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    RESEARCH PAPER: The reasons why people wear what they wear Done by: Marcus Introduction A walk through any cultural museum gives us glimpses of how our earliest ancestors looked like. We may remember and characterize them by their unkempt hair and exhibition of unruly behaviour. But can any of us remember what they used to wear? If you look closely enough at the exhibits‚ you will realize that most of our ancestors roamed the earth with nothing but a few pieces of animal

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    Myriah Weatherspoon Evolution of Religious Conformity Throughout American history‚ conformity has been used as a tool of deception to rob Americans of their individuality and freedom. From as early as European colonization in America to now‚ people have been forced to conform to the beliefs of mainstream society. It started with the Native Americans conforming to European culture‚ Puritans developing religion based societies‚ and the formation of antebellum America. Americans‚ now having complete

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    Aunt Alexandra is definitely a control freak and she wants things to go her way and the Finchs’ movements to be under her control. As stated in the book‚ she thinks that Scout should be ladylike and proper. Are these lessons of conformity she is teaching correct or was this just the way she was raised and‚ acting like her snobby self‚ thinks her niece and nephew should act too? Aunt Alexandra always wanted Scout to be more of a lady and act proper. Alexandra shows that being how society says you

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    Authority is defined as a person or group of people who control the society and make major decisions affecting the society. Individual is a person who has no particular influence on the society and neither do his decisions. The term Authority may be applied to any type of people who hold some sort of influence or power on the society such as The Police; Courts from local courts to supreme courts and of course the ruling party of the government. The individual may be a single civilian. This

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    society is made. Both of Escher’s pieces showed conformity and individuality in them. The art pieces Day and Night and Metamorphosis l-lll both are alike and different in many ways involving technique and the main concept of the pieces. Day and Night and Metamorphosis l-lll both show examples of conformity and individuality. Day and Night shows conformity with the birds coming together and flying. However the birds are also an example of individuality because the white and black birds are flying in

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    Communities Filled With Unique Individuals There are many people in the world who go out of their way to make themselves more unique and more of an individual‚ as well as people who will do anything to just be a part of a crowd or a community. Is it possible for an individual to be strictly an individual and not a member of a community‚ or visa versa? Although everyone is their own person‚ and has their own unique personality‚ thoughts‚ and beliefs‚ we are all a part of a community‚ whether that

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    Question: Is conformity ‘liberating’ or ‘enslaving’? Discuss with reference to the influence of groups‚ group behavior‚ etc. Conformity as a means of enslaving or liberating is an issue which is relatively practical and can be experienced or observed in many societal forums. This paper will seek to examine the concepts of conformity‚ analyzing its effects with the aid of research based data‚ observations and my own experiences. Before any proper analysis could be done‚ a functional‚ working

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    Every student has a right to express themselves fully‚ but uniforms take away freedom of expression‚ individuality‚ and causes some students to become uncomfortable. Do you agree that uniforms take away a student’s right to expression and individuality? Studies and claims have been made that uniforms have a negative impact on student’s‚ expression and individuality are very important to a person because this is what really makes a person unique. Uniforms basicly take that students identity away from

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    Individuality is the uniqueness of a person‚ it’s the particular things the distinguishes us from another person. It can be their personality‚ or it can be what they like to do. An example in Fahrenheit 451 is their neighborhood. Not all of the residents are the exact same. Take Clarisse and Mildred for example. One likes to take walks and talk to people‚ while the other likes to stay inside or watch tv. I believe what really constitutes individuality are the people themselves because you as an individual

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    Individuality sets people apart from other people‚ but some people want to be the same as everyone else. In Fahrenheit 451 the author shows characters in different proportions to let the readers understand the characters better. In the science fiction‚ Fahrenheit 451 ‚ the author‚ Ray Bradbury uses characterization to express individuality and sameness. In Fahrenheit 451 one of the characters that displays eccentricity is Clarisse. Clarisse is a female that does things that other people do not do

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