Individual responsibility

Individualistic society is a person who is independent and cares mostly around him or herself, while collectivist societies put society’s well being over an individual. In the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell is a farm taken control by animals and where animals believe they were equal . It was led by Snowball and Napoleon, until Napoleon took complete control of the farm and abused his power and treated as animals slaves. The two characters of “Animal Farm” is Snowball and Napoleon…

The need to belong to a group is an essential part of the human existence. To be alone means to struggle and ultimately die or loneliness because of a lack of resources. Genetics, Personality, and Group Identity by Christopher Weber, a professor at Louisiana State University, and several other psychologists investigated this need to belong. This need to belong has been analyzed by various scientists with varying degrees to understand this innate behavior (Weber et al. 1314). Within these groups,…

“them” becomes possible. When individuals lose status or are discriminated against because of their negatively evaluated differences, they experience enacted stigma. Link and Phelan go on to argue that stigma can only be directly enacted upon individuals when there is a power differential between those with the trait and those without when those who have the negatively evaluated difference have less power than those who do not. Thus, the stigmatization of individuals with disabilities is a…

Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Our identity allows us to depict what is important to us and what is not. It defines who we are as a person, how we react to situations and how we treat people. We develop our sense of identity at a young age, an idea of how we like to treat other people and things, and how we view ourselves. Most of the things we identify ourselves with are based on how we are raised, and what we are told to believe is the right thing from a young…

Examining Individuality in Literature and Films Alex Grey once said: “In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.” Over the years, this has progressively become clearer as the pressure to conform to society continues to create trouble and anxiety to any who attempt to be true to themselves and to those who are forced to hide behind a front. The Taming of the Shrew and Singin’ in the Rain both examine how the roles that society places us in makes it…

The norm may not always be the right way to go. I no longer want to be a part of a popular or important group of people, if I feel that what the group is doing or believes in is wrong, even if it means I'm not a part of the norm. I am not afraid to stand out on my own. I have challenged this belief for many years. When I was in elementary school, I was bullied by a group of girls that I hung with, looked up to and idolized. Because I was too afraid to stand up for myself, I allowed them to pick…

Melanie Klein believed that human beings' core conflict is one of love(hate) and good (bad); the earlier ones as presence and latter ones as absence (Professor Brizman, course slide). The paranoid-schizoid is the splitting of good and bad and there is no ambivalence in this position. However, the human experience to identify good and bad is ambivalent for the reason that a state of mind is an emotional experience which it isn't just one state of mind but with many. Learning itself too is an…

in primarily in Western cultures have been taught to think of their selves as individual containers that enclose their unique essence(Steward, 2012, p.78).But Lately, the concept of humans identity and how their communication with others have changed from a singular identity to a relational, multidimensional and accepted as more of evolving entity in response to the people in relationships and institution we an individual relate with(Steward, 2012, p.80). As Stewart (2012) stated that our…

?Needing to belong, the need of love, and having a relationship are ways humans are motivated to affiliate. Also, could be known as the “belongingness hypothesis,” these are people that have the need to feel closely connected to others and have an affectionate bond from close relationships is one of a human's behavior (Baumeister, R.& Leary, M. R., 2014). Social isolation can have consequences of bad health such as high blood pressure, the lack of exercise, obesity, or smoking (House, Landis, &…

attitude displayed embarrassment towards her nonna as she acted in rebellious ways to prevent even the thought of becoming the stereotypical italian female. This determination stemmed from her education and desire to step away from her Italian responsibilities and life, breaking away from her family and their narrow mindedness but also the entire culture. This is evident in when she says “This might be where i came from, but this isn’t where i belong”. She lacked a sense of belonging within her…