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The Truman Show Sociology
Out of all three of the class presentations that we had during this semester in sociology 101, the one that I liked the most was by Steve Borden. The retired Navy sergeant spoke to our class about the military. Most of the things he was talking about I were able to relate to him in a small sense because I have some family members who served in the military and my freshman roommate was in ROTC. My freshman roommate Jason had twenty-three credits two semesters in a row and also had to wake up at five in the morning for training. Steve Borden was trying to introduce student to what an average person in or training to be in the military life consists of. He also spread light to some of the difficulties that some individuals have to deal with when they enter back into society after serving. Once they get back to a civilian lifestyle most of them aren’t able to adjust right away. Learning more about the military and soldier’s was really helpful to many college students. ASU is also a good school to talk about this at because one of the most famous and well-respected milltary veterans Pat Tillman graduated from here. Patrick Tillman played also played football …show more content…
This movie is about an actor named Truman Burbank who believes he’s living a normal life until he notices little details around him which questions his thoughts. What Mr. Truman doesn’t realize in the beginning of that move is that his whole life is a hoax and he’s part of a famous TV show. His TV life is being filmed and watched all over the world. This film was really interesting because it was different from all the others I have watched. The film relates to sociology because it shows how fast a person life can change if they go against social norms. I f every one in the world we live in today started going against all the social norms this world will fall apart. That’s exactly what happened when Truman started disobeying the

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