Sociological Theories In The Movie Divergent

Sociologically, the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” deals with the ideas of the Structural Functionalist Theory. Structural Functional theory deals with the concept of “seeing society as a complex system whose parts work together to

The film portrayed an important message and brought awareness to an issue that is normally overlooked. It also incorporated three different theories,Structural Functionalism, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist, and brought real life examples to them. Structural Functionalist showed not all theories can work effectively and that in some societies this hypothesis does not apply. Next, the Conflict theory displayed that no matter where you go, there are groups in society that will always be fighting against each other for a scarce item. Finally, the Symbolic Interactionist theory showed that all groups in societies work with one another and that experiences can change the way that reality is perceived and affect the choices that are made by these encounters. The video also implicated the science of sociology in the way that the information was presented and how the clip was laid out. This movie about a small town along the Appalachian mountains is so much more than just a video for entertainment. It is about helping bring awareness to a horrible situation and associating theories of sociology while doing

Structural Functionalism aims to understand society in an objective way. It views society as an entity that is “objectively real”. It emphasizes the unity of society, and how individuals perform roles and how these roles are vital in meeting the needs of the collective whole. For instance, because every society has stratification, stratification must have certain functions and these functions can contribute to the survival of the social system as a whole. Furthermore, structural

Structural functionalism is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. Essentially, structural functionalism is how every part of society fits and works together to keep everyone involved, united and to support the process of moving our nation forward. The colony that Flik lives in and that encounters an issue is its own small part of the world that follows structural functionalism; however, when Flik ventures off into the bug world to find warrior bugs it is easy to see ways that structural functionalism works outside of the colony. In the ant colony, the audience can see structural functionalism because each ant has a job that they do to ensure the success of the colony. The ants collect food together and follow orders from people who are higher in position like Princess Atta or The Queen. Through following orders and working together, the colony is able to find a balance and accept what they must do to become successful in fulfilling the needs of not only themselves but also the demanding grass hoppers.

One of the main sociological theories is functionalism. Functionalism is a macro-consensus theory. The fact that it is ‘macro’ means it analyses society through social institutions such as: peer groups, education, workplace, mass media and religion, and the fact that it is ‘consensus’ means functionalists focus on the harmony is society ad see society working as a human body would [https://www.thoughtco.com/functionalist-perspective-3026625]. They claim society is made up of interrelated parts that work together to maintain homeostasis. Functionalists see the world through rose-tinted glasses so focus on the stability, harmony and continuity of society as a whole. Hence, they have a positive outlook on society. However, a drawback to functionalism is that it doesn’t look at or focus on an individual and their role in society. This theory can be linked to social stratification. Social stratification is a concept which focuses on the existence of structural inequalities within society. The most distinctive form of this comes via the social class, the division of society into the upper, middle and lower/working class. Also, society can be stratified according to age, gender and ethnicity [Bottero, W. 2005:03]. This shows the link between an individual and society as it proclaims that society is positively layered

“Goodbye Mr. Anderson” (Agent Smith). Luckily, this was not the end to Neo’s road, it was only the beginning of his long journey to becoming ‘The One,’ and freeing humans from the Matrix. Similar to Neo’s story, this is only the beginning, the beginning of a discussion of the sociological concepts within the movie, The Matrix.

From a structural functionalist perspective, participants of this subculture deviate from existing social norms. This is not per say a negative quality a they bring awareness to what they believe in and promote peace and equality

Structural Functionalism is a paradigm based on the assumption that society is a unified whole that functions because of the contributions of its separate structures (Ferris and Stein

When a person hits a certain age, they had to choose the faction they wanted to be in. Once chosen, they could not take it back. This shows a sign of power over the people by forcing them into division. For Tris, it seemed like fun at first, she chose Dauntless and was learning the way. She was then told that if anyone did not pass the test, they would get kicked out and they would have to live factionless since they could not go back home. This puts things into perspective for Tris as she is now realizing that things are not a game. Nobody was told that information until they already picked their faction. This is another clue on how hard of a hold the government has on all of the factions. Jeanine Matthews is the head of Erudite, and injected a serum into the Dauntless people so they would execute all the people a part of Abnegation. The serum controls anyone injected. Government control is so heavy in the movie, and so many people are afraid to do anything about

Structural functionalism is a macro level approach to study sociology (Browning, 2015). Structural functionalists believe social consensus is what holds society together; social consensus being a condition in which most members of the society agree on what would be good for everyone. Structural functionalists view society as a web of social structures, each structure being functional to fulfill it’s own needs, but dependent on all other structures for survival (Vago, 2012).

One sociological perspective is the Functionalist theory. Functionalism is one of the earliest sociological theories. Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) was a professor and was interested in how society was possible and how society remains stable. This theory focuses on the macro-level of social structure rather than micro-level of everyday life. Functionalism sees society in parts which form a system, the parts depend on each other. Functionalist theory looks at the parts of society such as

Directed by Paul Haggis, ‘Crash’ is an intriguing drama about 10 different lives, and how they are interwoven with each other over the course of a few days. Each character battling their own demons of grief and redemption. With a cast such as, Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, and Thandie Newton, at least 1 Oscar was expected, though 3 was no surprise. As the film progresses and the credits start rolling we are begin to wonder if the film has really come to an end, and question if this is the film that really won 3 Oscars. Over a few days we meet a random group people on the streets of Los Angeles.

Sociologists make use of theoretical approaches to build sociological theories. Of the major theoretical approaches, the structural-functional approach sheds some light on society and the relationships within it as we see on the film On The Job. This approach, which looks to social structure and social functions, theorizes that society functions the way it does due to the combined efforts of different groups with specific roles within that society. The strength of the structural-functional approach lies in the fact that it looks not only at society as a whole, but also at how it is essentially molded by interrelated societal functions—the result of which is a smooth functioning, harmonious society.

Robert K. Merton was a 26 year old Harvard graduate student when he wrote “The Unanticipated Consequences of Social Action”. He became one of the main figures associated with structural functionalism. Overall, Merton’s main theory revolves around this quote, “…undesired effects are not always desirable effects. The intended and anticipated outcomes of

Society is more than the addition of its parts; instead, each part of society is necessary for the stability of the whole. The song Everybody Sells Cocaine by Motionless in White focuses on the idea that in society both the rich and the poor all can be an integral part of society. In order to coexist the song speaks to this by asking what the truth is and saying that everyone is looking for some kind of truth no matter what it is. This song strongly shows functionalist theory “From this perspective, disorganization in the system, such as deviant behavior, leads to change because societal components must adjust to achieve stability.”(Crossman, A. (2017, June 30). Everything You Need to Know About Functionalist Theory. Retrieved October 04, 2017, from https://www.thoughtco.com/functionalist-perspective-3026625).