Palm Beach Story Sociology

"His family were enormously wealthy – even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach – but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance, he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that."

This attitude that the wealthy class has for those in the book ignites the resentment felt by the poor class that resounds in the rest of the story.

In chapter 5, “The Vanished Settlements”, John Viele reveals information about the 21-year span of life on the Keys. The Civil War, living conditions, mosquitoes, fresh water, and isolation are some of the main hardships that many of the settlers had to experience, but only a few could endure the setbacks and live prosperous lives, as well as their families. Henry Geiger, Temple Pent, and Happy Jack were the most prosperous men during the hard times of the Key West, and through others around them, their stories can now live on.

They first encounter dishonesty upon their arrival in America. The agent hired to get them transportation to Chicago takes advantage of them by overcharging and leaving them with virtually no money.

What was it like to live during a time when white and blacks went to separate schools? Thanks to the Little Rock Nine, younger and future generations will never have to know. Led by Daisy Gatson Bates; students Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls took action (History.com). These brave and determined students helped shape education into what it is today by being the first African American students to attend Central High, an all white school in Arkansas, on September 25th, 1957. They chose to fought for what they believe in no matter the consequences, all for the chance to gain equality. They broke the societal norms of segregation,

The story Seabiscuit takes place in California in a time where industries were booming. In this period the great depression also took place and threw out the movie short clips of this time period are shown. The main protagonist, Charles S. Howard is initially a successful automotive mechanic who’s main focus is wealth but his life later takes a tragic twist when his son dies in a car accident, and his wife leaves him shortly after. However not everything is bad luck for the kind hearted Charles as he later married Marcela Zabala and together they formed a new life. John M. Pollard or “Red” happens to be the antagonist and his displayed as a courageous boy raised in a middle class family but due to financial problems he is forced to leave his family. The story “Seabiscuit” depicts the life of Charles S. Howard and many other people’s life during the Great Depression.

The upper class doesn’t have real ambition and they try to use money in its place. Tom and Daisy’s palace is the most apparent example

On May 17, 1954, The Supreme Court declared that all public schools segregation unconstitutional. In, 1955, The Unite States Supreme Court ruled that all schools need to be integrated as soon as possible after the case Brown v. Board of Education. Daisy Gaston Bates, President of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People in the Arkansas Branch, enlisted nine African American students to attend the largest predominately white Central High School. Bates and her husband, L.C Bates, co-published the prominent African American newspaper of the Arkansas Press that encouraged the Little Rock nine to be known everywhere. African American students went through numerous interviews to determine if they were qualified to attend a predominantly

One of the major topics explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while East Egg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, represent the old aristocracy. Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. Gatsby, for example, lives in a monstrously ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a Rolls-Royce,

Cinderella Man is a famous, nonfiction film that was directed by Ron Howard and produced in 2005. The timing of the production of this film can strike as interesting, and maybe even odd; this is because the film begins in the times of the roaring 20’s, when the United States experienced a peak in economic successes. However, the 20’s is not the only developed time period, rather, it is the 30’s that most of the action in the film protagonists’ story will take place. Jim Braddock, a well known, wealthy, married man takes the lead position to show audiences the first-hand impact that the Great Depression had on families of all backgrounds. Braddock's riches-to-rags-to-riches story has inspired the value behind family and hard work and brought hope to his neighbors and fans who found themselves also struggling to find work and pay their bills during one of the greatest the economic downturns in history.

Despite his low IQ, Forrest Gump leads a truly charmed life, taking part in many of the most memorable events in his lifetime. Without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as his life goes by, Forrest never forgets about Jenny, the girl he loved since a

The economic turmoil of the Great Depression is an unparalleled crisis in the history of the modern United States. While recessions of the 1980s and 2000s were each debilitating in their own regard, they pale in comparison to the monstrosity of the 1930s. It is during this period of strife when director Ron Howard sets his 2005 movie Cinderella Man. In the film, James J. Braddock is a former boxing star on the rise amidst the opulence of the Roaring Twenties and serves as a paragon of the American Dream. However, the cruel reality of 1929 took all of this away from Braddock, his wife, and his three children, leaving them to struggle in order to make ends.

This movie took place September 25. 1933 which was four years into the Great Depression. The first impression I got was he was a happy man, was rich and made enough money from wrestling, I was wrong. His family included a wife, a daughter, and two sons. They lived in a run down apartment and didn't have enough money to pay for bills and there milk payment was past due. The daughter, Ariel woke up one morning and wanted breakfast she ate and was still hungry the father convinced her he was full and gave her his breakfast. I could tell by the time this movie is based on because of the music, there clothing, and the style of the town. The father, Jim was trying to get a job and there was many men at the fence trying to

Identify the four major sociological theoretical paradigms. For each, what are the key tenets? How does each explain how society works?

In one scene in the movie, it was very clear how differently the first and second class were. The rich were up in their dining halls, smoking cigars, sipping champagne and drinking tea, while quietly and formally chatting about new money, old money and married money. This was considered to be a party, while downstairs, in steerage, there was dancing and loud, lively music being played. People were chugging beer, bumping into each other and spilling their drinks all over the place. The second class walked among the rats,