Conformity

Conformity seems to be the new silent killer. More and more people are choosing to conform rather than be themselves. Conformity is spread across the world and in our generation it’s starting to spread like a wildfire in dead grass. In the article “The Sociology of Leopard Man” by Logan Fey, Logan argues that conformity is becoming one of the world’s most dangerous psychological disorders. I will share my position and provide my own experience in terms of how I classify non-conformist and conformists.

In the article, “The Sociology of Leopard Man”, Fey states that society views people who are different as freaks. Throughout the article Fey supports his claim with an example, general assumptions, and his own opinion. The primary reason why Fey decided to write the article is to basically convince the public to be more like the Leopard Man from time to time, in terms of living an independent, simple, and happy life. Conformity is essentially a type of social influence that involves a change in behavior and beliefs in order to fit within a certain group. In today's society it is often extremely difficult to adjust to one type of lifestyle. The constant pressure of outside opinions influences our ability, as humans, to be comfortable with a certain way of living. Our standards of living may consist of the way one may look, the way one may think, and the way one may act that doesn’t conform to the accepted at any point in time. When this is the case, we sometimes feel forced to change, hence we are vulnerable to conformity. The two leading theories of conformity are that people look to the group because they're unsure of what to do, and that people go along with the norm because they are afraid of being different.

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...rty clothes. Everyone who attends church is primarily there for the same reason and it shouldn’t matter on the way one looks. My analysis has confirmed that I am a sole believer of being non-conformed.

In conclusion, the Leopard Man is just one example of how someone could live life simple and happy. I believe that individuals that are non-conformist have deep inner strengths. Society puts a great deal of pressure for everyone to act and live life a certain way which is considered the “norm”. If one looks at history, the majority of inventors, and famous people that stamped their footprint on this earth were different (i.e. Non-conformist). My vision of life is to be different, I may not go to the extreme as the Leopard Man, however, I certainly do plan on changing the world in some positive way. I’m still in the process of figuring out how and when.