Da Bronx

Today in class we started watching a movie. The movie was called The Bronx Tale. It's a true story and it's about a boy growing up in a gang controlled neighborhood. Even though it's only the beginning I already noticed many sociological things. The gang is a big influence in the neighborhood. Even the little boy knows that he must listen to the leader of the gang or he'd regret it. The whole neighborhood acts differently because of the gang and the conseguences they'd pay if they didn't. This kind of reminds me of my parents or any set of parents for that matter. My parents watch over me and make sure I do what they want me to do, like chores. If I don't do my chores, I get consequences or grounded. I am influenced by my parents in everything I do. The gang is the exact same way but the "chores" and "consequences" usually involve violence, selling, or murder. It's kind of crazy how one group of people can gain such power over a community. It's weird how I can relate this gang to parents. Why do these people have such a big impact on society?
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We finally finished the movie in class. This movie goes to show that everything you do has an outcome or impacts someone in some way. Sonny, the gang leader, had always thought he was feared. When he died, he didn't realize that he was loved abd cared for by many people in his life. He didn't realize that he had deeply affected and saved C's life. Every good thing he did didn't go unnoticed and every bad thing he did didn't go unnoticed either. The murder he committed 8 years earlier led to his own. This is why we must always have sociological mindfulness because we never know who we are affecting . One decision could change your own life or even someone else's. This made me dramatically change the way I act and it made me think more about what I say. Now, whenever my friends say a jokingly offensive comment, I make sure to remind them of my sociolgoy class and how socioglically mindfulness s important. :)