The Importance Of Conformity In Society

We’ve all seen or heard people telling you how to look, feel, or act. People telling you to change,so you can fit in or look better. We all have been pressured to be something we’re not. Society thinks that conformity is huge part of life, that it keeps everything together. Conformity is important, but what’s more important is being unique, being yourself not someone you’re not. It is not good for individuals to change their feels, beliefs, looks, or actions to fit in with society because you’re basically changing your image to impress people. Conformity causes people to be something their not. In the movie “Dead Poets Society” Mr.Keating wants his students to discover their unique identity when he says “seize the day”. This quote clearly states that Mr.Keating wants his students live their lives to the fullest. Mr.Keating wants his students to live their lives not like the past students who failed to discover their identity. Another example of the danger of conformity is in the article “The Sociology of Leopard Man” in the article it states that the Leopard Man lives outside of society. This shows that Leopard Man
In the story “The Pedestrian” Leonard Mead doesn’t have a tv, instead he walks at night not like the other people in the city who just stay in their houses at night watching television. This shows that Leonard Mead is a non-conformist because he doesn’t do what the other people in the city do. Other people in the city look at Leonard Mead like there’s something wrong with him. Another example of the danger of conformity is in the movie “Dead Poets Society” when Mr.Keating tells his students to rip out the introduction of the book. This shows how Mr.Keating wants his students to think for themselves. Mr.Keating also wants his students to be creative, to be different. For this reason people should not let conformity change who you