Conformity In Society
The 35th U.S. President once said, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”. John F. Kennedy led the country to believe in individuality and follow our paths outside of society. Conformity has been shown in many ways in history and most lead to substandard endings. When people do not follow society's wishes, diversity is defeated and they, themselves, become successful. While conformity is the reason for some of America’s most devastating events found in our history books today, even though some may think that it prevents issues from occurring. But in the end, those who choose not to conform to society, end up being the ones who are successful in the long run, proven by the iconic Little Rock Nine of 1957 and in the act
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In 1957, nine African American children attended the all white, Central High School of Little Rock, Arkansas. These students could have conformed to society and traveled by foot to a far away, all black high school, but rather broke the barrier and since changed views on conformity. These nine students went against society to create diversity while the president of the United States stood by their side. Conformists were infuriated and created riots, but the children did not hold back. Due to the riots, “soldiers escorted the students single file into the school”, at President Eisenhower's request. Although they were receiving hatred, the students did not conform to society, like everyone wanted to, and remained standing for what they believed in. These students were in need for something more and to find that, they needed to remove themselves from society. This event was valued as the event that created new opportunities for all African American children, and could not be done if the nine children were to conform to society which would ultimately holding them back from being …show more content…
One of main characters, John Proctor, comes across a conflict where his families name was put in jeopardy. His wife was accused falsely of witchcraft that could hurt his family's reputation so, John risked his life to lead his family to succeed, while most of the others conformed to society and refused to give up their soul. John was left to making the decision to either conform to society and admit to the crime or to keep his name for his family and go against society. John refuses to let the court take opportunities from his family and sacrifices himself by saying, “I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (Crucible, Act 4). At this moment, John discerned that his soul is not worth sacrificing his name for his family. Where as if he were to conform to society, he would be shattering the opportunities for his wife and children to be succeed just to keep himself alive. His offer to end his life and not conform to society in order to save his family’s name, shows that when you choose not to conform to society you
In 1957, nine African American children attended the all white, Central High School of Little Rock, Arkansas. These students could have conformed to society and traveled by foot to a far away, all black high school, but rather broke the barrier and since changed views on conformity. These nine students went against society to create diversity while the president of the United States stood by their side. Conformists were infuriated and created riots, but the children did not hold back. Due to the riots, “soldiers escorted the students single file into the school”, at President Eisenhower's request. Although they were receiving hatred, the students did not conform to society, like everyone wanted to, and remained standing for what they believed in. These students were in need for something more and to find that, they needed to remove themselves from society. This event was valued as the event that created new opportunities for all African American children, and could not be done if the nine children were to conform to society which would ultimately holding them back from being …show more content…
One of main characters, John Proctor, comes across a conflict where his families name was put in jeopardy. His wife was accused falsely of witchcraft that could hurt his family's reputation so, John risked his life to lead his family to succeed, while most of the others conformed to society and refused to give up their soul. John was left to making the decision to either conform to society and admit to the crime or to keep his name for his family and go against society. John refuses to let the court take opportunities from his family and sacrifices himself by saying, “I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (Crucible, Act 4). At this moment, John discerned that his soul is not worth sacrificing his name for his family. Where as if he were to conform to society, he would be shattering the opportunities for his wife and children to be succeed just to keep himself alive. His offer to end his life and not conform to society in order to save his family’s name, shows that when you choose not to conform to society you