Growing up in a society so focused on fitting in really makes it hard for us to learn who we really are and how we want to be portrayed in the world. One of the greatest things about living in this country is that we have the ability to choose what we want to wear every day. Being able to dress yourself gives one the freedom to show their individuality. But, as humans our main mission in life is to find somewhere we belong. Feeling loved, accepted and appreciated is all we really need to feel truly content. And, most will do anything in order to achieve that and to not be treated like an outsider. Sadly, our need for belonging forces us to conform to society’s standards and loose our individuality. By society creating certain “rules” that we must follow in order to be accepted we are eliminating a person’s creativity and establishing a divide between those who are considered normal and those who are not. Thus, forcing us to become a society who …show more content…
Peer pressure, racial profiling, and stereotyping all stem from society telling us to not be ourselves and judge those who are different. If we all continue to force these kinds of hate onto people who are just trying to be themselves, they will never truly learn who they are as a person. Growing up, this is one of the first lessons you learn. As children, we are always told to be our own person and make our own decisions. Why don’t we continue this into adulthood? But, when a child notices all of their friends have the latest pair of sneakers and all their friends make fun of them for not having those sneakers, why is that child then treated like an outcast. How do we treat a human being like something that is worthless, all because they don’t have some materialistic item everyone else has? As a society, we need to stop penalizing someone for being different and except that in order to be a successful public, being different is
The search for one’s identity can be a constant process and battle, especially for teenagers and young adults. Many people have a natural tendency to want to fit in and be accepted by others, whether it be with family, friends or even strangers. They may try to change who they are, how they act, or how they dress in order to fit in. As one gets older, society can influence one’s view on what they should look like, how they should act, or how they should think. If society tells us that a certain body type or hair color is beautiful, that is what some people strive for and want to become in order to be more liked. This was especially true with Avery as she longed for the proper clothes to fit into a social group and began to change the way she spoke to match those around her. As a young and impressionable sixth grader, she allowed herself to become somewhat whitewashed in an attempt to fit in with the other girls. However, Avery did not really become friends with any of those girls; her only real friend was
Everybody wants to be accepted, yet society is not so forgiving. It bends you and changes you until you are like everyone else. Society depends on conformity and it forces it upon people. In Emerson's Self Reliance, he says "Society is a joint stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater." People are willing to sacrifice their own hopes and freedoms just to get the bread to survive. Although the society that we are living in is different than the one the Emerson's essay, the idea of fitting in still exists today. Although society and our minds make us think a certain way, we should always trust our better judgment instead of just conforming to society.
Juliana Altman Paper #3 Dr. Cook Communities throughout Time Communities throughout time have been shaped by the change of human rights, religion, and abstruse improvements—and in this case, the status on freedom actuates a communities values, morals, and ethics. The quality of a communities could be joined to its reliance from its physical and social aspects, therefore, when parts of a community are differentiated from those qualities, they end up in danger. In the Return of Martin Guerre, Guerre himself was a prime example of the lack of individualism in the community. Clearly, there is a dilemma between collectivism and individualism within this French 16th century society.
Why do we feel the need to be accepted by certain groups even if that means that we have to do or wear stuff we wouldn’t normally like? How far are we willing to go to try to mold ourselves to those standards? Sociologist today call this behavior conformity. Conformity is defined as “action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes and practices, (conformity)”. People tend to conform to group standards so they can feel like they are accepted and have a stable spot in society. Although some examples of this are fairly innocent, dressing in “trendy” clothes or behaving how your friends are acting so as not to be perceived as strange, conformity can easily turn into a dangerous situation. For example, say everyone in your primary group
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Are we as a society agreeing with putting are individualism at risk for social stability? Aldous Huxley in Brave New World where the idea about personality is set away for world peace, Is this the right thing to do. We have already became intuned with allowing are personal live almost become non existent with social media taking over our personal lives. Mustapha Mond a world Leader believes in sacrificing real feelings and emotional attachments for stability. This means no families, no love, and no real individuals. But, at least there are no wars and everyone is happy, will simulated happiness. The New World’s motto is “Community, Identity, and Stability” (1) which is ironic, due to the fact that there is no community with no relationships, no identity sense everyone is government controlled, even though the New World is very Stable that seems to be broken down when one does not take soma. Is Mustapha Mond concepts acceptable to protect the public?
