1984 by George Orwell depicts a dystopian future England where Big Brother controls all aspects of life. The people are divided into educated Party members and common Proles. Through a simple literary style and simile that likens the Proles to animals‚ Orwell illustrates the loss of individuality that occurs in a totalitarian regime‚ which makes the people easy to control. In this passage‚ Orwell talks about the lives of the Proles. His simple style of writing emphasizes the lack of sophistication
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Identity‚ Social conformity‚ Love are that something that fits in with society and its people. Identity is something that belongs to almost every person in the world. Social conformity is when someone is trying to fit in society by not being really themselves. Love a human emotion towards other things and people. Firstly is Identity is what defines you on who you are and how you act. People may judge you based on your identity and try and brake you down on what you should be. In the movie Tris
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perspective discouraged forced conformity and promoted the misfit. Furthermore‚ Mill argued that individual liberty is necessary to obtain progress in society.3 This concept remains relevant to the world we see today because‚ without deviants such as Brenda Berkman and Autherine Lucy‚ society would stagnate. In the essay Of Individuality‚ published by Mill in 1869‚ the theorist asserted that the modern age has the capacity to diminish the individual by shaming them into conformity. Contrarily‚ regarding
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An obedience experiment directed by Milgram (1974) involved the participant in a laboratory environment as the role of a teacher‚ pertaining to the effects of punishment on learning (Gibson 2011). Participants were deceived by being told that as part of the experiment they were required to administer an electric shock to the ‘learner’. The participants’ had observed the ‘learners’ (who were confederate in the experiment) in an adjoining room being secured to a chair. The participants were informed
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NON CONFORMITY DAY REPORT A non-conformist is someone who does not conform to other people’s ideas on how things should be and should be done but instead he/she follows her/his individuality. This may be influenced by many factors like the need for uniqueness. Most non-conformist violate certain social norms and for my non conformity day exercise I had to wear something extra ordinary to school just to see how people will react to all that and me being a follower of the Rastafarian movement I wore
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Conformity over Individuality Conformity has many benefits towards a person’s life and is very important for a society to thrive and prosper. In many different societies in the world‚ conforming to said society is a vital for survival. Without being like everyone else you could be shunned and considered an outsider. Conformity is the best way to live because everyone will fit in‚ be on the same level of normal‚ and there would be no rebellion and chaos. To conform is to fit in. If everyone is the
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portrays her mother’s view of society and the individuals within it. Her mother lived by the philosophy of “Torpid conformity was a kind of sin; it was stupidity itself”. With this statement‚ Dillard’s mother expresses how she believes it is outright stupid and wrong for people to follow what everyone else does instead of having their own opinion. Many of those who follow torpid conformity do not share their voice or develop their own individual personality in society. Personally‚ I have experienced
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The moment we are born‚ we enter a world in which there is a fine line between conformity and our identity. (It’s outstanding how people chooses to change who they are in order to not be perceived as different)By conforming to the pressure of those around us‚ we are allowing the need to feel normal dictate our identity. Firstly‚ due to society’s portrayal of having children being the norm‚ people often believe that those who do not choose this lifestyle don’t fit in. Additionally‚ because of the
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There were anchors that were added to the machine to make the appearance of it to be more frightening ("Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience to Authority”). The earner would be strapped into the chair and was given a list of words to memorize and after some time the teacher would test him ("Saul McLeod”). At a given point during the questioning process the actor would refuse to answer
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Obedience to authority is everywhere. Whether it is a student obeying his teacher‚ citizens following the laws or a child obeying his or her parents there will always be a scenario of obedience to authority. There are of course different levels of obedience ranging from a group of people following their leader‚ such as on a sports team‚ to extreme religious cults. Religions itself have different levels of obedience. Depending on how fanatic an environment you’re in‚ the level of obedience is obviously
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