How Did History Make The Dominance Of Weird Societies

It has been said that history is bound to repeat itself, some might say it is because the human mind thinks alike in more ways than one. This is proven in many ways including the properties and function processes of a variety of communities. Take a look at today’s society, people are ranked on social class based upon their source of income and how they are presented. They are continuously told the rule book for life by those who hold high authority and we feed off of money. We are willing to throw away our principles we vowed to stand by to earn another dime to our salary. 4,000 years ago these same problems arose in some of the earliest civilizations known to man. In Mesopotamia civilians had to deal

Hey..Hey buddy, You think that your society is perfect, without any flaws or worries? Well, that's what the Romans and what Nazi Germany thought, and where are they now? Gone. That's where they are. Even in the fiction book, Ready Player One, they thought they were so tough, but not anymore. These Societies may have been powerful and wealthy, but they all suffered the same fate. Corrupt leaders, turned the society upside down. Poverty, affected the moral of the civilization, bringing it down. Wars destroyed the society, making it weak to attacks. Even the most powerful and beautiful civilizations, fall due to Corrupt leaders, Poverty, and wars.

What is history? We look at these past civilizations, making assumptions and criticisms about their ways of life as if we know exactly what they were thinking. In reality, we have no idea how they justified the actions that we judge. Soon we will be the past and we will be looked upon from future civilizations that attempt to understand our cultures. This thought can be quite overwhelming when one thinks how we will be viewed. In Chuck Klosterman’s novel “But what if we’re Wrong,” he delves into the idea of what past cultures would think of our views towards them as well as future generations analyses of us. We tend to make vague assumptions of their actions rarely considering their thoughts during the time. Many of their actions were based on the time they lived in and the resources available to them, not always having a choice towards joining different culture norms. Before we judge these past civilizations we must first consider what people in the future will think of our current society.

Every event in human history is marked by its context. The sociocultural background is going to always be found throughout human history, because the human being is a social animal

Steven Weber once said, “What’s hard, it seems, is living up to the expectation democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society. ” This is related because Julius Caesar, a leader in one of shakespeare’s plays, was thought to be a great leader based on his strength, popularity, and opinion of the people as a whole. Society creates expectations of what the individual is expected to look like in the physical and mental state as well as his achievements which affects the way people look at life. These rules and the way one another looks at each other all affects this culture. Like in “julius Caesar” the human species can also be manipulated.

Throughout history, people have looked towards past history to recognize the problems that society endured. Some might say certain time periods was the best time to live as others periods were full of failure and the mistakes and should not be repeated. The idea of a perfect time to live is known as “golden age thinking” which is ultimately defined as a certain time period is better than the one they live in today. This hasty generalization bases an entire era with very little evaluation and thought due to people lacking to realize there is no such thing as the best era. However certain times may have accompanied better economic stability or less social oppression such as Stephanie Coontz’s article “What We Really Miss About the 1950s.” The idea of making a golden age by force by structuring society in very detailed manners causes a loss of privacy, choice and ultimately a loss of freedom due to the deprivation of individuality. The loss of individuality causes a loss in competition within a society causing people to lose interest in being more than what is just allowed like in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s short story “Harrison Bergeron.” Every era in history has had its setbacks but that is why every time period is run through trial and error.

George Orwell’s political parable, 1984, portrays an oppressive and dictatorial government, which thereby presents to the reader a palpable sense of danger and malevolence born out of the creation of a counter utopic totalitarian regime. Orwell’s nihilistic creation of Oceania, presents a world wherein every aspect of private and public life is abhorrently regimented and regulated by the autocratic ‘Big Brother’. The whole population at large is forced to conform to the ideals and beliefs of the tyrannical ‘party’ as a means of not only survival but also a means of being able to live an unabated existence. The party opposes all forms of individuality and

