Sociology

With the traditional tale of zombies going further back than most alive can remember, let’s hope you have entered the realm of the undead at least once in your life. Whether just randomly stumbling upon the topic in your favorite magazine or being a hardcore dedicated zombie fan, most people past the age of eight years old will more than likely know what a zombie is. How can the details of these intense creatures not be planted in your minds? Rotten flesh, amputated limbs, exposed organs, and…

Dream House is a horror movie with stars: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Naomi Watts. Neighbor just informed Will that the house he live in it hunted, because the whole family that lived there had died tragically. Publisher Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby (Rachel Weisz), and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. As they settle into their home, however, the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there,…

In July 2013 began a wake of the “Black Lives Matter” which is an activist movement campaign against police brutality against African Americans. However, there have been some opinion debates I have heard that the reason for the police are shooting down unarm African American is because they’re white and the way they bought up as a child believing that all African American are evil when that’s not even accurate. The Political and community leader also helps to socialize people and influence…

Sexual harassment has serious emotional effects on its victims. It can also do damage to a victim's career. If you bring a sex harassment case in court, getting through it may seem almost as difficult as the harassment itself. Many victims of sexual harassment suffer damage to their self-esteem, they often feel powerless and may even believe that they are at blame for the harassment. Some victims also feel stigmatized; that no one believes them; or that no one thinks what they endured is serious…

Certain underlying motifs such as the subjective point of view, social and moral critiques, involvement of the audience, or the not ego ideal male protagonist can be used to characterize the Hitchcock film. His 1954 film Rear Window operates by implicating the viewer in the narrative as it presents a visual analysis on the nature of human curiosity and interactions. Throughout the film, L.B. Jeffries, played by James Stewart, is bound to his wheelchair and finds himself peering into the lives of…

Currently I am enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with an Emphasis in Cyber Security from Grand Canyon University. This course requires you to have Everyday Sociology which prepares you to deal with social relationships such as race, gender religion, and economic/social class. Followed by some English Composition II skills to help you communicate effectively in writing. Then there’s Psychology in Everyday Life which prepares you to study the mindset of an individual…

to get him to work on something. He is convinced that he is dropping some classes. I called Ruben during AEP so that he could explain to Malik why he could not drop two classes. He claims he has an alternate assignment for Project 1 in SOCI1030-2 Sociology of The Family. He has not shown proof of such an assignment. He said, that his alternate assignment was to watch "12 years a slave" and "Django Unchained" and compare the themes in a 10 page paper with his partner (Leeward). I have not seen…

Before I can touch upon rap and its hyper masculine message, first I have to give some cultural context as to why rappers rap about the things they have claimed to experience. This started because of the decimation of the black family. Throughout history especially during the slave trade black family have been broken up whether on the selling block when mothers and fathers would be separated from their children by slave masters. To present day when a father is sent to jail away from his family…

Mental illness is a sensitive subject that few people are comfortable talking about. Despite its touchy nature, mental illness is an unfortunate part of life that many people are exposed to, either through knowing a loved one suffering from mental illness, or that they have this type of disease themselves. These types of illnesses can have numerous effects that usually lead to the deterioration of a person’s health in both the psychological and physical sense. One notable example of a mental…

The New South course covered shift the American South and what made this shift so significant. The New South economically and sociologically changed after the Civil War. The aftermath caused the South to be poor and rural; they were still dependent on the agricultural economy. It soon followed the North’s example of industrialization significantly changed the South’s economy. In turn, this brought more populations as well as diversity to the South. This reflects in what is seen as the New South…