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Examples Of Sociological Imagination

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Sociological Imagination is the ability to draw connections between two abstract social ideas that consist of individual and society. Coined by C. Wright Mills, sociological imagination allows us to recognize the relationship between history and biography, and how affects our lives unnoticeably. As a result, it leads us to identify personal experiences such as births and deaths of a family member are products of public issues in society such as economy blooms and recessions. This encourages us to look at public events holistically and associate it the biography of our families. Thus, helping us to understand of our experiences and what we are currently dealing with. With the use of sociological imagination concepts, I will establish the connections …show more content…

With the death of her mother, my grandmother’s family had three female family members including her. It was during this time that the Japanese were looking for comfort women around the area and being in her prime, my grandmother was forced to hide in Ipoh caves very often to avoid being caught by the Japanese. Sometimes, she would cover her fair skin with charcoal to avoid looking like a Chinese woman because she would have been caught to serve the Japanese men. Her eldest brother, at that time, was acting as a spy for the local retaliation team in order to ensure his family’s safety. The Japanese army murdered him cruelly once his true identity was discovered. After World War II and Malaysia’s Independence, my mother and father were born because Malaysia was finally stable and free from the reign of the British Empire. However, my mother’s family lived frugally as they did not have much wealth to begin with so my mother could not further her education at the time. In addition to that, women were not encouraged to receive much education in due to female oppression at that time. Despite that, my mother was able to finish her secondary education after rebelling against her family. On the other hand, my father grew up in an average household in Sungai Siput as my grandfather was able to save enough money to open a coffee shop. My grandfather’s store was famous for its coffee and kaya bread thus; he was able to easily provide my father’s

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