Why Do People Protest?

Other sociologists like Katz believe that people commit crime to be a break from boredom and everyday life. This links to the idea of our film how these students do not realise what they are doing. They are disconnected from reality and can’t see the difference between what they were protesting for and what  they were actually doing, making it more romantic, thus not seeing the harsh reality. This is like Jane who can see the harsh reality of what they are doing while her brother’s friends only see the romantic side of the idea of going to protest and looking ‘cool’ in front of there peers like Cohen suggested about the 1960’s mods and rockers riots.