We’ve talked about the society a lot in class. Today what I want to talk about is if the world is Chaos or order. The world seems to be in Chaos, but it is actually ordered. The apparent example is TV show called “the Walking dead.” I watched it through this weekend. This drama is mainly about zombies. In the show, the world is covered by walkers, which are people whose brains are completely ruined except very few parts. Basically the story talks about how the survivors deal with the situation, and zombies. The one scene explains why the world is ordered very well. Two groups of survivor had a conversation to get weapons first. One of them was gangs, yet they were helping the sick elderly, and they say all people they’ve encountered were bad. Here is the main conversation. “Guess, the world was changed,” “No, it’s the same as it ever was, but we can’t take it.” What he’s saying is the world seems more chaotic, but it is still working in a system. Only difference is that the situation is a little getting worse. I think the world is more likely chaos and order at the same time, but the character has a point. We’ve got to think about what it stands for. My sociological imagination is still not enough, but I’m glad that I can find the connection between my joy from personal life and the sociological thinking.
This is a great Tv show. I do watch it every time there's a new episode and i actually agree with you on connecting this t.v show to chaos and order mostly because in this show the world is somewhat chaotic because of the zombies and people shooting at others to stay alive but still in order in some ways.
ReplyDeleteYes, it tells us that we can always find the order in any kind of chaos. People are affected and changed by what they’ve learned from society, but still they are in some kind of rules.
DeleteIt's so strange that you would pick this show, Cassie. It is absolutely one of my favorite television shows to watch and many of the themes that we discuss in class resound in this show. You pointed out the obvious one of chaos and order, but I think of one that rings out to me is the notion of what does it mean to be human. The survivors humanity is constantly tested. Good work.
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Thank you, professor. This show is very much connected to a lot of things we discussed in class. In fact, I was very fascinated by the concept of ‘zombies’, so I think I would not pay attention to the themes, if I didn’t take the Sociology course. I believe the show lets us know how the society works very well by making the situation extreme.
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