Hardest Things in Life

E.E. Cummings explained “It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.”

Is choosing the wrong path to find the real you a bad thing? In a story generally the

The first part of the quote teaches you that you cannot be comfortable with other people, unless you are comfortable with yourself first. In other words, you have to be able to live with who you are and be confident in that. Although, being confident in yourself is a lot harder than it seems. Going through school as a teenager can be very difficult; that specific time of your life can determine what kind of a person you are or become. When you try to go through public schooling and you are not confident in who you are, it can be miserable. So much learning takes place during that time of your life, and if you can never be sure of yourself when you’re young, you will struggle when you make it to the “real world.” On the contrary, if you can stand strong in who you are, and not waver for the benefits of others, then you will be much happier in the end. Knowing who you are may not make

Constantly pretending and acting can be tiring and when you falter it makes it difficult for those around you to understand you and your motives. Pretending to be someone you’re not can hinder you not only socially but even in a business setting. A faltering act can make you seem untrustworthy. Therefore, being yourself really is the best option if you want to be successful.

There you are. Just standing there, looking back at your reflection through the mirror and seeing all of the negative words permanently sticking to you. Not very many people truly love who they are, and that is because of the society we live in today. No one likes to be judged all of the time for who they are or what they do. So, we end up doing anything to fit in, no matter what. Your identity is who you are and your actions, and you shouldn’t be ashamed of it, but some people are. Those people are the ones that have figured out that they won’t fit in unless they manage to change something, and unfortunately they choose to change their identity, because of stereotypes, prejudice, and self doubt.

You have to be true to yourself and act like your own self or if you pretend to be someone else you will start acting like a fake you. For example. Howard pretended to be a Nazi for so long, he felt like he had become one.

Although, some people wish to be themselves but they care too much what others think about

“You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”- Thích Nhat Hanh . This quote means that it doesn't matter what others think of you it’s just matters what you think of yourself. In the novel, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton addresses the theme of accepting yourself for who you are, and not to let others change you. It is implied by S.E. Hinton that people should learn to embrace themselves for who they are and not to change if others don’t accept you or have prejudice towards you.

When everything and everybody is alike in the community, you can't really be yourself because, the rules are so strict that everyone is acting the same. For example, "Jonas moved his hands together, clapping, but it was an automatic, meaningless gesture that he wasn't even aware of. His mind had shut out all of the earlier emotions: the anticipation, excitement, pride, and even the happy kinship with his friends. Now he felt only humiliation and terror" (p. 60). That shows that they don't even get to pick what they want to do in life, and can easily be humiliated when something doesn't go the same way things always

Often people question who they really are, this identity crisis can be confusing because no one is ever born perfect, instead we strive to live up to the standards believed to be ideal. However, the inflence others put upon ourselves can persuade us to forget the genuine intents we may have potentially leading living a lie. Many fall victim to regret from being mislead by people who mindlessly obey those who are deemed superior in the eyes of society. By analyzing the similarities and differences, Brother Dear and On Boy Trouble characterize the importance of having the courage to express ourselves in order to challenge the narrow views isolating each person into a basic set of traits and attributes. The works of Bernice Friesen and Margaret

Life is a funny thing. Society says people should behave this way, while religion says it should be that way, and family and parents have their own rules. People will pretend to be the thing that they believe is most appropriate and acceptable amongst the people they are around and who it is they are trying to impress. This behavior will continue until something shows them who they really are and how they have truly behaved all along. The truth is people will always pretend to be someone or something that are not until a force of some kind comes along to teach them otherwise; using psychological and biographical reading strategies to analyze “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Revelation” by Flannery O’Connor one will come to see the reality

Due to a fundamental need for positive regard from others, it is easier to 'be' this sort of person so as to receive such positive feedback. Over time, the individual looses the sense of their own identity and their own evaluations of experience, and the individual may partly or even entirely change due to the pressures felt from other people or the environment around them.

Many things are important to us, one of these is being accepted by our society. We all hate to be the outsider or the new kid, because we feel alone and secluded . In “Who Am I This Time?';, Helene Shaw’s job kept her moving to a different town every eight weeks. She became very cold to her

At some point in his or her life, everyone has experienced feeling isolated from a group of people. This feeling of isolation occurs everyday and throughout the entire world because every individual is unique, and cannot conform to what others may view as acceptable. Modern society has formed citizen’s minds to view these differences as negative, and often make people feel badly about their contrasting personalities. Even though the common man knows what it feels like, outsiders are misjudged, but not misunderstood.

The problem with society is there is people who try to fit in and meet up to anyone and everyone’s interest/expectations but fortunately there is still people who are themselves and don’t care what others think as long as they’re being who they desire to be and are happy.