James Baldwin once said: “History is not the past. History is the present. We carry our history with us. To think otherwise is criminal”. This quote stated by James Baldwin perfectly summarizes the many problems that people are acquainted within society. Throughout history, people are bunched up into groups where they are labeled certain things which carries on into today’s world. People are not viewed as individuals with the certain choice making abilities but rather subjected to being grouped by irrelevant factors into certain groups. By doing this, other people are able to take advantage of these people that are classified into groups by exploiting them for their own benefit. This is the unfortunate system which history has allowed to

I am doing my movie review over “Inception” which we recently watched in Senior Comp. My three criteria’s are suspense, action, and good actors. I believe these three criteria’s are important in making a movie good because they keep the audience into the movie and the more people want to watch the movie, the more reviews it gets, it will grow on the Box Office.

While Mesopotamian cultures were organized around the complex building projects needed to irrigate their fields, societies in the Nile River had other pressures. Their cropland was regularly fertilized and irrigated, so their complexity developed out

As we all have observed, throughout history each culture or society has unique norms that are acceptable to that group of people. Therefore, to establish and come to the acceptance of these basic norms, each society must develop its’ own strategies and techniques to encourage the fundamentals of behavior, which is clear in our modern society. Most do assume that everyone in a society will follow and respect such norms. However, some tend to deviate from the adequate norms and demonstrate deviant behavior. Nevertheless, we are inclined to ask ourselves, why do people decide to violate such important standards of living?

Animal Farm is an example of dystopian literature and not an example of utopian literature because Propaganda is used to control the animals of the farm, the animals fear the outside world, and the animals lack freedom. Firstly, Propaganda is used to control the animals of the farm. For example, in chapter 3, Napoleon makes the animals do a "Spontaneous Demonstration" which is where the animals all lineup and the horses yell "Long live Comrade Napoleon". This boosts Napoleon's self-image and gives no reason for the animals to rebel

My parents migrated from the Dominican Republic in order to achieve the ‘American Dream’, the national ethos, the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. However, my mother comes home from work exhausted, with her hands peeling from harsh chemicals and soaps, propagandizing the importance of a college degree to me while she slips off the shoes that she put on at four in the morning. My mother tried to complete an associate degree after my birth, but the series of tribulations associated with raising two children, maintaining a part-time job, and trying to get a college degree was too much to bear and she did not complete her education.

Rapidly flourishing throughout civilization, varying in geological location and social classes, secret societies have thrived on the basis of bonding men. A secret society is an organization comprised of members devoted conserving its secrets; however, a great society is a society that becomes more captivating as it unfolds (Beidelman 6). Secret organizations were established to form a tradition that allowed the survival of the organization’s concepts and practices without influence from outside forces (Still 29). Once an individual dedicates himself or herself to an organization, the individual depends on the organization as a source of enlightenment formally withheld from him or her. The organization must secure an individual security to gain his submission without resistance (Simmel 2). Societies refrain from releasing their practices, ideas, and members to protect themselves and their members from persecution because many civilizations consider any relation to a secret organization diabolical. Without the basis of secrecy, many members would not have joined due to the opposition from society. The secrecy of the organization attracts members like moths to luminous light, each seeking the thrill of discovering a world full of unimaginable, forbidden secrets (Still 29,45). It is not the society withheld from civilization that attracts attention from the public, yet it is the secrets that lie within the society (Estevez 61). Although someone becomes a member, he or she is

The sociocultural model suggests that abnormal behavior is the result of broad forces influencing an individual (Comer, 2015). By using this approach, the therapist is equipped to help Sara understand her irrational thoughts, atypical behaviors, and overall degree of abnormal functioning. Whilst, emphasizing the family-social and multicultural perspectives; a main tenet in facilitating individual experiences in sociocultural therapy. Taking into account, Sara’s traditional Japanese customs and values, coupled with cultural sensitivities and the norm within her respective society (Comer, 2015). Thus, in understanding Sara, the therapist should first focus on her awareness of familial hardships or stress since moving to the United States, helping Sara to identify and express any degree of unhappiness or discomfort.