The Sociological Imagination

George Orwell 1984 George Orwell’s 1984 is about a man who conforms to a dystopian society and his journey throughout his life until he finally believes in all that the society stands for. In the beginning, he believes that Big Brother is a liar and everything created by the people is a fabrication because he is one of those individuals; deleting and rewriting what Big Brother says and has said. Then he meets another person who he thinks is like him but in reality he is being watched. He is…

Draft of Personal Statement My intended major is Sociology. My interest in Sociology developed when I took a course in Crime and Deviance and Introduction to Sociology during my junior year at Berkeley and Contra Costa City College. The fact that Sociology is applicable to everyday life from seemingly trivial to the utmost important issues is what fascinated me. I find I am able to use the information I have learned in Sociology in my day to day life and to better understand how individuals and…

student, teacher, and researcher. Inspired by the potential from understanding social dynamics, I have labored endless hours admiring the work of research from those who exemplify these traits and have become adamant about my pursuit of a career in sociological research. Through these endless hours of labor, I have developed the characteristics and mentality to exceed expectations in the field of sociology through my own life experiences and have become an ideal candidate for UCLA. Previous…

Macbeth’s strong imagination ultimately leads to his immediate downfall and death. “Macbeth has’ an imagination of extraordinary power, which visualizes to the verge of delirium’” (Henry). Macbeth’s mind has taken over his physical conscious and he uses the witches for help which only digs him deeper into eternal…

implemented in 2014. But people’s questions about government’s response led to the sociological thinking about if the Western Australian response to shark attacks is an example of moral panic. Comparing the events with the five elements of typical moral panic according to the sociological theory contributed by Goode and Ben-Yehuda (2009), this…

I looked for 30 days and just be done with it. However, changing my appearance for just 30 days to Goth threw me into this journey of acceptance within myself and other people as well. I came to realize with the help of the looking glass, sociological imagination and the reading we’ve done within the course that everything is not what it seems. Not only is an external altercation the most visible thing I could’ve done, it invoked much thought. The concept of the gothic look came to me as I was…

dissociative disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder is one of the most difficult psychiatric disorders to treat as there are many different aspects of the illness. In order to gain better insight, an etiological exploration from a psychological, sociological, and biological perspective along with theoretical formulations and individual case analysis will be discussed. Lost In a Crowd One of the most common rituals the majority of us perform each day is our commute. Be it work,…

from birth to refrain from deviating. This process has integrated social norms into our lives, including standards regarding race, class, and gender. The scavenger hunt challenged the concepts I have been raised to believe and encouraged sociological imagination. When understanding gender, I noticed a blatant division that I had been blind to in the past. In one specific store, certain products geared towards women for cooking were separated from those marketed towards men for recreational…

Throughout this semester as we all collectively learn the sociological theories of our families that help shape who we are and how we present ourselves as student professionals to world, it’s now easier than ever to analyze that relationship even further in order to hopefully fix the problems we may have or have had growing up. To use what we’ve learned this and apply them proactively in a way that we can answer some of the personal questions we’ve always had, but couldn’t really…

society is not natural, but rather heavily regulated by corporations. Finally, corporations are explained as controllers of the global workforce, in essence turning workers into a means of production themselves. In No Logo, Naomi Klein uses her sociological imagination and the ideas of both Marx and Hegel to formulate a three-part analysis and critique of modern capitalism. In the first section of analysis entitled No Space, logos and brands…