Dark comedy
ESSAY – DUE on the day of the final exam- Paper two should be a min. of 6 pages- typed, double-spaced, 12 font Times New Roman (and do not take up a paragraph space for your heading). Lastly, works cited page is never included for the minimum page requirement. References/citations (5) should be consistent all the way through whether it be Chicago, Harvard Style, APA etc. format – just make sure it is a consistent format throughout the paper.
1) Dark comedy: List topics that are inappropriate to laugh at (you are welcome to also compare and contrast dark humor in America compared to a different culture like Japan- for example). Among other attention-grabbing sociological themes, discover laughter as a protective mechanism when one laughs at his or her friend who accidentally fell.[unique_solution]
2) The burden of labor: Is work a necessity? Why do people have to work: is that duty, a socially acceptable behavior, or a natural predisposition? The subject of sociology tries to understand the nature of the social order and the place of a human in it. While the majority of people have to work to ensure their living, others claim that labor is a burden that makes a negative impact on a person, leaving no time for rest and creation. Take future realities of automation into consideration as well.
3) How we make friends: Friendship as a social institution. Think about the role friendship plays in social relations. What do friends do for us? Do we need them in order to survive? Conduct sociological research to focus on revealing benefits and drawbacks friendship may provide. Think about the benefits.
4) How memes appear and disappear: The role of memes in today’s popular culture. Among other social issues for a research paper, it seems relevant to explore how memes appear as a result of one or another event and what makes them vanish. Are there memes that educate people and/or make a tremendous cultural impact on people? What do silly memes do for a society?
5) SELECT YOUR OWN PAPER TOPIC WITH MY APPROVAL