Currently, there are many discussions regarding society’s views on how a “good” person should act. For example, in one society going to war may be viewed as a patriotic act, while in another society it may be viewed negatively because it can be seen as an act promoting violence. Furthermore, there are flaws in always conforming to society’s standards because it takes away one’s individuality. These topics are raised in the “Unknown Citizen” which is a poem by W.H. Auden that describes a man who is viewed by society as a perfect person and also in “Do Not Go Gently” by Dylan Thomas where he urges society to not accept death and fight it. As a result, there are actions that society declares as being righteous, but it is also important that people follow their own intuition because that way they become their own person.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell depict dystopian futures with people being ruled by extremely powerful and oppressive governments. In Brave New World, the government is called the World State, and is led by the World Controller, Mustapha Mond. In 1984 it is called the Party, which consists of the very exclusive Inner Party and the very populated Outer Party. The face of the party is “Big Brother” but the book does not specify whether Big Brother is actually a real person or not. Both novels follow characters trying to escape the twisted society they live in. The main characters in the novels are among the only ones who make any effort to rebel against the totalitarian state
Society is filled with outcasts. Everywhere one looks, there is someone who is different and has been labeled as an outcast by the others around them. People fear disturbance of their regular lives, so they do their best to keep them free of people who could do just that. An example of this in our society is shown in people of color. Whites label people who do not look the same as them as and treat them as if they are less important as they are. The white people in our society, many times unconsciously, degrade people of color because they fear the intuition that they could cause in their everyday lives. Society creates outcasts when people are different from the “norm.”
In life you will be faced with the challenge of fitting in many times, but you should not let the people around you define who you are. At school there are lots of trends and I see it here at collegiate where people wear certain clothes or shoes because it’s a fad. In third and fourth grade the largest fad by far was “Silly Bandz” and everyone had them and everyone wanted to have them. It may seem to be an unsophisticated example, but it is very relevant to the topic. Everyone should be individual and not just what other people are pressuring them to be, but truly themselves. Be a leader not a
In conclusion, we as a society have to realize that individuality goes much deeper than material things and that it is okay to be different. Conforming to what society feels you should do will not only be detrimental to our growth as humans but as a world community as well.
There is a strange transitional period from being bottle fed by your parents or guardians, to being your own independent person and someone who makes their own decisions.The age in which this transformation occurs is different for every individual. When we are growing up, we don 't have a many freedoms as adults do. In turn, we also don 't have as many responsibilities as kids. Some freedoms we gain as we grow up. Growing up you gain liberties and responsibilities, but these opportunities, steps toward brightening your future, largely overweigh the obligations that a young adult incurs. We gain freedom by being able to make our own choices, like voting and controlling our own income and how much we chose to spend on things like necessities and luxuries.
Civilizations are typically broken up into two categories: collectivist. Individualist cultures, like those of the United States and Western Europe, highlight personal accomplishment regardless of the expense of team goals, causing a powerful awareness of competition. Collectivist cultures, including these of China, Korea, and Asia, emphasize work and family team aims above desires or individual needs.
Unfortunately, this struggle for conformity often extends beyond a personal level. It is not uncommon for society to chastise a person for being different, in one particular way or another. This chastising could range from polite disapproval, to snide comments, to harmful, oppressive tactics such as bullying and harassment. This causes more people to conform to society for the fear of being labeled a
Individual self is nested in an ecological context, embedded in relational dynamics, patterns, and systems. These interwoven connections support the assertion that humans are a part of, not independent from, the systems in which they are surrounded. Our social and relational ecologies, then, contribute to our individual psychological identity, and can impact how we act upon and interpret our own stories.