Free essays on Sociology are academic papers that cover various topics related to human society, behavior, and identity. These essays provide insights and understanding of social issues affecting different groups of people, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, politics, culture, and more. The essays can be found online and cover a broad range of subjects, from social classes and inequality to global migration and gender roles. They are useful resources for students and researchers who are interested in exploring and analyzing social phenomena and behaviors.
Chawls Housing Analysis
A chawl is a name for a type of building found in India. They are often 4 to 5 stories with about 10 to 20 tenements, referred to as kholis, which literally mean 'rooms' on each floor. Many chawls can be found in Mumbai where they were constructed in abundance in the early 1900s to house the people migrating to Mumbai because of its booming cotton mills and overall strong economy. A usual tenement in a chawl consists of one all purpose room, that functions both as a…...
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Angliscisms – the Use of Foreign Word Elements in German
English seems to be everywhere and it accompanies us through our lives. Waking up in the morning, I listen to the radio. But I dislike the songs on the 'Hitparade'. So, I turn on the 'CD-Player' with my favourite 'CD'. It is time to get dressed. Today is a sunny day and thus a great opportunity to wear a 'T-Shirt'. Before leaving the house I put on my 'Make up', and use 'Haarspray' to fix my new 'Trendfrisur'. Since I…...
CommunicationCultureEnglish LanguageGermanLanguageLinguistics
Scrooge’s Conversion
In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the main character was given an interesting glow, not like the ordinary protagonist or main character of a story. Ebenezer Scrooge’s character wasn’t even that of a protagonist. He has a grumpy attitude and a bad temper to top that. He doesn’t trust anyone, even his worker, that’s why he treats them cruelly and indifferently. Because of that, his workers also despise him, and talks badly about him behind his back. The only one…...
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Romanticismo en Don Juan Tenorio
One of the most familiar figures in world literature is Don Juan, whose name has become the label of the reckless rake and triumphant libertine. There was, apparently, a Don Miguel Mañra in fourteenth century Seville, who seduced a trusting maiden, then killed her father, and spent his later days doing penance in a monastery. Out of his story grew the play El Burlador de Seville (The Seducer of Seville) by Tirso de Molina (pseudonym of the Spanish monk Gabriel…...
CultureDramaLiterary Genre
Science and Religion
The following sample essay on ”Science and Religion" is a discussion that discusses the issue of rivalry and enmity between religion and science. To some they appear locked in a struggle of such magnitude that it may seem that one will triumph only by the death of the other. In one camp are some scientists, such as chemist Peter Atkins, who feel that reconciling religion and science is “impossible.” Atkins says that to believe “that God is an explanation (of…...
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Desperate Housewives and Stereotypes
The following sample essay on Desperate Housewives and Stereotypes tells about negative and violent characters. Though not as prevalently as in earlier decades, some television programs of today are evident of stereotyping—whether deliberately or not. The mass media, especially the television, plays a very crucial role in molding the image of one group or individual as how they portrayed or presented in the shows that are aired and of course watched by a massive audience. A single television program can…...
Stereotypes
Class Location and Race in My Socio-Autobiography
Since early childhood, every person is influenced by social environment and culture of her parents and family. In this case, class location and race are the main factors which have an influence on social position and opportunities of individuals. Low class location prevents people to obtain social respect and opportunities available for middle and high class citizens. In contrast, high social position of parents creates opportunities for a child to enter prestigious school and receive good high education. Critics prove…...
BehaviorCultureSocial StructureTradition
Essay About Different `Communities`
The focal point of this paper is to determine the commonalities between various different `communities` where an individual belongs. It is obvious that in the modern concept of society it is not possible to stay only in connection of a specified set of personnel and detach from the other echelons of life be it emotional of professional. It can be mentioned in this section of discussion that the term “community” in sociology indicates a group of people who share social…...
CommunicationCommunityHuman NatureSocial Psychology
Zen Interior Design Techniques
Zen Interior Design is a way of designing a space through meditative concepts in an attempt of giving the space a feel of enlightenment. The definition of this design is ambiguous compared to the other discipline in Interior Design. According to Shaolin-Wahnam Institute (n.d., para 1) Zen basically means “meditation”. Meditation promotes flow of energy which is translated into space with Zen Interior Design. Over all design emulates a mind who is in an enlightened state, clearing it from the…...
