Choose any fictional character from books, TV, movies, or whatever who engages in deviant behavior. The deviance can be as mild as combing their hair with a fork (Ariel from The Little Mermaid) to a life of crime (Walter White from Breaking Bad). Now we're going to analyze their deviance from a Sociological perspective.

First, tell us what this character does that is deviant. Next, choose one of the perspectives on deviance described in the textbook and tell us how a theorist from that perspective would see the character. It's totally okay to say that this theory doesn't apply well to your fictional character, but you'll need to elaborate on what the theory says and why it isn't a good fit. Show us that you understand the theory. Here are the perspectives to choose from:

• Emile Durkheim's Essential Nature of Deviance theory
• Robert Merton's Strain theory
• Chicago School's social disorganization theory
• Karl Marx's unequal system theory
• Wright Mills' power elite theory
• Crime and social class theory
• Labeling theory
• Edwin Sutherland's differential association theory
• Travis Hirschi's control theory