lose some of their weight or influence upon us. Find a Halloween-related example where
some social fact appears to be weakened or suspended at this time. Be sure to explain the
concept social fact by drawing on the Emile Durkheim reading as part of your response.
4. Find an example of someone failing to use their sociological imagination when
talking about or describing some social problem. Draw from the C. Wright Mills reading
to explain how your example illustrates this absence of a sociological imagination.
6. Consider the following statement: Humans are social beings. Find an example to
demonstrate this idea and draw from the reading by either Max Weber or Barbara
Ehrenreich to explain your meaning (i.e., using a concept from either reading to explain
how your example reflects this statement).