United States is the largest country that has people being killed by gun every year. Many people assume the causes for mass shooting would be mentally illness criminals, the act of revenge, loneliness, or hopeless. These causes are absolutely right, but besides these causes, we have to expand the investigation to a broader society. The latest mass shooting is happened in Orlando, Florida, where an American-born man, Omar Mateen, gunned down 50 people at a gay nightclub at 2:00 am. Not surprisingly, he has called the police during the attack to pledge allegiance to IS. After reading the news, I wondered what makes a young man to create a devastating shooting. From what I’ve read from the news, his parents mentioned that he was outraged when
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But I also extend my perspective to consider other factors that could attribute to this event such as cultural stereotypes, race, social effects, and political views. In “Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life,” David M. Newman emphasizes that our daily actions are influenced by social forces and personal characteristics (18). So what I’m trying to say is that Mateen’s action could be influenced by the society he lived in or he admired. His actions are largely affected by the ideal lifestyle of IS, which is full of violence, anger, hate, and revenge. Mentally illness is a cause, but there are lots of people diagnose with mentally illness but still harmless. Thus, my opinion is that social factor is a big part of our actions. We act the way we consider is right and appropriate to the society we live in. In the same book, Newman also demonstrates that our religion set up our behavioral choices (Newman 5). What we believe is so vital since humans do what they believe in. In Mateen’s case, his parents mentioned him as a religious man, and his religion is not allowed the same sex marriage. Sometimes, different religions drive people to do the unacceptable things like this catastrophic …show more content…
Nowadays, owning a gun is very easy. A mentally ill person could buy a gun without background and historical checking is normal. Therefore, the personal problem here is the status of illness Mateen has been diagnosed with, and the public issue here is the owning of a gun freely. That is why it is very hard to know Mateen’s motivation without investigating the public issue as the gun control. The trouble and issue is linked together as the cause and effect. What seems so personal is truly publicity. I believe that biography and history is the relationship in the society since what we do is based on our history because history repeats itself. In the same article, Mills insists that social structure shapes how we act and to understand that we have to use the sociological imagination (Mills 4). Accordingly, Mateen’s history and social structure shapes him into a violent person. He was raised in U.S but his root is at Afghanistan, and we all know that Afghanistan is a place with endless wars throughout the year. His social class or background led him into a religious person that believes only his religion is
But I also extend my perspective to consider other factors that could attribute to this event such as cultural stereotypes, race, social effects, and political views. In “Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life,” David M. Newman emphasizes that our daily actions are influenced by social forces and personal characteristics (18). So what I’m trying to say is that Mateen’s action could be influenced by the society he lived in or he admired. His actions are largely affected by the ideal lifestyle of IS, which is full of violence, anger, hate, and revenge. Mentally illness is a cause, but there are lots of people diagnose with mentally illness but still harmless. Thus, my opinion is that social factor is a big part of our actions. We act the way we consider is right and appropriate to the society we live in. In the same book, Newman also demonstrates that our religion set up our behavioral choices (Newman 5). What we believe is so vital since humans do what they believe in. In Mateen’s case, his parents mentioned him as a religious man, and his religion is not allowed the same sex marriage. Sometimes, different religions drive people to do the unacceptable things like this catastrophic …show more content…
Nowadays, owning a gun is very easy. A mentally ill person could buy a gun without background and historical checking is normal. Therefore, the personal problem here is the status of illness Mateen has been diagnosed with, and the public issue here is the owning of a gun freely. That is why it is very hard to know Mateen’s motivation without investigating the public issue as the gun control. The trouble and issue is linked together as the cause and effect. What seems so personal is truly publicity. I believe that biography and history is the relationship in the society since what we do is based on our history because history repeats itself. In the same article, Mills insists that social structure shapes how we act and to understand that we have to use the sociological imagination (Mills 4). Accordingly, Mateen’s history and social structure shapes him into a violent person. He was raised in U.S but his root is at Afghanistan, and we all know that Afghanistan is a place with endless wars throughout the year. His social class or background led him into a religious person that believes only his religion is