Braveheart is based on the true story of a Scottish farmer, William Wallace, who is pushed too far by English tyranny. In the beginning of the movie William's father is summoned to a meeting with all the other Scottish noble to discuss a peace treaty with the king of England, Edward the Longshanks. They were discussing a peace treaty with England because England wanted to take over all of Europe. When all the Scottish nobles finally arrived at the designated barn, Longshanks ambushed them and had them all hanged inside the barn. Williams Wallace's dad however

The next day all the remaining Scots went to war with the English. The Scottish believed that if they formed a small army and fought the English it would let them know their disgust and maybe help the nations to reach a truce. William just being a child of eight years old had to stay at home to look after the farm. The morning after William's father's departure an ox driven cart came rolling in bearing his fathers dead body. While William was at his father's funeral he met a little girl that gave him a flower to ease his pain. Later that night Williams uncle Argyle showed up and took William back to his home in the north. When Argyle asked William if the eulogy was given in classic Latin William explained that he couldn't speak Latin to which Argyle responded "That's something we'll have to remedy." Argyle taught William Latin, French and the arts of war. Argyle stressed that a real man uses his wits then as a last resort, his sword.

In conclusion, Braveheart was the greatest movie of all time. In this movie there are various examples of sociology. Social class, right and wrong, and social normality are all portrayed in this movie. If you ever have a free couple of hours watch this movie because it is entertaining as well as intellectually stimulating.

was a little late so he arrived just in time to cut all the dead men down from the ceiling. William saw all of this but didn't quit know what to think of it.

Finally, Braveheart contains the sociological aspect of being outside the social norm. In the movie, Sir William Wallace displays a great deal of social abnormality because it's not in the social norm to start a war with a rival nation. Wallace also ventures outside the social norm because he leads and organizes many battles and displays great intelligence and wit to defeat the English. The social norm back then was to be a poor, ignorant, uneducated farmer. Wallace possessed a great education, great bravery and an uncanny sense of leadership. Wallace's personality was also outside of the social norm because he had such a charisma around the commoners that he could let them into a nearly hopeless battle and convince them that they could win.

Soon, after word of Wallace's exploits traveled all over the country, men flocked to his aid in fighting the English for the independence of Scotland. Many battles followed in which Wallace displayed his keen intellect in defea

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