Conformity In Parent's Night

Conformity and nonconformity can lead to consequences but it can also lead to a nice change. In the short story “Parent’s Night” Karen the daughter she is the nonconformists in the story, and her parents are the conformists. Karen joins a LBTQ after school club that makes her feel belonged for once. In spite she feels belonged her parents doesn’t really agree with her being in that club thinking she was confused. Likewise throughout the story Karen and her parents shows how they conform and nonconform. In the short story her parents didn’t support her being a lesbian. And because of their conformity it caused Karen to rebel, lie, and made Karen’s mom lose sight of being a social worker. “You are not going to be in that booth… drop
After Karen spoke out “...there was no yellow sweetheart rose from Dad… after dinner I went to my room and cried” (141). Afterward Karen felt like her dad didn’t love her for who she is, that she disappointed her in a way. But Karen finally felt like she belonged. That the group she joined made her happy and she didn’t regret it. Later on in the story her parents shows up to parents night, and walks straight to the booth where Karen was and “then he took his other arm… and handed me a yellow sweetheart rose..” (144). At first Karen felt like her parents wouldn’t accept her. Instead after a while her parents came to a conclusion that Karen is still their daughter , even though they’d prefer her not to be gay they end up understanding and said they’ll try to get use to it. In conclusion conforming and nonconforming can affect you and others. In Karen’s point of view, her nonconforming led her to hide her true feelings, rebel towards her family, and upsetting her family. Due to her parents conformity it affected the mother, as well as be blind sighted on what was really important. Conformity not only can make you feel blind sighted but can also make you rethink about your conformity and think is it really what’s