Schindler's List: The Critical Sociological Approach To Popular Culture

The theory displays the idea that society isn’t an issue of race but more of the upper class having more power in ppolitics. Therefore, this theory has been used to imply that race doesn’t have a bearing on class. This is a false taking even though some blacks, Latinos, Southeast Asians have moved up to higher economic classes. In the class conflict theory, the dominant ruling class oppresses the lower class but it is all determined on class not race. Therefore, this model asserts that the capitalist should encourage racism.

Forrest Gump takes place in modern history of the United States, emphasizing race relations between blacks and whites, disability and southern culture. Beginning in the south during the 1950’s, the movie highlights segregation, and ends with the way African-Americans are portrayed today. Forrest Gump begins with the main character sitting at a bus stop, and it isn’t until Forrest speaks that the audience realizes he has a disability. Throughout the movie Forrest is portrayed as a simple, white southern male from Alabama who has a below average intelligence. The movie takes places during a significant era between the 1950 's and 1980’s, and recalls different events of Forrest’s life, underlining how he surpasses the expectations society had for him.

Oskar Schindler is a good person, but only to a certain extent. Through the Jews point of view he was a safe haven, but to his wife he was a untrustworthy man. He gave the jews a chance to stay alive, he became friends with his accountant but secretly. He also gave the Jews water when they were in the cars, he accepted the gifts on his birthday, such as the cake from the two girls and returned them with a kiss. Oskar Schindler gave Jews extra food, and extra care.

After watching the movie Divergent, it is apparent that there are many connections between the film and our sociology class terms. Many words which sociologists use can be employed to describe the characters and plot of the film. The movie Divergent is about a society which wants to be perfect and have each individual be placed in one specific faction. However, those divergent, whom don’t fit into one category, are in serious risk because society wants to kill them out. As learned in class in Society there are different terms and roles that apply to us.

In a short answer he was a people pleasing person but also deep down very caring. These facts were needed to be known about Schindler so viewers watching this film could know the real Oskar Schindler and see that he didn’t just save the Jews but that he cared enough to risk everything he had to keep them away form their

One appeal in particular that Schindler nailed in the head was pathos. Throughout his address, Schindler commemorates the lives of both the living and fallen Jewish people during the Holocaust. Additionally, Schindler pulled at the heartstrings of his factory workers when he stated, “Tomorrow, you'll begin the process of looking for survivors of your families. In most cases, you won't find them” (Schindler’s List). Here, Schindler confessed to the workers the harsh realities of their situation; however, the way he expressed this fact made the workers melancholy but not defeated.

As he experiences multiple harsh moments, Schindler becomes a decent, unselfish, and a positive manipulating man. Schindler once said, “War brings out the worst in people.”, but he proves his own statement wrong by himself becoming a better man. As Steven Spielberg directs Schindler’s List, he profusely provides us with great details of how Oskar Schindler’s character has

“Requiem For A Dream” tells the story of hope slowly and surely decaying in the lives of four distinct individuals, dealing with socialization, alienation, mores and even social class to create the scenarios each person faces. From wanting just happiness, down to desiring a better life, these were all corrupted towards the end. Although it is a film exemplifying poverty and everyday lives of the working poor with goals in life, much more sociological issues arise in the film relating to each and every character: Sara, Harry, Marion, and Tyrone. Socialization within society connects the characters to their individual issues that starts their downhill role in the film.

Sociological imagination can be defined as one’s awareness of the impact that society has on their personal life because of the outside conditions and circumstances. The outside world create standards for people, even if they do not know that they are being looked at in this way. Therefore, society influences a person’s behavior and limits their free will. This theory is clearly demonstrated in The Truman Show. The movie helps to deepen my understanding of sociological imagination and helps me to see how the outside world controls my life.

Schindler's List also appealed to ethos, logos, and pathos to create something beautiful out of something ugly. Schindler’s List is a story based on a novel that is written from the accounts of the Jewish people who worked for Oskar Schindler. Throughout the film, we watch as Oskar Schindler changes from a man who only cares about money

He reveals his full character development at the end when he realizes he could have done more than he did. He finally understands that if he hadn’t wasted his money on things he didn’t need, he could have saved more Jews. This causes him to breakdown in front of everyone he saved because he knows the Jews were innocent and should have been saved. Schindler goes from a self-centered, money-hungry man to a sympathetic, thoughtful person who saved 1,200 Jews’ lives. He goes from not even worrying about Jews to caring deeply about them and understanding what they have gone

People to this day still find horror and beauty in this film, finding this film an extraordinary masterpiece executed by director, Steven Spielberg. Some people do disagree with the images shown in the film, however, as a whole, the entire community who thoroughly enjoys films agree the accuracy of this film that did not hold back any viewing content truly added greatly to the film. Perhaps the most touching reaction came from the place where it all started. The premiere of Schindler’s List in Germany with a room filled with 800 people – Germans and Jews, diplomats and artists, film makers and people who had known Oskar Schindler when he lived there (Whitney, 1994).

Sharing the large living room couch with my brother and my father, I was getting settled into experiencing one of the most significant and important experiences of my young teenage years, and probably of my future. The television screen flashed and went black after the last commercials were finished, and the words that acted as the first prelude to my experience popped onto the screen, “This film is intended for mature audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.” The next thing I knew, the introduction of Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award winning masterpiece, Schindler’s List, began to play. Who would have thought that the next three hours, more than anything else in my existence, would have influenced my love and exponential interest in history

It involves constantly re-assessing your position for credibility, regardless of your worldview. Karl Wiegers, in the piece, The Six Blind Men and the Requirements, cited the story of six blind men who each touched the same elephant but described it differently. Their perspectives weren’t wrong, but their insights combined to provide an accurate description of the elephant. The point is, interacting with different stakeholders can reveal different perspectives to a problem.

According to Korn et al Communication is “using messages to generate meanings.” (9) How effective and competent our communication is can literally change our entire lives, the more we are understood the happier and more satisfied we are. In order to be a competent communicator one must have the ability to be aware of the communication climate one creates, be aware of the messages they send, and be able to send messages that are appropriate for the setting and audience they are taking place in. By being aware of all these factors a competent communicator is able to get their message across clearly and effectively and are able to be understood and maintain open back and forth communication.