Lisa In 'The Necessities Of Certain Behaviors'

People always seem to fit themselves into boxes. They try to label themselves according to what they want or believe themselves to be. People find their desires in either people or materialistic things. People all have their desires, and they all try to accept what they are. In 2016, people tend to find their desires in the world around them. After, they conform to the world and ideas around them. Although members of society claim to be independent, people depend on others' opinions.

What does it mean to conform to society? Have you ever conformed to societal expectations? Conforming to society is a problem that many people, especially teeniagers, feel they need to do in order to fit in. Ricochet River by Robin Cody demonstrates how societal expectations force an individual to assimilate, and how they may lose themselves in the process. Robin Cody expresses Jesse’s attempts to change his culture to fit in.

Many of the people living in the village have come from a variety of lives before moving into the community. Some old, some new, and often have been alone most of their life.

In the essay, The Sociology of Leopard Man, by Logan Feys, he argues that individuality can be affected by the pressures that society puts on people. I thoroughly agree with that statement, but not for every situation. One reason why I agree with Feys is because he mentioned how often the pressures of society affect us and he was completely correct. Feys says “Living in society, we are under constant pressure to surrender our individuality to the will of the majority, the school, the workplace, the family, etc." (6) when he explains how many environments we are in every day that affect us and how we present ourselves. We feel the need to be professional and presentable when we are in the workplace, but when we are at school or with a group of our peers we feel like we need to conform to what everyone else looks like in order to fit in which is a result of these social pressures. This observation helps support my main idea by showing how common these social pressures actually are and how easily they slip

Every society has a ‘social norm’ that everyone is expected to follow. Whether a person is a female who is expected to cook and clean for their husband while he relaxes from a hard day of work. Society believe that it is okay for a man to sleep around while it is a horrible thing for a lady to do. If a person does not follow these unwritten rules they may be shunned by people all around them, but conforming to these ‘social norms’ may mean suppressing themselves in order to be accepted. In The Bell Jar, Plath shows that if a person is to be normal they must suppress their true selves; Plath demonstrates this by showing how Esther conforms herself to act socially acceptable when she is with Marco and Irwin.

One’s individuality and freedom are questioned when it does not conform to society’s ideals. This is often demonstrated in real life, as well as in popular literary pieces.

From the start of mankind, humans have been evolving in the way they think, in the way they speak and in the way they believe. The canonical literature created by some of the celebrated writers in the United States shows a shifting evolution in regards to conformity slowly progressing into individuality.

A society consists of a community of people living together and sharing customs and traditions. Once immersed in this society, one can begin to see certain standards woven into the social fabric of the community. These standards, ranging from not walking into public areas scantily clad to not embarrassing people in front of others, are usually unspoken and sometimes cause strife. Young adults often find these standards to be extremely restricting and favor freedom of action over the collective control. Commonly known as individualism, this social theory is very alive in the hearts and actions of young adults and never quite leaves a human as he or she grows older and “matures.” In middle class, Protestant America individualism is subverted

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If Lisamarie is unsure of certain aspects of her own culture, how are the outsiders who are not familiar with the Haisla culture at all, supposed to understand her family's supernatural gifts. This is where the audience viewing this book has troubles understanding Lisamaries perspective and also why many readers take in a Eurocentric viewing of the novel. Lisas supernatural encounters are blamed on post-traumatic stress, passed on through generations in result of residential schools, drinking and drug abuse, and grieving of dead relatives. The author Eden Robinson makes it easy for the reader to claim that Lisa is crazy, due to all these tragedies over the course of her life. Although there is some unproven evidence towards Lisas visions being linked to trauma, one must take a deeper look to realize her mental health is stable.

Throughout life, in any society we develop a sense to conform and adjust to our surroundings but why? Our values in our society determines our norms and why we do the things we do. I recently sought out to break these social conformities that violated the values, and norms we hold as a society. Every society is different and, in every society there are different and similar values, norms, sanctions folkways, and mores. Breaking them up and analyzing them we began to understand why these terms and values are so important to us.

As conformity becomes ever more common within a society, individuals isolate themselves, but only because the conformists have lost their ability to reflect on their decisions. Similarly, while Bernard and Lenina watch the sea in peace, he makes comments about individuality and its benefits, which startles Lenina, who exclaims, “And how can you talk like that about not wanting to be a part of the social body? After all, every one works for everyone else” (Huxley 91). Here, Lenina is absolutely shocked that Bernard would not want to be with everyone else. However, the sole reason why people only want to conform is that they cannot begin to express their own thoughts and feelings. A person’s individuality is what sets them apart from the rest of society, and when taken away, they become generic. Even though conforming can cause a lot of problems in a person, they are able to agree with a group of people and are able to convey ideas clearly as well as not feel left out. Furthermore, in the story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula Le Guin, there are many examples of conformity when it comes to witnessing the child that is responsible for the “happiness” in

Individuality and conformity is a battle between being a leader and being a follower, finding out who you are and your desires to be accepted by others. In Alice Munro’s short story “The Shining Houses” and Wallace Stevens’ poem “Disillusionment of Ten O’ Clock”, both the author and the poet shows how being an individual is more valuable than being one of those conformed ‘copies’. Is it better to stand out and compromise your values or is it better to stay comfortable in the crowd and give into peer pressure? Often in our society we are forced to act in a certain way in order to be considered ‘normal’ and fit into a group, that is why a lot of people eventually conform. People conform because they like the feeling of being accepted, and that

Except taking the Frappuccino and turkey sandwiches while reading a pile of government documents or financial statements under the dark green sunshade, when was the last time that enjoying coffee with friends? 21st century is objectively entitled as an age of fast-pace and high-pressure century. When people were born to this planet, they have to suffer from pressure from their school, their employers, their families. Busyness becomes an invisible hand but dominates most of people’s lives and then estranges them from families, friends. And almost each social creature has been influenced by this invisible hand. People are like to say that young kids are always innocent and carefree. Unfortunately, this notation has turned to be old-fashion today. Adam Gopnik, a Canadian American writer, essayist and commentator, mentions that his daughter, Olivia, finds out a way to play with her an imaginary friend named Charlie Ravioli. Still, Olivia is a three-year-old kid, it is impossible for her to analyze aspects systematically and creatively. However, for some adults, like Alain de Botton, a Swiss philosopher and writer, seeks out an innovative way of traveling mindset to get along with his neighborhoods. Both of Olivia and de Botton get stuck with surroundings they live in. The modern urban grid crystallizes in our thinks and confines people into a preconceived stereotype to hinder close personal connection.

“Our views and behavior depend to some degree on our social location in society—our gender, race, social class, religion, and so forth.”(Barkan, 2013). As I have grown up and my perspective of the world has broadened I have realized how narrow my views were. I grew up in Germany, Italy, and Hungary before moving to the USA, but because I was so sheltered I really didn’t know what was really happening in society. As I grew older I have come to realize the socialization process did help me develop my values, beliefs, morals, my religious outlook, my political affiliations and what not.