1) Do you think conformity with norms in general is a good or bad thing? Why? Conformity can come in useful when we are in unfamiliar surroundings or activities. Everyone has done it in some way or another throughout their life and it really can come in handy with unknown situations. I would say it can be good and bad‚ if there is a social norm that is meant to keep order and peace‚ then conforming to this standard can be considered good. However when the norm is intentionally used to harm or disrupt
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feasible defense mechanism for themselves while facing the “enemy”/invaders; while of course‚ living freely themselves. Historical Manifestations of Rebellion Those individuals who choose to not present their resistance towards blatant governmental control and neglect through physical protesting‚ military coupes‚ and indignant rioting; manifest their discontent and general desire
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Rebellions never begin well. The words of my grandfather are ringing in my head once more. Trudging through mud in some godforsaken county in Pennsylvania – blood and bodies scattered‚ artillery pellets entrenched in the ground - I hope this is just the beginning. The Confederacy would pull through; I’d be dead if it didn’t. There’s fewer places in the world more beautiful than the rural‚ rolling hills of the Southern States. Walhalla‚ South Carolina‚ found itself perched above the streams and
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and insight has always required a leap of faith. While there is a great ease in following the crowd that trudges down one road‚ there is a tremendous loss at the finish line‚ prepared to greet those who lack an original mindset. The practice of conformity functions as a security blanket‚ almost forcing members of society to cling on to what is safe and known‚ an unfortunate side-effect of being concealed in a culture that’s continuously rejecting new perspective. After all‚ what is new does not necessarily
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‘Dead Poet Society’ is really a movie about conformity. Conformity is a powerful and the most overwhelming theme in the movie ‘Dead Poet Society’. The school demands for conformity from the students‚ Mr Keating’s informal attitude in teaching challenges conformity and how the movie shows many consequences of conformity prove that conformity is the main theme in ‘Dead Poet Society’. At Welton Academy they demand conformity of its students. The camera zooms into a group of straight-faced
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choice to obey the unjust decree makes her the conformist. Ismene believes that they should just “give into the law” because “the law is strong.” Antigone disobeys out of loyalty to her brother even though she knows she will be punished for her non-conformity. Ismene is a coward and even though she conforms in the beginning‚ it does not stop Creon from making her guilty by association. In Antigone‚ both Antigone and Haemon commit suicide. Like her mother Antigone hangs herself‚ and at the sight of her
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"People don’t talk about anything...and nobody says anything different from anyone else" This quote‚ from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ demonstrates how this fictional society had no individuality‚ yet they expressed no disprovement of the conformity. To be so simple minded as this civilization was would have eventually lead to self-destruction. To support my theory‚ recall in the novel when the old lady chose to commit suicide because she did not have freedom. She felt that even though she was
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Conformity is a form of social influence that involves you to change your beliefs to fit in with a group. This change is due to the physical presence of the group members‚ or imagined group pressure that involves the pressures of social norms. In the public services compliance with common practices is following a particular course of action which is the social norm. It can be seen when the police are dealing with suspects as the suspect is innocent until proven guilty and the law should not be taken
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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” By conforming‚ it signals conceding to the dominant power which immediately gives up one’s freedom by letting them control you. This motivated the two superpowers in the Cold War as neither country wanted to concede to the dominant power. The Cold War had no large scale direct fighting and instead was political and military tension between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc. The Soviet Union and United States‚ opposing forces‚ pursued
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James Scott‚ 1st Duke of Monmouth‚ 1st Duke of Buccleuch‚ led the Monmouth Rebellion after the death of his father‚ Charles II. He failed to seize the throne from his uncle‚ James II. In April‚ 1649‚ James was born in the Netherlands to Lucy Walter‚ the first mistress of Charles. At the time‚ Charles was in exile due to the English Civil Wars. James proved to be the first of many illegitimate children born to the future monarch. The young boy grew up in Schiedam until the age of nine. In 1658‚
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