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Peter Berger, a professor of Sociology at Boston University, introduces the relationship that exists between society and the individual in his book, Invitation to Society. He finds that’s society is an “external reality that exerts pressure and coercion upon the individual” (30), and the reason why this will always remain true is because, “we want to obey the rules” (30) and “we want the parts that society has assigned to us” (30). As humans, we are beings of our surroundings, and if placed into a society that lacks unwritten rules, socialization would not occur. Also, society is not just a factor in shaping what we do, but also who we are as people. It is difficult to break beyond these factors since our personal identifications are not self-determined and therefore we have little self-control over what happens. Berger calls these factors “powerful pressures”, that have the ability to “ensure that the proper responses are indeed forthcoming” (31). There is a......

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