent winds of voices unheard and cloudless skies of faces unseen. Now fast-forward twenty years, my niece is growing up surrounded by women. Times have changed. The women surrounding her have broken out of this enclosure. We have created our own rotational spin of balance. We walk the…

Bread Givers is a novel written by Anzia Yezierska in 1925 that talks about the life of a young immigrant Jewish girl living with her family in Lower East New York in the early twentieth century. One of the themes depicted in the novel is about the various challenges a women face in their traditional families. Sara Smolinsky, our ten-year-old girl character from Russia who came to America, in search of a better life. Her family includes her three sisters along with her parents, who are in search…

study the inner-workings of struggle, why struggle occurs, and how the ruling class manages to hold onto their power during struggle. Marxian conflict theory is quite a complex topic once you begin to dissect it. In fact, Marx conflict theory is a sort of ongoing conversation amidst various theorists. From these conversations we have learned that there are a few types of basic conflicts including: Conflict theory regarding class, race and ethnicity, gender, Conflict theory…