ArchitectureCultureDesignInterior DesignMeditation
Roman World: AD 100-450 Characteristics
The world of classical Rome is a complex yet interesting area of study. It can teach us a lot about the Roman and wider European past and the society we are today. Therefore study of the later Roman Empire is essential when dissecting the inner workings and fall of this powerful empire. To learn fully about this time looking at the characteristics which made up this world is essential. The following essay will discuss in detail many of the characteristics…...
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Responding to Historical Globalization Legacies: How Much?
To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization? To the extent of saying sorry and get over it, it’s in the past: what is done and we can’t take it back. Do people today really have to respond because of the wrongs our ancestors did? Well yea, but not to the extent of handing out money, our hard earn cash. And to the extent of what does history teaches us and the lessons learned with…...
CommunicationGlobalizationPrivacyResearchSocietySociology
Marxism and the Truman Show
The Truman Show has a lot to say about the culture and society we live in today. It is one of those lot..... and we ended up with this presentation, where we shortly show how The Truman Show can be and the principals of Marxism person’s reality is constructed by how they experience and interpret their personal reality, and also believes that the outcome of your experience is not certain and universal but relative and incomplete. It…...
CultureMarxismPhilosophical TheoriesPolitical SciencePoliticsPostmodernism
Composers of German Classical and Romantic Music
The following sample essay focuses on the composers of German classical and romantic music. Read the introduction, body and conclusion of the essay, scroll down. The transition from the Classical area to the Romantic area The characteristics of music during the Classical area were its simplicity of both melody and harmony, as well as a spirit of perfection; Moreover people expected something easy to listen. However things began to change gradually before 1800. Music was getting more and more expressive.…...
ComposersEntertainmentGermanMusicRace And EthnicitySociology
Siemens Refrigerator Perception in Bangladesh
Today with technological advancement human race has achieved what few years back were impossible. Refrigerator, the thing that keeps specially food and drinks fresh has opened our door to keep life going in the industrial society without thinking of what will be our next day’s meal. When refrigerator was first introduced in Bangladesh, it was an expensive and fashionable item. It’s price has also gone down considerably and more people in the society can afford it. At present there are…...
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Distortion in The Great Gatsby Analysis
The following example essay on "The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald" is an analysis of a literary work in the context of the distortion of the american dreams. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays how the American dream of success was extinguished until it was nothing more than greedy desire. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is perhaps one of the most recognized authors associated with the literary flowering of the 1920’s in America. The…...
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Which Excerpt From “The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock”
Poem Summary Lines 1-6 This epigraph is taken from Dante’s Divine Comedy. It reads: “If I thought my answer were to one who could ever return to the world, this flame would move no more; but since no one has ever returned alive from this depth, if what I hear be true, without fear of infamy I answer you. ” The words are spoken by a lost soul, damned to Hell for the attempt to buy absolution in advance of…...
CultureEntertainmentLifeLoveModernismMusic
The Idea of Orientalism Portrayed in James Cameron's Avatar
The Idea of Orientalism Portrayed in James Cameron’s Avatar Abstract In brief, this study discusses about the representation of orientalism idea which is portrayed in the film Avatar. The film tells about the conflict between human and native people in Planet Pandora, where human exploits the land and oppresses the native. This study explores in what way the idea of orientalism is represented and how both narrative and non-narrative aspects of the film helped in delivering that representation. Indeed, to…...
CultureOrientalismResearch
“I Died for Beauty—but Was Scarce…”
The speaker says that she died for Beauty, but she was hardly adjusted to her tomb before a man who died for Truth was laid in a tomb next to her. When the two softly told each other why they died, the man declared that Truth and Beauty are the same, so that he and the speaker were “Brethren. ” The speaker says that they met at night, “as Kinsmen,” and talked between their tombs until the moss reached their…...
BeautyCultureLovePoetry
Altruism: Selfless Concern for Others
The following sample essay on "Altruism" explores the concept of being active in selfless concern for the welfare of others. Is a person capable of self-renunciation? Altruism voluntary helping behaviour involving empathy, that offers no apparent self-gain which is of benefit to another individual without selfishness. Empathy altruism hypothesis a theory that believes helping behaviour is initiated when empathy is felt towards another individual. Supporters of this theory is Daniel Batson (1991) how states empathy altruism helping is dependent on…...
