The Boy Next Door and the Psycho Killer: Producing Society’s Extremes E

The Boy Next room access and the Psycho Killer Producing Societys Extremes Two boys walk beat the corridor of a friendly, residential, public high school. As they approach, the crowd slowly split as its bystanders conscionable stare at the boys. The boys walk with a trustworthy aire about them, as their trench turn ups swing from side to side and their blue(a) pillowcases meet the eyes of the rest of the students. They are pointed at and called names much(prenominal) as fag or freak-- for they are members of the infamous trench coat mafia. These two boys can also be described as the murderers in the Columbine High School shootings. Somewhere across the country in another friendly, residential, public high school, a good looking boy of the same age walks down a identical hallway, and has a similar resultant role on the crowd. Instead of cosmos laughed at or called a fag, this captain of the football team, Corey Johnson, gets a few good job at the game yesterday or hellos from people that fetch only hear of him and wished to actually know him personally, for he is notorious for being cool. alternatively than being called a fag as walks down the hallway no one even suspects or even contemplates the fact that he is a homosexual. These individuals are alike in various aspects age, sex, surroundings, and others, but yet render managed to be labeled and categorized so differently and so harshly. So what are the social conditions that have allowed such opposing figures to take conformation in our culture? What is it that forces youth to be successful at being normal or unsuccessful and weird? The answer is the confining and emphasized methods that our society has used to produce its norms. These two particular cases are just representations of many types of kids who are forced into two very dist... ...nes, ads, schoolsthe devastating effect is one that is constantly making deviants the outcast. These outcasts take on labels that usually have a negati ve connotation of a freak. Should these deviant groups stride to gather this normal expectation and assimilate into a culture that has rejected them or rather try to gain strength to add to their uniqueness? each(prenominal) individual has a role on how he is perceived.This role is not control but rather a thoroughfare that can be taken to control their position according to the norm. It is debatable if Corey Johnsons face to the nation as an icon was an action to make the gay speed up seem more normal, or to show that there are exceptions to the traffic pattern within the gay name. No matter the standpoint or path a group in society chooses take, there will forever and a day be one outstanding central ground With your norm, youve always got your deviant.