Review Of ' Antz ' By Woody Allen

In the movie “Antz”, the producers tied many governmental issues into the story. The colony was led like a Monarchy, Communism, and Democracy. Communism for example was a major part of the story. Communism is a system where everything belongs to "the community", so people own nothing much more than the clothes on their back, and the State owns everything. It leaves no reward for personal incentive, and even the lives of the populace don't belong to them, but to the State. Resisting was often death. Communism is the next step between socialism and death. The government dictated the entire colony and every aspect of the ant’s lives. The person leading this type of government was General Mandible. An example of why it is communism is because

The major theme of the movie Antz is Individualism vs. Collectivism, it explored the concepts of both ideologies but it does not necessary tell which one is the better option between the two that’s why it is important to know their difference for our better understanding. Individualism as shown in the movie, was Z who is a firm believer of the ideology. He values freedom and the right to express their own beliefs. However in collectivism, they believe that each one of us has a fixed role in the society that we should obey for the benefit of the whole.

The film Beetlejuice is about the story of Adam and Barbara who lived in a house in a beautiful town. After Barbara and Adam die in a car accident, they realized that they have become ghosts, unable to leave their home. When their house is purchased by the Deetzes, a family from the city, adam and Barbara try to scare them away, but they seemed to struggle. Sooner or later, they call the people-exorciser Beetlejuice for some help. However, they realized that Beetlejuice was to dangerous.

After the bugs save the former queen’s daughter, the circus clown bugs was forced to stay in the colony. One night, Flick came up with an idea of building a bird to scare the grasshoppers. Flick told his plan to the queen and the queen relayed Flick’s idea to the rest of the colony. The colony then builds this project bird. In here, you will see how a colony can achieve anything if they work together.

Writer Gregory Mantsios in his article “Class in America”, talks about these things, and how wide the gap is between the rich and the poor and also discusses how the rich continue to get richer, while the poor continue to get poorer. Mantsios gives his readers the profiles and backgrounds of three hard-working Americans, two of them are white males, whose family background as well as education played a role in their success, while the other person is a black woman who is just above the poverty line despite her work as a nurse’s aide. Through these profiles, Mantsios article shows exactly how sex, race and shows how your parental and educational background of a person can play a role in the things that you achieve. Mantsios also talks about one’s performance in school and the level of school completed can suggest whether or not class that person may belong in.

Even the narrator comments “I felt slightly jealous of the boy, and sheepish”. When the boy gives away the grasshopper to a girl, who was one of many who wanted it, the girl shouted out “Oh! It’s not a grasshopper. It’s a bell cricket.”

There are many things in life that can influence the way one acts and decision making to become who one is today. Like the people one surrounds oneself with, the area one lives in, the parents, and last but not least the culture one is from. Although the cultural experience of poverty might have an important influence on the opportunities one gets, our surroundings while growing up also form a stereotypical part of our identity, but the influence from our parents or good role model also teach us valuable experiences. Like in the novel The Distance Between us by Reyna Grande and, the film A Better Life directed by Chris Weitz shows how people can be influenced by their cultural experiences, their surroundings, and their parents actions.

Growing up, almost every parent will tell you, “you can be anything you set your mind to!” or “the possibilities are endless”. But from an early childhood my parents were creating an opportunity structure for my life. Through my 20 years, how I was taught, the places I went to, the people I interacted with and the implications of society and societal norms followed me. As with many other families, my parents focused on setting me up for the best possible future. But little did they know, they were contributing to a society where some people are allotted more privileges and opportunities than others. I will attempt to deconstruct this complex social construction by looking at gender, social class, family influences, race, and socialization; which will be discussed in greater detail further along. When analyzing sociological concepts like gender, social class, and race sociologists use a “sociological lens”. Using a sociological lens will allow me to take the experiences I had and look at them on a broader cultural level. Ultimately sociologists use sociological lenses to better understand how personal experiences not only impact 1 person but how they can be applied in a broader context, allowing individuals to relate to others in society who may have had similar experiences.

The axis of inequality that will be focused throughout this paper is the social class. Social class is defined as a group of individuals who are categorized according to class (i.e. poor, middle, and upper) due to their income, wealth, power, and occupation. Social class is socially constructed by the way we view how much income and wealth a person possess (Ore, 20011a, 10). In reality it is much more than that. According to the text, poverty is not only the shortage of income, but it is the rejection of opportunities and choices that leads a person to a standard way of living (Ore, 2011a, 10). Stereotyping also contributes to it being socially constructed. These stereotypes influence us by defining who is who based on their principles in each class category. This can cause some to feel worthless.

Social inequality stems from many facets of life and mindsets reproduced continuously in America. The main backbone of systematic inequality is formed off of race, gender and class, which all contain crucial aspects that further oppress those subjected to inequality in various aspects of life. The resources-schools, occupations, invested parents- around one fuels the opportunity in their lives, a concept highlighted by Malcom Gladwell, in his book, Outliers. Situations one are brought up in or uncontrollable genetic aspects can very easily restrain their opportunities. Racial discrimination, gender roles and inferiority and the lack of fluidity in the low and working class push inequality, which simultaneously influencing the rich and privileged.

The type of social environment that you are born into will affect the rest of your life. Our Kids by Robert Putnam describes the lives of 20 kids around the United States and the type of social environment they had growing up. The main topic of Our Kids is how socioeconomic status relates to upward mobility and unequal opportunity in society. Previously, people from all socioeconomic classes were experiencing upward mobility during the Golden Age of Capitalism, but nowadays only the upper-middle class and the rich are experiencing upward mobility.

The film Akeelah and the Bee is about an eleven-year-old African American girl living in a low-income area in South Los Angeles. Akeelah and the people around her discover she has a talent for spelling which ultimately leads her to the National Spelling Bee. Despite her mother’s objections about the Bee, Akeelah doesn’t give up her goal in wanting to win the National Spelling Bee. She finds help in her community and the many people around her including a mysterious teacher named Dr. Larabee. As the whole community cheers her on Akeelah makes it to the National Spelling Bee and completes her goal by winning the Bee but not without overcoming her insecurities and the many negative obstacles in her way (Atchison, Akeelah and the Bee). Throughout the movie Akeelah is able to overcome all the challenges put in her way with the help of the relationships she makes within her community, her capabilities and willingness and her determination in reaching her goals, Akeelah becomes a figure for her community that positive things can happen in tough situations if you remain focused and determined.

The girls gathered around Amaya, she took a deep breath before opening it, she closed her eyes, then suddenly, rip! The silver box pieces flew everywhere. As soon as she tour the front of it a life like robot rolled out. Amaya jumped back frightened. The robot came toward the girls as they sat there with their moths dropped down to the floor.

They have their ups and downs, struggling to define who they are, in an often cruel society (Davis, 2009). The two main themes found within the documentary focus on strife in their current lives, and the potential for a better future, both of which relate to our class

Society is complex and diverse. In such a diverse society, individuals may have different life experiences to one another. While some individuals have positive viewpoints in the society, others may differ in an negative aspect. In this socio-autobiography, I argue that the society is an nightmare as humans develop a whole range of complex sociological concepts. The following paragraphs will explain the struggle of my life experiences being influenced by using the concepts of gender, race and ethnicity and power.