Instructions
SOC 122: Essay 2 Sociological Analysis of Fictional World
Purpose
This essay fulfills several learning outcomes for this course:
explain and apply sociological theories and concepts
synthesize sociological concepts and explain these concepts through written or oral communication.
Submit essays as one of following files types: .txt, .rtf, .doc, .docx, .pdf. All file submissions need to be compatible with Turnitin.
Instructions
Essays are worth 7.5 percent of your grade. This essay is a minimum of 600 words. Please use 12 point font and make it single spaced.
This essay requires you to choose an additional film, television show, video game or book to review. This essay asks you to analyze a fictional world using sociological concepts. In this essay you will be describing the fictional world and using three concepts from the course to analyze the world. To begin this assignment you can choose any film, television show, video game, fictional book, etc. While watching or listening to it, take note of social inequality, gender norms, power, social stratification etc. The three concepts you include are up to you but need to be from the beginning (weeks 2-6), middle (weeks 7-9), and end (weeks 10-15). Any additional course materials uploaded to D2L can be referenced as well.
Writing Style: Analytical and Academic. This means you need to demonstrate your understanding of course materials by applying concepts to the subculture. Do not provide definitions of concepts in the essay. You need to use full sentences and paragraphs in this essay.
Introduction: Begin your essay with one paragraph summary (200 words or less) of the fictional world you are analyzing. Add details on the place, time period, and groups of people who were in the film. You should include relevant details that will be helpful to understand your analysis.
Body: In the body of the essay, include course concepts and relate them to the fictional world. You do not need to define the terms. You need to apply them to the fictional world through sociological analysis. In your essay you are not merely describing the world but analyzing its stratification, social roles, inequality, and culture. In your essay cover socialization or culture, race, class, or gender, and structure and institutions in the society. The following questions are suggestions if you cannot come up with concepts on your own. Questions to consider answering in the essay.
How is the society organized? Who rules and how do they rule? How do they have the consent of the masses? What type of authority applies to the groups and government?
How are gender roles decided and reinforced? How are children socialized into the norms?
How is power distributed between groups or cultures? Is the society egalitarian or stratified? What type of stratification is found in the society?
How are elections held? How is the society governed? How is social change managed?
Is there widespread inequality? What is the group’s relationship to natural resources?
Conclusion: End your essay with a discussion of what your analysis reveals about the society, inequality, and cultures in general. This conclusion should demonstrate your understanding of course materials in the course so far.
Suggested movies: Antz Movie, Mary Poppins Returns, Spirited Away, Black Panther, Hunger Games, Boyz in the Hood, Boys Don’t Cry, etc.
Television shows: Reservation Dogs, Blue Bloods, NCIS, Atypical, Goliath, Two and Half men, 911, Handmaid’s Tale, Pose, Gossip Girls, etc.
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