Topic > Defiance Movie Analysis - 753

The sociologist Talcott Parsons thought that "norms in any society or group should provide answers to questions relating to at least four dimensions." The first dimension is emotional relationships which define how personal your relationship is. Throughout the film, Zus, Tuvia and Aasel showed that the relationships with the women they meet in the forest were very personal to them. Additionally, the film referred to the “forest wife” and “forest husband,” which implied that marriages were accepted in the community. The second dimension is control, decision making, authority relations which define "involvement with another must be total and not limited by time constraints... or it must be limited and specific..." This has been represented when older siblings became a role model or acted as a parent to their younger siblings. Tulvia and Zue have made all the decisions for Aasel and Aron that will benefit them and protect them from the Nazis. The third dimension is status acceptance relationships that define a relationship based on the social class the person represents or the uniqueness of the relationship. This relationship was demonstrated when the Russian commander wanted to work with the Bielski brothers because Zue and Tuliva have a high reputation in the Jewish community and have proven that they can fight well with the Nazis. The last dimension is successful-successful relationships that define a relationship when a person is appreciated for his