Sociological Analysis Of The Movie Essay

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1. Anthropology “Freedom Writers” belong to the school of thought of Functionalism because it is seen in the movie that each gang has their own sets of laws and practices. Functionalists believe that in order to understand a culture, it is necessary to investigate the social functions of institutions. Institutions are established laws, practices, and customs within a society (Bain, Colyer, DesRivieres, & Dolan, 2002). For example, Eva and her family, or gang, has a custom to “protect their own kind” no matter what. Eva was told to defend her own gang member, Paco, even though she knew that he was guilty of murder (LaGravenese, 2007). She knew she had to do so because if she went against the institutions, she would be in danger; hunted by her