Individual Vs Conformist Research Paper

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Is there such thing as being just an individual or conformist? Or can you be both but in your own way ? Many people assume that you can only be an individual or conformist. You can be an individual the same amount you can be a conformist. It just all depends on who the person is and who it's towards. At some points you many want to fit it but what if you just wake up one day and decide that you want to be unique for the day;therefore, not worry about what anyone has to say on the way you dress or the way you decided to act that one day.More specifically, your whole life people always tell you to act a certain way around a certain group of people,but what if you don't want to act that way‒it shouldn't be anyone's choice but yours. Just because

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