AltruismEthicsPhilosophical TheoriesSocial Psychology
Nissim Ezekiel: The Poet of Bombay
Nissim Ezekiel as a poet of “City, Modernity & Urbanity” through His contribution of “BOMBAY POEMS” Nissim Ezekiel :- A poet and writer of city or urbanity. How poet is called as a poet of urbanity. My essay proceeds to define the same. A poet is called the poet of urbanity if his poetry is the poetry of urbanity. The poetry of urbanity means the poetry of modernity and modernity in poetry means vigorous experiments of the breakdown of cultural…...
CultureModernismPoetryTraditionViolence
Women in Sports
“Sport is a Reflection of society and, in many respects, society is a reflection of sport” (Holman p. 223). Due to the popularity of sport, it has an effect on the image of society. Sport is harder to enter into for women because the make up for sport is set up for male dominance. This shows that for some time sport was not held to the same laws of equality. Women had and still have to some degree, less opportunity…...
Culture
The Differences and Similarities Between Christianity and Islam
Have you ever wondered about the differences and similarities between Christianity and Islam? Both Christianity and Islam are monotheistic, meaning they both believe in one God. In both religions God is the creator of everything and is loving and forgiving. He also has a special relationship with humans, and has made covenants with them. However, there is one major difference between the beliefs of Christians and Muslims regarding God. While Christians believe in the Holy Trinity, or three persons in…...
ChristianityCultureGodIslamReligion
The Art of Explication: Unfolding Meaning through Close Reading
Length: approximately five typed pages Due Monday, January 14, 2011 The word "explication" comes from a Latin word that means "unfolding. " When you explicate a story or novel or poem, you "unfold" its meaning in an essay by interpreting or analyzing a portion of it. You can analyze a character, a single incident, symbols, point of view, structure, and so on. No explication can take into account everything that goes on in a story; the explication would be longer…...
BeliefCultureNathaniel HawthorneYoung Goodman Brown
A Cup of Tea by Kathleen Mansfield
Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield left NZ for Great Britain in 1908 where she encountered Modernist writers such as D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf with whom she became close friends. Her stories often focus on moments of disruption and frequently open rather abruptly. Among her…...
Culture
Happy Birthday, 1951
Summary: The text is about an old man and a young boy, who live in a ruin, in a former warzone. The city is still full of soldiers and tanks. The man got the baby boy about six years ago from a refugee woman. The story begins with the man wanting the boy to choose a birthday. The boy chooses the following day. The old man puts together a cart for the boy, but he also wants the boy to…...
AdolescenceBirthdayChildHolidaysHuman NatureParent
Phonological and Prosodical Study on Cebuano, Waray and Hiligaynon
A Phonological and Prosodical Contrastive Study of Waray, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon Submitted by: Pedroza, Kristel Doone Q. Uy, Mary Colleen U. Submitted to: Prof. Ria Parsram Rafael As a requirement in Linguistics 120 First Semester AY 2010-2011 Department of Linguistics University of the Philippines, Diliman October 18, 2010 A Phonological and Prosodical Contrastive Study of Waray, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon Pedroza, Kristel Doone Q. Uy, Mary Colleen U. Abstract Every language constitutes its own sound system, and this sound system is…...
CommunicationCultureEducationHistoryLanguageLearning
Closed Stratification Analysis
Sociology gives us an in depth insight into social stratification and how it effects our lives. We as individuals are social beings who are ranked in categories within the hierarchy of society, but within our society we have the means to progress up the hierarchy and become part of the elite. Social inequalities are functional for the elite as they are the ones with the power and control over us as we are socially controlled. Social stratification affects the way…...
Social Learning Theory
Technical English and General English
English today has become more than the Lingua Franca of the masses. It has become the lifeline. The call of the hour is for the academia to well-equip itself with the most competent language skills. Only then can suitable help be extended to the beneficiaries, the students. My paper will focus on the nature of General and Technical English today. It will also attempt to show how Technical English and General English can be made more student-centric as the Academic…...
CommunicationCultureCurriculumEnglish LanguageLanguageLearning
Islam: Qur’an and Hadith
The following sample essay focuses on what the Basic Ethical Teachings in Islam are based on both the Qur'an and Hadith. Read the introduction, body and conclusion of the essay, scroll down. The principal ethical teachings within Islam are derived from both the Qur’an and Hadith. These teachings include the belief that there is no God but Allah, that God is the origin of all creation (The first revelation 96:1-5), that man can be forgiven of their sins through prayer…...
