Wag The Dog Sociology

Prompt: “We can’t escape the world others create”.

Individual perceives reality unsimilarly due to the influence of external factors such as, religion, socialization and experiences that decides how things should be constructed. Also reality can be defined by values and assumptions that bring to the way how people see a particular thing. Often people with authority or other forms of power are in position to deceive others such as the media and government are in a position to deceive people without their realizing it. People concerns and priorities can also shape how they perceive events as this often leads people to take curious mind towards recently presented problems and often ends up forgetting what are essential which than leads to final

Media play crucial roles towards influencing what are facts and attract audience’s attention to favor a single opinion at omnipresence. Often tries to position how individual should view the issue presented in the media in the forms of preconception. Referencing to the film, the media persuaded the citizens of United States to have negative representation to the current president towards winning the election and gaining more followers. To protect the president popularity, the Hollywood producer came with the brilliant idea that, the war was over but there is a brave American soldier named, Old Shoe, being left behind in Albania, to make the appearance of “president becoming the hero” where “he brought peace”, due to the voter are susceptible to believing that they are in safe network of people. The identity of Old Shoe was hidden as he was deceived as authenticity and courage Mon rather than facing the reality of him being a criminal for raping a nun where he was sentenced to jail for 10 years. This above example illustrates that people can easily be caught up into others reality when issues are presented from one angle without knowing the

This is shown in the article ‘Lieutenant Hroo Onoda’ about a Japanese officer who refused to believe that World War Two had ended. This was due to being isolated from the rest of the world and lack of perspective. He was a loyalty man and committed to his commander orders towards leading the troops. Even though the war was over, he refused to surrender himself where he ends up hiding in the Philippine Island for 27 years surviving on stolen food and natural resources rather than facing the reality of a Japanese defeat. Many leaflets were left in the jungle stating that “the war ended on August 15. Come down from the mountains!” but for Onoda and other three men it just doesn’t make sense. Until Norio Suzuki decided to search for Onoda where he tried to convince him that the world was over, Onoda explained that “he would only surrender if his commander ordered him so”. This example shows that individual realities are influenced by the current situation that creates how people should respond. Also people concerns and proprieties can shape how they view reality as other important things are erased where they only observe given scenario from one