Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, and women’s rights activist once said, “nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles”. In other words, humans are naturally meant to be diverse and individual, but we’ve grown terrified of being ourselves no matter how different, because of society. Leonard Mead from the short story, “The Pedestrian” had made a wise decision to be his unique self, and refuse to conformity. Social conformity can be described as one who follows the majority’s or standards in society. An individual should not change their feelings, looks, beliefs, and actions to fit in with a group unless
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I decided long ago I would avoid conforming in order to be true to the natural person I am. Over time, my happiness, and self confidence had increased. Life began to have a deeper meaning to it, because I saw things my way, and did not conform to the way society usually thinks. This is significant because if I were to conform, I would no longer be a unique individual. I do not want to be similar to everybody else, because it takes away from standing out to the universe. Humans were created as one person, because they were meant to be the only version themselves. As a result, conforming can cause one to forget the person they individually were destined to be. Many of the most brilliant people of the world were non-conformists such as Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist; Oscar Wilde, a mind blowing writer; Bell Hooks, a feminist, activist, and scholar; and Frida Kahlo, an extraordinary painter who defies classification. These people changed the world and influenced great things because of their non-conformity. This shows the readers that being who you are and not conforming can give you so much self inflicted brain power to do unique and wonderful things to contribute to such a indistinguishable society. This is relevant because those who do not change themselves for others, strongly have the ability to think for themselves, and aren’t afraid to express their brilliant ideas. One can conclude from this is that being unique and an individual is not only good for yourself, but good for the
I decided long ago I would avoid conforming in order to be true to the natural person I am. Over time, my happiness, and self confidence had increased. Life began to have a deeper meaning to it, because I saw things my way, and did not conform to the way society usually thinks. This is significant because if I were to conform, I would no longer be a unique individual. I do not want to be similar to everybody else, because it takes away from standing out to the universe. Humans were created as one person, because they were meant to be the only version themselves. As a result, conforming can cause one to forget the person they individually were destined to be. Many of the most brilliant people of the world were non-conformists such as Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist; Oscar Wilde, a mind blowing writer; Bell Hooks, a feminist, activist, and scholar; and Frida Kahlo, an extraordinary painter who defies classification. These people changed the world and influenced great things because of their non-conformity. This shows the readers that being who you are and not conforming can give you so much self inflicted brain power to do unique and wonderful things to contribute to such a indistinguishable society. This is relevant because those who do not change themselves for others, strongly have the ability to think for themselves, and aren’t afraid to express their brilliant ideas. One can conclude from this is that being unique and an individual is not only good for yourself, but good for the