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    students to find their voice and turn their thoughts and ideas into something inspiring and new. Mr. Keating is teaching the students about transcendentalism by using different methods of teaching. In the movie Neil Perry shows transcendentalism as nonconformity by getting the lead role in the school play. His father finds out that he got the role and tells

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    venerate their differences. This illusion can dampen a person’s individuality. Nonconformity can lead to people shaming an individual, but it will verisimilarly just lead to a person having different friends than they would have otherwise. Anyone who decides to conform to society will often feel incomplete, as if everything they do is forced, leaving them with lacking opportunity to make their own choices. A person of nonconformity might be the target of hostility, but said person will also begin to feel

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are said to be some of the greatest influencers on the Transcendental movement. Many people today still use their works as inspirations. Emerson and Thoreau preached the importance of their nonconformity beliefs as well as how to do them as a way of making a person's life memorable as well as accepting the outcomes of this lifestyle. Thoreau and Emerson's strong beliefs created a lasting impression on society. Thoreau was very against the government and

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    Farm is an allegory of the Russian revolution. It is about a farm where animals revolt against humans and the pigs are in charge. These pigs end up being corrupt leaders. One very important theme of this book is which is better, conformity or nonconformity? Which is the best way to survive on Animal Farm? Conformity or

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    held captive in a jail cell by the Beast. Belle then takes the place of her dad as a prisoner of the Beast and through a long sequence of events, the Beast and Belle fall in love. The Beast’s curse is then lifted and they live happily ever after. Nonconformity and

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    In, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, Walls accounts her family throughout her childhood. To most people the Walls family would seem very peculiar. They live unbound by other’s opinions, and prefer to stray from normality. The Walls family and the word aberrance define each other, yet, both have intricacies that go far beyond a simple definition. Originating in the mid 1500s, aberrant is derived from the verb, aberrare, which means ‘to wander away’. The root of the word, errare, means ‘to stray’

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    Introduction In our world today, various groups of people experience discrimination due to their race, religion, or gender. Dealing with such discrimination on a daily basis is a hurdle that can make the easy become difficult and the simple become increasingly complex. People in minority groups can experience discrimination to the extent where others’ negative actions toward them can cause them serious and lasting psychological and physical damage. The experience of discrimination and bias in

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    Conformity vs. Nonconformity Bravery. It’s not always a daring prince slaying a fire breathing dragon, or preparing a huge speech in front of a crowd. Sometimes the bravest action one can do is simply being himself. Going against the grain and doing what one feels is best is not an easy task. In the novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the characters routinely have to decide between conforming and following the crowd, or standing out and being themselves. In the shadow World War II, the boys

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    “Nonconformity & the Creative life” both fit so well with each other and Jason Silva discusses this phrase in his video. Nonconformity means failure or refusal to conform, I was a bit confused with this word and had to look it up. However, now that I know the meaning my own definition is not following tradition. It is stepping outside the box and something outside of the norm. Nonconformity and Creative life can mean that in order to live a creative life you must step out of the box. Jason Silva

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    dismissed. He only encouraged nonconformity so we could be own our person, he encouraged us to deface materials so we could think for ourselves, he used strange methods to teach so we could understand his lessons better, and lastly he never caused problems with Neil’s parents, he was only there to help. All these peculiar teachings was just so we, the students can see and understand the world at a new perspective. (Appositive) The first charge, Mr. Keating encouraged nonconformity, yet failed to teach the

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