Reality of Conformity and Nonconformity If there must be only one choice, which aspect would sound better? Being locked up in chains with your dearest people led by a “nice looking” villain to your death, or being chained by yourself to your death? Neither of the options sounds pleasing, therefore there is no correct way to our social community lifestyle. There are two characters that fit into these opposing aspects, conformity, and nonconformity. Characters with conformity deal with a hanging doubt that bothers them frequently, like Boxer from George Orwell’s fable, “Animal Farm”, who is an over-hard-working horse that only listens to Napoleon, their master. Boxer’s relationship to conformity is looked upon his excessive determination
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Mead has been walking for many years and counting, but he’s been walking all alone while looking at other people having fun and getting together for family, friendships, or relationships. The story explained Leonard as “the passing of a lone figure.”(Bradbury ) Also, it says, “The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry.”(Bradbury ) Mead was forced to be alone because nobody else wanted to walk with him. This supports my thesis by showing that nonconforming can push you away and separate you from the majority. This lead to suspicions by the police that found …show more content…
If the police caught someone walking around in the night, they usually might think that they were a drunkard or mentally troubled. Apparently, at the end of the story, Leonard was taken to “Psychiatric Centre for Regressive Tendencies.” The police then said, ”’Now if you had a wife to give you an alibi’, the iron voice said. ‘But-;” This would mentally push Leonard into embarrassment and/or shame that he doesn't have a wife or children. Leonard, unfortunately, doesn’t have anybody to help him from the police, so he was taken to a psychiatric without an argue. That’s how people would want to nonconform themselves from the world, but it will not work well because they cannot live safely without the help of others. At the same time, conforming would lead to unsafe lifestyles as
Mead has been walking for many years and counting, but he’s been walking all alone while looking at other people having fun and getting together for family, friendships, or relationships. The story explained Leonard as “the passing of a lone figure.”(Bradbury ) Also, it says, “The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry.”(Bradbury ) Mead was forced to be alone because nobody else wanted to walk with him. This supports my thesis by showing that nonconforming can push you away and separate you from the majority. This lead to suspicions by the police that found …show more content…
If the police caught someone walking around in the night, they usually might think that they were a drunkard or mentally troubled. Apparently, at the end of the story, Leonard was taken to “Psychiatric Centre for Regressive Tendencies.” The police then said, ”’Now if you had a wife to give you an alibi’, the iron voice said. ‘But-;” This would mentally push Leonard into embarrassment and/or shame that he doesn't have a wife or children. Leonard, unfortunately, doesn’t have anybody to help him from the police, so he was taken to a psychiatric without an argue. That’s how people would want to nonconform themselves from the world, but it will not work well because they cannot live safely without the help of others. At the same time, conforming would lead to unsafe lifestyles as