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Jared Blohm
Eng. 101
Professor Backhaus
Cultural Trends:
The film I chose to research about is the television series “Sons of Anarchy.” Sons of
Anarchy is about a motorcycle club from Charming, California. Usually when people think of
motorcycle gangs or clubs, they associate them with being thugs and criminals. Although, SOA
is involved with several illegal activities, people consider them outlaws not criminals, but
everyone from the town of Charming know that they are a necessary evil. Throughout the
series it shows how the club sticks together and what their true values are. The Sons value
family over everything, they show how everything has a consequence, and it shows how much
power can really change a person.
Jaxon Tellor is the main character in the series. His father is the main founder of the club
and had visions of getting the club to get away from their illegal activities. Throughout the show
Jax struggles with finding his way of protecting his family and the club. When something is
happening with the club that threatens one of their families everything is done to protect one
another. That shows how caring they really are. People think of gangs to only care about the
money or what they’re doing not about the lives at stake but that’s what makes them different.
They are always looking to protect their family.
The first cultural analysis that how much family is worth and valued. From the series of
Sons of Anarchy, family is everything. In the third season, Jax’s son Abel is kidnapped and taken
to Ireland. The main members of the club weren’t supposed to leave the country because of
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some charges against them. But when they found out where Abel went, it didn’t matter
anymore, they went to save him anyway. Most people would look at as something wrong, but
to me it shows how much they are willing to sacrifice just for family. They would be called
criminals and fugitives but none of that matters as long as they save their family.
When people are faced with trials, most of the time, they would look to do what is best
for their families. That is exactly what the part of the series showed. A father does whatever he
needs to whether it’s right or wrong to save and protect their family. Reading articles about
parents and what they do to protect their children, I can’t consider what Jax and the others did
on the show as a terrible crime.
The second analysis I would like to discuss is that everything we do has a consequence.
