Sociology relates to this novel in many different ways. The family in the story Flowers in the Attic, written by VC Andrews, begins as a family of procreation, a family established by marriage, which includes the mother (Mrs. Dollanger), the father (Mr. Dollanger) and the four children : Cathy (the eldest daughter), Chris (the second eldest son), Carrie and Corey (the young twins). A conflict begins when the father dies in a car accident. The mother and her four children must therefore move into the property of her rich parents because they have no money and nowhere to stay. After the father's death, the children's standards changed. The children's norms were to remain hidden in the basement, as Mrs. Dollanger can only regain the right to inherit her father's estate by falsifying that she has no children from her husband who was also his half-uncle. The original agreement was that they could move out of the basement when their grandfather died. The house rules were given by the dying grandfather who stipulated that if Mrs. Dollanger had children she would be disinherited again. The most important value of family was not having children through sin and not marrying within the family. family, which is why Mrs. Dollanger was initially disinherited. The grandmother had the highest status in the family as she ordered and punished the four grandchildren and Mrs. Dollanger. At this point, the grandmother now had authority status with the grandfather because he was sick in his dying bed. This goes against the definition of sexism, where men are seen as superior to women. Cathy, the older sister, begins to find herself confronted with a conflict of roles within herself. She plays the role of a sister and also represents a mother, as she is the one who takes care of her younger sister and brother. Strangely, she takes on the role of her brother Chris's sexual partner, as they do not yet understand that this is wrong due to their entrapment in society. Mrs. Dollanger then receives a sanction upon the death of her father, which consists of inheriting her father's estate. It was her reward for her father who thought she had no children. Her sanction at the beginning of the novel was the punishment of marrying her half-uncle by her father disinheriting her..