Community and Social Structure TaskIII The idea that people are social in nature can be clearly illustrated by the groups or communities seen around them. Groups of individuals share a common perspective on what reality consists of, this is known as culture (Charon, 1997). This reality is perceived through our interactions with others in the group and by what our position is within that group (Caronte, 1997). The way we see the world is in some sense limited by both our location and our interactions. To effectively fill your position in the group you must have a working set of ideas and concepts to get the job done (Charon, 1997). This set of working ideas is actually formed by the interactions you have with other people who have the same position as you. It works for everyone else, and so you can't just randomly choose another set of concepts and ideas and expect them to work, so you choose the ideas, concepts, and means that your peers use (Charon, 1997). For example, if you are a chemist, you gain knowledge and perspectives consistent with your environment, i.e. chemistry, you would not learn much about molecular biology because those concepts and ideas are not useful to you. We do not have a complete picture of everything around us because we only perceive things that fit our social structure (Caronte, 1997). Reality is not a Velcro Nerf throwing of facts and ideas, but rather a magnetic selection of those facts and ideas that favor our pre-constructed structure. For a man, power and wealth are the greatest thing to achieve, but for a tramp the greasiest thing is to have a warm place to sleep (Coleman, 1982: 207). It is unfortunate that these concepts can be used by a dictator to gain control and power for their own ideas and concepts. Hitler was just such a man, he used a social construct known as patriotism, that is, a sense of pride and connection with everyone within a society. Hitler rallied the people en masse demanding economic flourishing and prosperity for all if they submitted to the organization, and promised death to anyone not within that organization. He forced them to think the same thoughts, have the same beliefs and fight for a common cause, and six million Jews gave up their lives to not be part of his concept of community..