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    There are certain traits that make a great leader. Those traits are evident in the character Ralph from William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. The novel opens with school boys stranded on an island after their plane crashing. As they realize there is no adult or form of supervision on the island‚ the boys vie for the position of chief. Ralph‚ the protagonist‚ is elected over Jack‚ the novel’s antagonist‚ to lead the group of young boys. Ralph’s best traits that depict his superior leadership

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    Ralph in lord of the flies is considered to some to be a bad leader‚ If you really look at Ralphs actions you can see that he really knows what his intentions are‚ getting off the island and keeping all of the kids sane. All of the children would have been dead if Jack were in charge but Ralph could have stopped Jack’s control over the kids which eventually led to multiple deaths; I would have not let Jack have so much control as he did‚ maybe ceven killed Jack. Ever since Ralph got on the island

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    Transcendentalism Through the Political Thought of Emerson‚ Thoreau and Fuller Courtney Thompson Introduction: The Transcendentalist During the early to middle years of the nineteenth century‚ American transcendentalism was born. The term transcendental came from German philosopher Immanuel Kant. He criticizes John Locke‚ who claimed that knowledge comes through our sensual impressions of the world. Kant feels as though the mind has intuitions of itself that he called transcendental forms.

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    Inquiry Question: When do Alienation and Conformity promote positive social change and negative social change? Conformity – Positive & Negative Points - When you stopping at a red light‚ you are conforming to the law and to the general agreement that for the good and safety of society‚ a red light means stop. You stop‚ even though most of the time there is not a police officer on the scene to enforce the law. - The biggest positive of conformity is acceptance. When you conform‚ people will

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    psychology. There are two types of social influence. They are normative social influence and informational social influence. Both normative and informational social influence are theoretical concepts because you cannot see the information being passed. Conformity is a result of social influence. Even if people do not realize it‚ they are conforming in society everyday as a result of social influence. As humans we feel the need to belong to social groups. In these social groups we conform to the rules

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    Conformity Vs individuality. Though many struggle to be there own person. Many struggle to decide things on there own.We are all different‚ but most of us are the same‚ because of conformity. Conformity is the easy way of things. Following the leader is the natural way of humans. For an example take Germany during World War II. There was little hate towards Jew or Jipsys or the mentally disabled but because one man was such a persuasive and strong leader a whole country conformed to killing millions

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    to the law that bans knowledge‚ thinking‚ and creativity also increasingly distresses him. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury shows conformity in the futuristic America through schooling‚ leisure‚ and fright. The children in the society are never actually taught during school hours. Captain Beatty‚ another firefighter‚ tells Montag that the schools " Cram them full of non-combustible data‚ chock them so damned full of “facts” they feel stuffed‚ but absolutely “brilliant” with information” (61). The

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    Factors that influence conformity Conformity can be defined as a adjusting of behavior to fit the social norms of a group of culture in one’s life. In Ashes study (1951) about conformity it is shown that we have a need to belong‚ to fit in the social norms and culture surrounding us. Human beings usually conform because we have a long for the security a group can brings us. We are willing to change our behavior‚ beliefs and attitude to suit the norms of the group we long to be a part of. Another

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    Biography.com states Ralph Waldo Ellison was born on March 1‚ 1914‚ in Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma‚ and was named after journalist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. His parents‚ Lewis and Ida‚ both loved their children and enjoyed reading literature. As a young child‚ three years of age‚ Ellison’s father passed away in a work related accident‚ in turn‚ leaving Ida to tend and raise Ralph and his younger brother Herbert by herself. As Ellison grew older‚ he realized that his father’s desire was to witness

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    Emerson and Thoreau When prominent literary theorists come to mind‚ many think of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. These men are both brilliant and share many of the same pleasures‚ such as a love of their surroundings and the importance of nature. They both shared views towards an alternate government and lived the lives of individualistic‚ laid back non-conformists. Thoreau and Emerson were among the elite writers in the Transcendentalist movement. Both men found the need for change

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