The Sociology Of Leopard Man By Logan Feys

The author, Logan Feys in his article, ¨The Sociology of Leopard Man¨, discusses the topic of society and being a nonconformist. He claims that people should be psychologically free and strong enough to live independently, leaving society and entering society on their own terms. He supports his claim by first comparing abnormal people and ¨normal¨ people. For example, in the article he states, “Plenty of weird people do have serious mental problems. But so do plenty of ¨normal¨ people.¨ (Feys 1). He then goes on to explain the dangers of conforming to society. ¨Conformity can be seen as the world's most common but dangerous psychological disorder. Living in society, we are under constant pressure to surrender our individuality to the will of

Why are people conforming to soctiety? In the article, "The Sociology of Leopard Man", by Logan Feys uses Tom Leppard as an example of both a conformist and non-conformist person. Tom Leppard also known as Leopard Man, is tattooed from head to toe, but he does not live among society. Instead he lives in the scottish wilderness, in a small and isolated cabin, away from people. In this article, Feys argues that some people change their appearance because they want attention. In my opinion, I agree with Feys when he argues that certain individuals change their appearance just to be notice by others around them. On the other hand, I disagree with the fact that Feys believes that all people change their appearance for the worst and not for the good.

The article “The Case for Fitting In” compares to my idea of conformity because I think that it means how you change your opinion due to social pressure. My idea of conformity relates to the article because it was talking about how when people were in a group and someone said the wrong answer they usually went with it. “Each subject saw 18 sets of lines, and the group answer was wrong for 12 of them” this proves that most of the time people went with the group rather than going with their personal opinion. I think that the article really compares with my definition of conformity because I think that it causes you to change your opinion and sometimes causes you to choose wrong answers. I also strongly think that the article agrees with me because

The concept of individuality is one that has been debated over the decades. Each person holds their own definition of this vague idea, but no one truly knows it at all. The theory of conformity versus nonconformity is based on how a person reacts to society. To be a nonconformist includes questioning society and going against the norm. Society as a whole is typically at odds with others who reject the standards. They are seen as weird or freaks and shamed for being themselves. Logan Feys “The Sociology of Leopard Man” is an informative article that touches down upon this subject, written in 2016. He states that individuality requires individual tastes, value, talents, and goals. Along with that, he expresses how society weighs down upon people and forces them to change. To a degree, Feys is correct. To be an individual and truly unique person one needs their own values, however not their own tastes, and society does put pressure on people to change.

Human beings are defined as ''social animals'' because in every aspects of life they live together, they form a variety of groups and improve relationships with each other. Interaction with others is a natural result of living in society. In the process of interaction, society and its rules has a social impact on each individual. If people face with any kind of social impact such as group pressure, great part of them show conformity by changing their behaviors, ideas, decisions in expected way. A person conforms if he or she chooses a course of action that a majority favors or that is socially acceptable. Some kind of conformity is natural and socially healthy but obeying all the norms, ideas, and decisions without thinking or accepting

Conformity is a form of social influence, when we conform we act and think like members of our group. Often people even alter or change their personal beliefs to match those around them. When we conform we feel pressured to fit in with others, to be a part of the majority. While we may still have contradicting beliefs towards things, we change our behaviors and actions to match what everybody else is

We conform because we want to fit in and feel accepted. Unfortunately, by conforming, we allow others to shape our personalities, behavior and thoughts, taking away our ability to be ourselves. The principle of Emerson’s quote is true: joining a society does indeed take away our liberties and individualism. It is up to us to try to live up to Emerson’s statement of ideal behavior, ““It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of

People are altering themselves so they can conform to society ;as a result, they abandon their individuality. Unlike other people, Leopard Man radically altered his body which caused him to become the freak of society. Covered from head to toe, Leopard Man is known to be the most tattooed person in the world by the Book of World Records. Even though Leopard Man altered his body with extreme tattoos, he doesn't seer other people's attention. Tom Leppard lives away from society in a secluded cabin in the wilderness of Scotland and he only re-enters society to buy necessities, food and supplies.

“I don’t believe we were put here with all of our differences to conform to a uniform state of mind” ~Sonya Teclat. Conformity is when people change to act the same as other people in their society. The government, media, and social groups are a big part of the society. These things encourage people to conform. One of the books that have people conforming is Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson. In Among the Hidden Jen, one of the characters is very outgoing and brave. Luke another character is very shy, once he meets Jen he conforms to be brave like her. In addition, society encourages conformity through government, media, and social groups.

However, you shouldn't always conform to a group, kids these days often try drinking or even worse go into the influence of drugs to impress their friends. If these people were really your friends, they should accept you for who you are even if it’s not who they want you to be. In the article “The Sociology of Leopard Man” the author Logan Feys tells us about Tom Leppard a man tattooed from head to toe with leopard spots, people call him the Leopard Man. He is, according to society, a freak. Despite a lot of people know who he is Leopard Man is not trying to get attention he is no ordinary frhe lives in a small cabin in the Scottish wilderness. People fear what they don't understand so when it comes to someone doing something different people look at it as weird or

By all means, conformity has the potential of being extremely dangerous because of the risk factors, and because of what conformity can force someone do. Of course, conformity can be triggered by any psychological and mental disorder, but conformity can also be an element to any psychological or mental disorder, which in my opinion is more realistic. This essay revolves around conformity, and non-conformity. Most of society is filled with conformists, meanwhile people like Leopard Man that are non-conformist, are endlessly judged and treated as abnormal beings. Nevertheless, I’d have to disagree with Feys on the idea of conformity being the world’s most dangerous psychological disorder because truthfully there are a lot worse out there. On the other hand, Feys also states in paragraph six “To be human is to be an individual human, with individual tastes, talents, values and dreams that are destruct from those of others. Living in society, we are under constant pressure to surrender our individuality to the will of the majority school, the workplace, the family, etc.” This is the most honest quote in this essay because as a

Conformity is a struggle that people encounter everyday in society. There are many examples of the different types of conformity in the world. Some of these types are in the examples I am going to discuss. In “The Sociology of the Leopard Man”, “Two Kinds”, and Dead Poet Society we learn that it is not always a good idea to conform. Although conformity can be good, I believe that it is even better for people to step out of their comfort zone and not be afraid to show who they really are.

If people need to change who they are to fit in with a group of people, then that group of people are not really their friends. Their REAL friends should accept them for who they are and should not have to change for them. People should not change at all. If they do so, they risk losing their own identity. If everyone fits in all the time, life would be boring.

Does society brainwash itself. In “The Sociology Of The Leopard Man” Feys makes the statement “Living in society , we are under constant pressure to surrender our individually to the will of the majority, the school , the workplace , the family, etc”. Feys argues that it’s okay to distance yourself from society when you feel under pressure and also to stop society from changing your individuality. I agree with with Feys when saying society distinguishes individuality.

In years past, I felt as if I need to conform to what was around me to fit in or be considered a normal person. I struggled with this for a long time until I realized on how unhappy I was. I thought that if I had done all these things that I belonged with my peers .I learned that I would be much more happy in my own skin and doing things that make me happy as well. I learned that it was okay to be different and have a strange personality and perspective on life.