CultureIslamQuran
Mother Teresa: A Selfless Spiritual Being
Mother Teresa was a selfless, spiritual being that cared for the betterment of others based on her religious beliefs. At the age of twelve Mother Teresa felt a calling from God and felt that she should be a missionary of Christ, and at the age of eighteen she became a nun. She taught at an all girls school for fifteen years, but felt another calling from God to help the needy, and she began teaching in slums. Caring for the…...
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s by Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri's book of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, reflects a realism that is seldom read in fiction. The characters are neither boring nor extraordinary, but they do face situations and dilemmas that are indicative of real life. Though the stories are all unrelated, they do share similar themes. These reoccurring motifs are religion, New-world v . Old-world tradition, gender roles, and secrecy. These themes become vital in the development of each and every character in the work. In Lahiri's…...
CultureHuman NatureInterpreter Of MaladiesTradition
Verbal Communication
Verbal Communication Verbal communication is defined as showing your thoughts through words. Some examples of thoughts are ideas, opinions, directions, dissatisfaction, objections, emotions and pleasures. Verbal communication is more important than written communication. It is a way to communicate to people face-to-face. Sound, words, speaking, and language are some of the key components of verbal communication. It is considered as 25% speaking and 75% listening. Inside the organization, verbal communication is important because inside, you are dealing with diversity people…...
CommunicationCultureLanguageLinguistics
Norma Rae- a Leadership Analysis
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. ” Abigail Adams (www. wisdomquotes. com) The above stated lines very truly represent the spirit of Norma Rae and the power of women. The quotation highlights the two main points shown in the film; the strength and determination of women and the idea of equal…...
Human NatureLeadershipMentorshipTransformational Leadership
Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Work with Children and Young People
Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1. 1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. When working in a school it is important that staff is aware of the ever changing legislation, especially the aspects related to promoting equality and valuing diversity. We need to be able to identify their relevance in school and that we are aware of them when carrying out…...
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English Language in Both Monolingual and Multilingual Classes
Today English seems to act as lingua franca in some areas of the world. Studying for English has become a priority for students seeking to secure a good future in this rapidly changing world. There are mainly two kinds of classes for studying language which are the monolingual and multilingual classes. Both classes give students different studying environment. This essay will discuss the benefit and drawbacks of each class. There are a lot of advantages and disadvantages when students participate…...
CommunicationCultureEnglish LanguageLanguageLinguistics
Role of Religion in Early American Literature
Role of Religion in Early American Literature American Literature, especially of the early settler and colonial period is marked by a deep sense of religion and a stress upon writing about matters related to religion. The development of early American literature thus can be seen to be a reflection of the religious ideals followed by the early settlers and colonists and it became a means of promoting a moral and ethical way of life. Early American literature is filled with…...
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Labelling Theory in Explaining Crime and Deviance – A2 Sociology
Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the usefulness of labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance. (21 marks) Labelling theorists are concerned with how and why certain people and actions come to be labelled as criminal or deviant, and what effects this has on those who are labelled as such. As stated in Item A, labelling theory is focused with how individuals construct society based on their interactions with each other. Becker emphasises the significance of crime being…...
CrimeDevianceHuman NaturePhilosophical TheoriesSocial IssuesSocial Psychology
A Cultural Approach to Communication
A Cultural Approach to Communica0on CLA1201 SemA 2012 Department of Media and Communica0on City University of Hong Kong Recap of Last Week’s Lecture •? We discussed the psychological e? ects of media on the audience •? The media e? ects research tradi0on draws from psychology and sociology •? It is generally quan0ta0ve (i. e. , using numbers and formulas to represent knowledge) and scien0? c (i. e. , lab experiments. ) •? But there are some limita0ons to this approach.…...
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Remember The Titans
The following sample essay on Remember The Titans The theme of this movie is that we should treat everyone with equal respect, regardless of their skin color or race, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, or religion. We should accept everyone for who they are, rather than trying to change them. It also shows the integration of a racist America into a culturally accepting society with the help of a teacher coach. Boone and Yoast are the two main coaches in Remember…...
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Martha?S Vineyard – Labov
1. 0 Introduction 1. 1 Martha? s Vineyard – where old traditions are still of value Martha? s Vineyard is a small island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA. The island has a permanent population of about 6000 inhabitants. It is separated from the mainland by the Atlantic Ocean and there are no big businesses or any McDonald to be found on the island. Here, life is not as hectic as on the mainland and old traditions are still…...
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