Sociological perspective of “Pleasantville” paper
1. Introduction paragraph, make sure you tie sociology to the movie Pleasantville.
2. Choose 1 of the characters and explain their sociological perspective at the beginning of the movie (one of the three!) (do NOT summarize the movie!!!)
3. Analyze the character for 4 of the following aspects: (make sure you underline each of them)
· manifest function
· latent function
· dysfunction
· material culture
· non material culture
· folkways
· mores
· laws/Reasons for “criminal” behavior
· What sanctions are in place to control the norms?
4. Then analyze the reason for the change
· explain how their perspective changes
5. conclude the paper
This should be written in a 5 paragraph essay.