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    prevalent throughout history. Conformity is uncontroversial, while nonconformity is seen as detrimental to the rules that society imposes. In Antigone, the playwright, Sophocles, discusses how the choice to conform or not to conform can have an impact on one’s decisions. He utilizes the controversy surrounding the central conflict of the play, the death of Polyneices, to portray his characters’ attitudes towards conformity and nonconformity. Creon and Ismene are conformists because they believe in the

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    Have you ever heard of nonconformity? I got a better question. Have you ever heard of Albert Einstein? Well, Albert Einstein was a nonconformist born on March 13, 1879, he was born in the south of Germany in the city of Ulm. His family was middle class. Albert Einstein and his family were Jewish. Albert Einstein was known for making theories and how smart he was. He represents nonconformity by the way he acted and by the way he dressed the way he had his hair and how he had little interest in money

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    Thoreau Walden) , Nonconformity is a when you fail or have a refusal with what Society has or wants, for a long time people always tried to always do things always in other ways. It never worked until America started blooming, even after America started booming many nonconformist were too come because in this world No one can not be the same, we all want different ways to live. The world clearly can’t be the same at all. Many humans have proved this from Thoreau to Dickinson, NonConformity has had an

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    a meaningless life devoid of purpose.This disastrous machine is society. These views are the only way one can live life to the fullest through the views of nonconformity and self reliance while being willing to accept the consequences it entails In order to live life to the fullest one must embrace the transcendentalist idea of nonconformity, which is the idea that one should not follow customs of society and instead be themselves. This is demonstrated in the teachings Mr. Keating and in his general

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    The readers, probably think it is ridiculous, but sadly it is how we humans think. There is a lot of evidence to support this. One example of this is this quote on pgs. 9-10 which states, “ Mica Area High School-MAHS-was not exactly a hotbed of nonconformity. There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music. Even our dorks and nerds had a MAHS stamp on them. If we

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    Merriam-Webster dictionary defines gender nonconformity as, “a state in which a person has physical and behavioral characteristics that do not correspond with those typically associated with the person’s sex “ (Merriam-Webster, 1831). Throughout history, women have been viewed as inferior to men and unable to handle certain occupations. Although this may have been the case before World War II, women have established their role in society today by participating in gender nonconformity. Being a pilot was a job primarily

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    shaped a lot of his personality and views on life. In the excerpt provided under prompt A, Willy and Linda are having an argument over their son Biff. Willy’s star characteristics shine in this excerpt. Despite Willy’s failure to recognize his nonconformity he continues to believe that his son has potential to fulfill the “American Dream.”

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    to many Romantic traits, but no trait relates to how much of a nonconformist, self reliant individual Chris was. Chris’s practice of Nonconformity had a negative effect on his life, and the people that surrounded him. He was such a nonconformist that he turned down help from the male figures in his life when he needed it the most - help

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    Although the scandal is not a direct product of organized crime, it is a clear example of how organizations fall into the trap of “routine nonconformity.” Routine nonconformity is when legitimate organizations deviate from normative standards and expectations to produce unfavorable outcomes (Vaughan 1999). The article addresses the phenomenon of routine nonconformity through Volkswagen’s use of advanced software technology, the complexity of managerial decision making, and the negative implications it

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    investigates the events leading up to his death. Krakauer tells the story concerning McCandless’s life in a fashion that reveals a truth about nonconformity. Krakauer sends a message to common readers that nonconformity is not possible and the only way to survive the world we live in is to conform to our surroundings. Jon Krakauer express’s his ideals on nonconformity within Into the Wild through his non-chronological organizational structure, the use of logical reasoning,

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