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Though generalization in nature excludes outliers and exceptions, it serves as a perfect method of exemplification in Rodriguez’s essay, as his argument involves not a specific situation or individual, but rather a national culture as a whole. Throughout the essay, Rodriguez states several themes of American society to support his idea that Americans have weak family values. The principle of departure from home is mentioned early in the essay. “The assurance of family–continuity, inevitably–is precisely what America encourages its children to overturn. Become your own man,” Rodriguez states (Rodriguez 310). Americans see dependence on family members as a terrible weakness. Therefore, committing an act like living with one’s parents during an economically difficult time, such as Rodriguez in fact committed, is frowned upon by society. Going away to study, and leaving one’s guardians is a sign of manhood and success. Ignoring the exceptions to this argument, such as the parents that persuade their children to study near home, or the children who come home with much enthusiasm, Rodriguez simply states what he thinks is dominant in American culture. He mentions particular examples that represent the weaknesses in American family life to make a generalization that allows his argument to appear much stronger. Later in the essay, he goes on to compare American values to those of the Chinese. A comment made by Rodriguez’s

In today’s society, family is often attempted to be organized within a social structure. Within this structure family typically is consisted of mom, dad, daughter, and son. However, many families do not fit into this configuration. These families may include same sex couples, separated or divorced families, extended families, or even blended families. Even though these families may be happy and healthy, to many they are not considered real families. Going along with the topic of imperfect families, both Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Rodriguez try to break down the traditional family structure through their writing. While Kingsolver’s “Stone Soup” and Rodriguez’s “Family Values” explore the ideas of different family structures and traditional American values, “Stone Soup” breaks down what an actual family is like while “Family Values” expresses the value of family in different cultures.

For many the concept of teenage suicide is almost always correlated with the psychological mindset of the individuals. However, there is a lot of the factors behind these horrifying events that actually are more sociologically related. These catastrophic events are directly correlated with interactions with the world. The loss of teenagers across the world is increasing and it is a subject that should be touched on in both sciences. Throughout this paper the study of teen suicide in the sociological view will be discussed by going through Emile Durkheim’s studies and the sub groups in which it can occur. These events are related back to such things as social rejection, religious beliefs and social situations. This paper will also touch on the different types of suicide and what the suicides correlate with. The main purpose of this paper is to show how teen suicide is not only a psychological problem with students but to breakdown the areas in which cause these feelings.

Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarksian have shed new light on the subject of minority families and their differences to the traditional nuclear families in their essay, “The Color of Family Ties.” According to their work, those of White descent make up most of all nuclear families which can be described as a father, mother and children all living in one household. Gerstel and Sarkasian point out that it is not always the case that, “Black and Latino/a, especially Puerto Rican families are more disorganized than White families, and that their families ties are weaker,” as they are often thought of by those in politics or the media (62). In fact Gerstel and Sarkasian write, “Blacks and Latinos/as, are as likely as

As history reveals, economically, Hispanic families often consisted of various children in order to continue the bloodline and to provide the family with free laborers; however, religiously, Hispanics since they are Catholic, they did not believe in contraceptives. Moreover, in many Hispanic households the male was often the head of the household and the woman did not make any decisions; therefore, the men often made decisions in regards to the couples sexual interactions and how many children the woman was to bear—“machismo”. Unfortunately, many Hispanics have continued to pass down their traditional views to today’s generations of Hispanics, which has been adopted alongside of American values and customs. As a result, many Hispanic children have matured confused in regards to what they must believe and

As Latina adolescences adopt the customs and practices of the American culture, they become distance from their original old-fashioned behaviors. Latina adolescences grow into a bicultural individuality between two different

According to Durkheim’s theories, suicide is the result of disturbances in the balance of social integration and regulation for an individual. Social integration can be defined as one’s connection to a social group, and moreover as the purpose and meaning provided to an individual’s life through said group. Common sources of social integration include: religion, domestic groups, political groups, and ethnic groups. Often social integration can be associated with social regulation. Social regulation can be understood as the social and moral rules that regulate what is right or wrong; and good or bad. Durkheim uses these terms to understand suicide as a social fact, or a result of a force that is beyond the individual. He sees social integration

