Project 1
For this project, I will analyze Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians". The movie is known to be a Disney classic which was created in 1961.The main plot of the story revolves around Pongo and Perdita's family. Pongo and Perdita are dalmatians who meet through their owners. Not only do the owners fall in love, so do the dogs themselves. Roger and Anita , the dog's owner, was offered to sell their puppies to Cruella de Ville. They rejected the offer, for she planned to have the puppies skinned for her fur coat. However during that one night, their 15 puppies were kidnapped by Cruella's subordinates . Throughout the film Pongo and Perdita goes great lengths in search of their children.
All sociologists have a different way in explaining social behavior within a group of people. For example, Comte believes that all societies develop and progress through the following stages: religious, metaphysical, and scientific. Comte argued that society needs scientific knowledge based on facts and evidence to solve its problems. Like Pongo and Perdita, they didn’t start searching for their puppies right away. Instead, they waited for more information from others before beginning their long journey in search for their puppies. On the other hand, Marx believes that social conflict, especially class conflict, and competition mark all societies. Marx urged people to take an active role in changing society rather than simply trusting it to evolve positively on its own. In fact, in order to progress in society conflict must be apparent. In the movie, the constant plot revolves around the good, Pongo’s family, and the bad, Cruella de Ville and lackies. These two conflicting and contrasting elements clearly exemplified the conflict theory. Lastly, Durkheim believes that collective consciousness, values, and rules are critical to a functional society.For example, upon finding their puppies, they take shelter with strangers, cows, who offer milk to the puppies. This exemplifies how society is a system of interrelated parts where no one part can function without the other.
I believe that the Functionalist perspective is clearly reflected throughout the film. The idea behind the functionalist perspective is that is emphasizes the interconnectedness of society by focusing on how each part influences and is influenced by other parts.The main focuses of this perspective are the ideas of balance and equilibrium. In this movie as Pongo and Perdita travel across London in search of their puppies, the viewer can see all the different complicated parts of this society working together to create a stable environment. For example, the different species of dogs, the cat, the horse, and many more during the movie all help Pongo and Perdita along his journey.We can see how all these parts work together to create a stable balanced society.Each group brings something different into the mix, yet they all balance each other out nicely which is the perfect description of the functionalist perspective.
All sociologists have a different way in explaining social behavior within a group of people. For example, Comte believes that all societies develop and progress through the following stages: religious, metaphysical, and scientific. Comte argued that society needs scientific knowledge based on facts and evidence to solve its problems. Like Pongo and Perdita, they didn’t start searching for their puppies right away. Instead, they waited for more information from others before beginning their long journey in search for their puppies. On the other hand, Marx believes that social conflict, especially class conflict, and competition mark all societies. Marx urged people to take an active role in changing society rather than simply trusting it to evolve positively on its own. In fact, in order to progress in society conflict must be apparent. In the movie, the constant plot revolves around the good, Pongo’s family, and the bad, Cruella de Ville and lackies. These two conflicting and contrasting elements clearly exemplified the conflict theory. Lastly, Durkheim believes that collective consciousness, values, and rules are critical to a functional society.For example, upon finding their puppies, they take shelter with strangers, cows, who offer milk to the puppies. This exemplifies how society is a system of interrelated parts where no one part can function without the other.
I believe that the Functionalist perspective is clearly reflected throughout the film. The idea behind the functionalist perspective is that is emphasizes the interconnectedness of society by focusing on how each part influences and is influenced by other parts.The main focuses of this perspective are the ideas of balance and equilibrium. In this movie as Pongo and Perdita travel across London in search of their puppies, the viewer can see all the different complicated parts of this society working together to create a stable environment. For example, the different species of dogs, the cat, the horse, and many more during the movie all help Pongo and Perdita along his journey.We can see how all these parts work together to create a stable balanced society.Each group brings something different into the mix, yet they all balance each other out nicely which is the perfect description of the functionalist perspective.
Reflection
I must admit this assignment was kind of difficult. I was still getting familiarized with the theoretical perspectives and I feel that it took me a little longer to understand these perspectives. It was challenging because I could never really recall these perspectives. If I had started this assignment earlier, I wouldn’t have rushed through this assignment. I had to use the textbook multiple times before moving on to the next topic. At first I thought analyzing a video seemed easy, but as I started typing the assignment it was a lot more challenging than I had expected. I can’t seem to express my analyzation properly when I over think concepts. I still need to learn how to analyze assignments as well as conveying information neatly, without losing the audience interest in my writing.