To support my logic of the Strain Theory best fitting Professor Hopes’ response, I would like to start with the work of Emile Durkheim who was a sociologist and philosopher. Durkheim begin this work by speaking about ‘anomie’, which is a sense of normlessness, where he attempted to explain that the strain of society presses people to act out as if there are no rules (Agnew &Scheuerman 2015). If people are under strain or stress then making ends meet would become priority by all mean necessary. Robert Merton, another sociologist expanded on Durkheim’s Strain theory and developed his theory of deviance, which simply means opposition to the norms(Agnew &Scheuerman 2015). Merton concluded that society places expectations on its members, but does