During the study of suicidal behaviour, Emile Durkheim's arguments became the basis for promoting research in modern society. Suicide is explained as one of the deepest and most social social phenomena representing the reality of a society. Durkheim claims that suicide is a serious problem, and it reveals the downside of development in various social phases. In addition, during the psychological analysis, Durkheim has shown the transition from traditional agricultural societies to organizational support societies, which have lost the value of community connections and intimate family relationship. Structural loss is affirmed as a danger to modern society. Therefore, the knowledge of these facts becomes a useful solution to help society find its own way of effective regulation.

Durkheim claimed that within society there were two main reasons for the increase in suicide rates: egoistic suicide increased when individual members of society did not assimilate into society’s social life, as for anomic suicide this increase is due to the weakness and lack of regulation of society’s norms and values when considering individuals wants and need. The correlation between the level of social assimilation, regulation and suicide rates highlights the control that society holds over the individual. Durkheim (1893, p.21) proposed that, society was separate to the individual and even suicide had its place within the roots of society.

In his research paper “Suicide: a study of sociology”, Emile Durkheim primarily argues that suicide is not necessarily an act of individualisation but rather it’s an act that is influenced by one’s position in his or her society. Each society, according to Durkheim, has its definite quota of suicide. Durkheim provides understanding of the societal conditions that contribute to increased rates of suicide within various types of cultural and religious groups. One condition which contributes to the increased suicide rates in the society is integration, which is the sense that an individual is part of a society. According to Durkheim, individuals who are either extremely under integrated into society or over integrated into society are the most

The main purpose of this document is to give an explanation to Durkheim’s theory in the light of his sociological analysis of suicide. I will stress the importance of suicide that Durkheim considered and how he was competent enough to present reasons to the social causes, as well as examining the variations in suicide rates by means of his hypothesis of social integration and regulatory functions of society. In doing so, this will determine the outcome if there are any complications to his theory.

Most of Durkheim’s work on suicide was published in his third book, Suicide. It was a very important book because it was a serious effort to establish empiricism in sociology. This empiricism would provide a sociological perspective on a phenomenon that was previously psychological and individualistic.

Durkheim's Work in Sociology " Some studies maybe more recent, but Durkheim's work remains the most significant Sociological analysis of Suicide in modern societies" Assess the extent to which Sociological arguments and evidence support this claim.

I have chosen to do research on Émile Durkheim because of the fact that he is considered one of the "founding fathers" of modern sociology and, because of his research on how industrialized societies caused it’s people to become unhappy and resulted in higher suicide rates as compared to less industrialized societies. This work of his is called Suicide and it grabbed my attention from the moment I found out about it. To me Suicide is such an intriguing research study and I would have never imagined that a technologically advanced and modern society would play such a big part in contributing to the suicide rate increasing within a society. Aside from that, just the sheer fact that Durkheim is an important contributor to the discipline of sociology makes him quite interesting to want to research. In the end, the information I learn from this research can help me better understanding the discipline of sociology by exposing me to the theories and the work of a well known and important sociologist. By exploring Durkheim’s work, I am opening doors that will lead me into the sociological world, which will connect me to other sociological topics and theorists, furthering my knowledge on the subject.

Each of Durkheim’s hypothesis involve some aspect of social state or social gender, age, occupation, religion, marital status etc. He wanted to show that suicide was to be thought of in social terms not individual terms which it had been thought as. Durkheim was seen as one of the “Fathers of sociology” and his work is greatly admired. Durkheim's research and hypotheses have helped my understanding of suicide in social terms and has helped me in seeing the different types of suicide and the different rates. His work has shown me not only look at suicide from an individual point of view but to look at the individuals social setting and social influences around them and see how those influences have impacted the