occurs at multiple points in our lives and ends up shaping how we present ourselves to others. People spend more time trying to look like and act like everybody else‚ but who sets the bar for "normal". People who deviate from normal are classified as weird‚ freaks‚ geeks‚ ect. or perhaps they could just be expressing themselves with confidence. Many body accessories like piercings and tattoos are seen everywhere in today’s pop culture. As tattoos and piercings evolved over time‚ they have become more
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This is usually the way in which people react to those with unconventional views. People tend to look at what they do not understand as weird‚ sometimes even taboo. Even in modern times‚ people can be very condescending towards people with different religious views or cultural values. People fear what they do not understand‚ mock and insult unconventional views they disagree with. Just like in Plato’s allegory of the cave‚ the prisoners thought he was wrong‚ “But they will revile him as a ridiculous
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ostracism‚ exclusion from a society or a group‚ can be treadful. Severe ostracism can be one one of the worst punishments such as exile‚ imprisonment‚ and solitary confinement. Humans are social creatures and without having the benefit of another person to “ bounce off of”‚ without anything to do‚ the mind decays and the brain develops atrophies. With nothing to look at vision slowly fades away. Symptoms of anger‚ anxiety‚ and hopelessness then foster from being isolated. Psychologist Terry Kupers
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Our current world isn’t perfect ‚yet it isn’t completely horrible. Ray Bradbury‚the author of Fahrenheit 451‚pictured that the future‚our modern society‚would be a certain way. Our modern society is somewhat different compared to Ray Bradbury’s idea of what the future would be like.For example‚he thought that our world would create fires in order to burn books.Although‚ Bradbury isn’t that off when he describes our modern society. As he was walking home‚Montag stumbles across a seventeen
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The weird sisters drive Macbeth to his destruction. Do you agree? In shakespears Macbeth‚ the weird sisters are only one of the contributions to Macbeth’s destruction. Though they do play a role‚ the other characters such as Lady Macbeth and even Macbeth himself contributes towards his destruction‚ with immense ambition and greed to become king. The prophecies which the witches make are only temptations for Macbeth. The weird sisters never tell Macbeth what to do with these suggestions‚ he
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“Embrace your differences and the qualities about you that you think are weird. Eventually‚ they’re going to be the things separating you from everyone else….” Although some can argue human’s differences do not define them‚ differences create a true personality that no one can mimic‚ which can be seen through plays‚ musicals‚ and in real-life situations. A true personality is the combination of qualities that form an individual’s distinct character. It is needed by every human because it shapes
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How do you define yourself? Our identity is what defines us‚ as it is a fact of being of who or what we are. Having a sense of identity allows us to develop ourselves as a sense of well- being for one another. If we lose our identity it can prompt us to seek reassurance as we lose a sense of who we are and need to rediscover ourselves. In the novel‚ Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland‚ the characters have lost themselves and their identity as the result of society and seek a void to be filled
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In elementary school I had a friend named Jake. He has autism and is kind of weird because of that‚ so no one ever really hung out around him except for me in elementary and middle school. I looked past differences and saw how he was actually a pretty cool guy. I met Jake in the second grade because he reminded me of a friend I used
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As Walter Cronkite once said‚ “Whatever the cost of our libraries‚ the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” This quote significantly displays the value of intellect and its comparison to the cost of being ignorant. Modern day society is retreating from it’s intellectual path causing the humans of today to be ignorant and unenlightened. IN the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury‚ the author exhibits the future in his lenses and portrays it with negativity. He gives a good representation
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reading and interacting with people over social media. I am not a “party” person. However‚ I will go to a party‚ but I won’t necessarily enjoy my time there; I will usually leave early and in most cases I will leave with a headache. Although I do not enjoy spending time with large groups of people‚ I am the most comfortable while being with a small and close group of friends. However‚ I am not an extremely serious person‚ I am quite laid back‚ and although
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