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The sociological imagination encompasses sociologi cal concepts and information of the world as a society. How we interpret it and howe we see it. One must understand the life of an individual and the life of a society simotaneously, in order to make a connection. Thus, making comparison to situations in one's life to the situations in the real world society.

This can help make a difference in how we view the world and how we get past specific mental obstacles in order to relate to people, events, and situations that are usually not in our control. This causes us to put ourselves in other people's shoes, thus, solve some of our problems and in turn, personally benefiting ourselves.

All of this, comes with the simple differing of our personal situations and societal situations, ones that affect an entire community. In turn, figuring out how to use the daily struggles and things in society to come out making better personal choices and benefiting ourselves, making ht world an better place. Which makes life easier, less stressful, and overall, putting us in situations that benefit us and make us happy and in turn doing the right thing as an individual.

The sociological imagination as used in the determining and analysis of feature films is somewhat important to the average sociological standpoint, but in channeling the sociological imagination viewpoint, can become a helpful tool in learning about sociological perspectives, thus gaing it in the process. Both sociology and film making really go hand in hand, because of the message and theme that is being portrayed and the viewers reaction because of this thus, creating room for debate in terms of interpretation.

For example, creating a film that introduces character from four different angles and situations in life, drawing upon social, psychological, and moral standards of life to bring together one, central ideal that echoes through the overall meaning and reasoning behind the actions taken by individuals, as well as the overall outcome of the story in general.

Through the viewing, discussions take place amongst the individuals that view the film with intent on entertainment satisfaction or even the notion to truly understand or interpret the films theme. IN this discussion, plot points are made, conclusions are drawn upon and many minor problems/situations in modern society are indeed fixed, if at the least made into a compromise for the benefit of certain groups, situations, and processes that are ongoing in today's world. So, this creates further sociological imagination to find beneficial and efficient ways to help people, determine things morally permissible or not, and even giving way to new ideas and ways to network people through correlating ideologies and aspects, which can change or even add sociological perspective to someone's state of mind.

Prendergast, Christopher. “Cinema Sociology: Cultivating the Sociological Imagination through Popular Film.” Teaching Sociology, vol. 14, no. 4, 1986, pp. 243–248. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1318381.

Prendergast, C. (1986). Cinema Sociology: Cultivating the Sociological Imagination through Popular Film. Teaching Sociology, 14(4), 243-248. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/1318381