Core Values In The Film 'The Harvest'

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Core Values / pg. 51: the values that are central to a group, those around which builds a common identity.

In 1965 sociologist Robin Williams identified America’s top three core values as achievement and success, individualism, and hard work. These simple values are taken for granted compared to the life of an immigrant. As Americans we are given ample opportunity to fulfill and live up to our full potential. If an individual fails, it is their fault and not the social system. In the film The Harvest, the three main core values that stood out were family, hard work, and cleanliness. I got my first job when I was seventeen. I worked twenty-eight hours a week, went to school, did extracurricular activities, and slept for at least eight hours

I have learned about the struggles of generations before me and the privileges I have obtained from them. Minorities in general have come a long way to develop social equality. The most indecent thing I personally have to worry about in my life, is my reaction to people's vulgarity and ignorance. Watching The Harvest I have come to the conclusion that America has found a way to legalize slavery. An average American, even a poor American wouldn't show the dedication immigrants do for a job that pays virtually nothing. They are denied liberties in life simply because they are from another country. What Zulema, Perla, and Victor go through in life is inhumane. They not only work at a young age but they work in conditions that can kill or bring harm to their bodies. Victor stated that at one point of time his skin started to burn off from the pesticides in the crops. . Every day after work he has to go home and wash his skin in bleach to get clean. Zulema risks getting cut by scissors used to harvest onions and endangers her wellbeing to pluck apples from the top of ladders. Unthinkably they do this for 12 plus hours of the day in the heat. Americans have labor laws in place to protect children. We also have organizations like OSHA to enforce safe working conditions. If you work in the United States at the bare minimum you should at least be protected by our laws and regulations.

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D. Scholars

Answer is B. Proletariat is Marx’s term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production. Pg.10 Immigrants are paid unfair wages for their services due to their citizen and social status.

2. Which is an example of symbolic culture from the movie?

A. Family

B. Money

C. The Harvest

D. Transportation

Answer is A. Symbolic culture is non material culture. Pg. 41 Family is an important core value that centers on the families in the film.

3. Cultural Lag is best described in which video scenario?

A. The children started working at early ages.

B. Perla might be forced to take a more caretaking role if her father becomes sick.

C. Immigrant families live in underdeveloped homes and use outdated machinery.

D. For children to get paid they used a trusted adults name.

The answer is C. Cultural lag is Ogburn’s term for human behavior lagging behind technological innovations. Pg. 57 Immigrants lag behind culturally because they can’t afford the means or are given equal opportunity to acquire the same advances as the average American.

4. Perla’s family was denied food at a food bank and given the reason they didn't make enough money to qualify for the help. However a local family would have potentially qualified in the same circumstances. This demonstrates which vocabulary