You borrow my car. And then you give her the test.

So the past few days we've been watching a Bronx Tale in Soc. Aside from this being a great movie, there are many example of sociology in the interactions and actions of the characters.
We'll start with groups. Collogero belongs in at least three groups; his family, his childhood friends like Slick, Sonny's crew, and Jane. Each of these groups shapes him in a different way. With his family, we see C's dad trying to lead C to be a working man, someone who will make money for his family in all the right ways. C's childhood friends seem like all trouble and he typically disagrees with their actions, like beating up the black kids from down the street. Sonny influences C to want "the life." With cars and clothes and money and power. I think that C sees how people respect Sonny and he admires that the most out of all of his qualities. At least one argument is started between C and his father about whether Sonny is feared or loved.
The neighborhood has its own construction of reality. The unwritten rules are that Sonny is the boss, the big man in town. Another implied rule is that you don't leave the neighborhood unless you're looking for trouble. We see this when C walks Jane home and turns around at the viaduct and his heckled anyway.
All of this got me thinking about the social construction of own neighborhood. Like it's expected that anyone who has their license has their own car to drive. OBviously this is a result of living in an affluent area. It just seems like an unwritten law that if you're a senior, you're gonna be driving to school. The movie also made me realize that so many different groups of people have an influence on me. I think the best example of this is the way that I talk. My speech and phrases I say are all influences of where we live and who my friends are.