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Essay 2 Prompt—The Birdcage
While watching The Birdcage you should keep a critical eye toward the concepts of norms, values, roles, deviance, and sexuality to gain a better understanding of the ways that thoughts and behaviors are regulated and controlled. More specifically, the degree to which our behaviors are labeled as deviant as the lengths that we go to sometimes to conceal our deviance.
Whether you like, dislike, agree, or disagree is not the point of the assignment. This is not a movie review. You are, in fact, conducting qualitative applied research, and thus your answer should focus on the sociological aspects of the movie. You must cite the textbook, a course reading, or class lecture at least 3 times in this paper.
You must answer 10 of the 15 questions below. Remember, you should be conducting a critical analysis of what you see in the movie. Therefore, you will be giving your opinion and supporting your opinion/comments with social concepts and theories from the textbook and class lecture. Due at the start of class on Tuesday, November 14th. 3-4 pages double-spaced.
1. What is the main plot of this movie? (no more than half a page)
2. How does the movie illustrate the ways in which roles shape and constrain social behavior?
3. How does the movie illustrate “culture and values”? (Both past and present?)
4. What are some of the main issues that are raised in the movie?
5. How does sexuality define the identities of the characters? As in, is sexual orientation the master status of all characters? What contributes to this reality?
6. What were the different groups in the movie? What are the dynamics of their interactions? How does that connect to status, power, and control?
7. What major forms of deviance were central to the plot of the movie? Who labeled them as deviant?
8. How is deviance defined in the film? How was deviance portrayed in the movie?
9. How was deviant behavior dealt with?
10. What does the movie illustrate about social control?
11. What does the movie say about social change?
12. Identify and explain three (3) examples of deviant behaviors in the film.
13. Is this film a social commentary? If so, what major issues is it addressing?
14. There are many “others” in this movie. Define a few of the groups and explain how they are used to define non-other identity.
15. In thinking about contemporary U.S. society, what parallels can you draw to mainstream norms, values, and policies regarding sexuality?
The book is for Adler about social devience
The assignment has to be with MLA f
