The purpose of the paper is to find and identify themes or messages in the movie that
epresent common values, morals, or stereotypes that exist in society and potentially
contribute to inequality. For example, you may find that a certain movie contains common
gender stereotypes about men and women (strength, helplessness, protector, savior versus
eing saved, etc.). You may also find that the same movie contains a theme about a certain
value or moral that is widely accepted in the United States (patriotism, revenge, individualism,
what love or ma
iage is supposed to look like, violence, etc). You will be writing about what
you find.
The following questions should help guide you and be addressed in your paper:
1. What are the SOCIOLOGICAL themes of the movie that you found? Make sure they
elate to this class.
2. How are they sociologically significant (in other words, what impact do these ideas have
on society)?
3. How often is the theme/s reinforced? Does it occur only
iefly, or is present
throughout the movie?
4. Do you personally see the theme/s as problematic? Why or why not? Example – if the
movie shows depictions of women needing men to be rescued, do you think that is okay
ecause women and men are different, or do you think it perpetuates gender
stereotypes and contributes to the subordination of women in society?
5. Are there any themes that go against social convention? In other words, send a message
that challenges dominant ideas and culture. Describe them.
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6. Student chooses an appropriate movie and describes why they chose it and what they
expected to find in the movie before they watched it.
7. Student describes each theme that they find in detail and tells why that theme is
sociologically significant and/or relates to this class.
8. Student describes frequency of the theme – example – The movie showed women in a
sexualized way throughout the film (yes, children’s movies sexualize women). OR maybe
it only occu
ed once.
9. Student shows good application of “The Sociological Imagination”, describing how
social structures or norms create the theme and/or how the theme contributes to or
perpetuates the problem.
10. Papers should be pages double-spaced. Use Times New Roman font size 12 - MINIMUM
800 words
Basic Essay Structure
• Introduction- opening statement or hypothesis
• Body of the paper – supporting evidence, answers to the questions, etc
• Conclusion – summarize what you saw and wrote about in a concluding paragraph.
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The following questions should help guide you and be addressed in your paper:
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Basic Essay Structure