Nonconformism

clothes, manners and all the basic requirements of living in group. Curiously, as he continues to reject to some teachings of his society, he matures morally and mentally. By close observation we may notice that the novel itself displays signs of nonconformism in both its content and its construction. Critics tagged the book to be nonconformist because it does not follow the conventional type of…

McCandless walks his pilgrimage out through the words of many famous transcendentalist thinkers, some being Ralph Waldo Emerson And Henry David Thoreau. McCandless’s guiding philosophy in his journey is transcendentalism is shown through his belief in nonconformism and anti-materialism. First, Christopher McCandless believes in the concept of non-conformity, a major component of the transcendentalist philosophy. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes in his essay, Self Reliance, that, “Whoso would be a…

Here in the bay area, the “be yourself” is pushed a lot. In other places everyone but a few feels it's necessary to assimilate whatever trend is in. This just goes to show how many different factors go into this topic. To really understand what nonconformism is we have to look at what it really means. Nonconformity Is the act of not doing what the social norm is because you believe it will better you or your lifestyle in some way. Many people that call what they are doing nonconformity don't…

political agenda. For example, Breton penned at the end of The Surrealist Manifesto, “Surrealism…. asserts our complete nonconformism clearly enough so that there can be no question of translating it, at the trial of the real world, as evidence for the defense…Surrealism is the ‘invisible ray’ which will one day enable us to win out over our opponents.” The expression “nonconformism”—when compared to the rest of the words—seizes the attention of the reader because it is italicized.…

candidates, are these options effective and practical uses of a vote? Most likely not, as third party votes have the capability to alter the results of the election either way, and write in votes have no practical benefit other than to suggest nonconformism. These abnormal uses of a vote serve as a liberation from the difficult decision of casting a vote for one of the plausible winners of the election. Thus, when voters refuse to vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, they refuse to take…

What cannot be reflected in person is reflected through illustration. The Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński knew this well, often painting his fantastical visions onto hardboard canvas like he was "photographing [his] dreams" (Jurecki). His intention was not to promote a particular ideology, a political stance, or any other subliminal message, but to simply create something for what it is. The most important thing, he said, was "how it would be painted," not the end result. Even then, many…

Freedom from invisible bounds, that is what they were searching for. In the 1830’s and 60’s, a new way of life started: Transcendentalism. They were against the Puritan ideals of wealth and wanted a closer and more emotional relationship with God. They strived to break away from the norms and to break away from the traditions and the lifestyle society had expected them to live by, and to seek their own way of living. In Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, Chris McCandless displays the…

nonconformists thoughts were deemed to be harmful to the Athenian youth. All of these figures were free thinkers, and because of it were in turn nonconformists, since their views were against those of society at the time, which Emerson uses to show that nonconformism and freethought was a trait held by some of the greatest men in history. This quote relates to me because I find it relates to society. Society tells people how they should be, and people conform to societal norms in order to fit…

Sylvia Plath, in her novel The Bell Jar, said, “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed”. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, reflects this idea of recognizing the falseness of society and distancing oneself from others in order to create a shield against societal superficiality. In the novel, we see Holden Caulfield interact with various personalities, all of whom bring out different aspects of his own character and attitude toward society. In order to convey the…

Nothing is ever as it seems and nothing in life can be given to you. As human beings we must seek our own happiness, and even in this attempt, we can never truly be completely happy. Every part of life is a wild ocean of experiences. Sometimes the water is a calm pallid blue, the glassy surface helping you to achieve whatever you wish. Other days it is a violent stormy green, threatening to destroy your ship. Everything is a balance that must go up and down, for pain is necessary to move on and…