Culture And Culture In A Bug's Life

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In the children’s movie “A Bug’s Life”, which began playing in 1998, a few sociological concepts are displayed within the colony of ants. A few of these concepts include their organized society and strict cultures. A society is the variety of people that are defined by their behaviors and beliefs known as their culture. Although this is a very well-known children’s movie that has been viewed by many, people rarely notice the differences in the different cultures and societies throughout the movie. A few of the differences include the society that the ants live in versus the society of the other bugs, the specific behaviors that make up the ant's culture, and the beneficial differences that can be made to the ants overall society and culture when they are open to the idea of change. In the film the ants are a part of a unique and very structured society that is made up of a variety of similar ants with diverse personalities. There are a large number of ants and each of them have their own responsibility and they are controlled by the queen ant. The Queen ant has many responsibilities such as running the colony and communicating with…show more content…
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