The Importance Of Individuality In Society
Individuality should be highly valued because it tells one that in society they are alone and that being in society they will lose their identity. Society can isolate one from others because when conform they agree to follow someone else's ideas; which they do not fully believe in and that can cause one to be alone. Society can cause one lose their identity because of how they have to give up their ideas and beliefs just to fit into society. Individuality can help those who are alone in society become happy with themselves and find people who can help them through tough times and be able to keep their own identity, not having to changing to fit into society. Therefore, individuality should be highly valued because it shows how in society they are alone and that one is able to keep their identity. A few examples of people who believe in individuality are Maya Angelou and Ray Bradbury. In Alone, Maya Angelou talks about
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Maya Angelou wrote, “There are some millionaires. With money they can’t use. Their wives run around like banshees. Their children sing the blues. They have got expensive doctors. To cure their hearts of stone” (Angelou, 1). The excerpt talks about how people are not able to buy their happiness and if one follows society’s guidelines to happiness they will end up alone. Another expert from Alone is when Maya Angelou wrote, “Lying, Thinking. Last night. How to find my soul a home” ( Angelou, 1). The excerpt is about how a house is not a home and that following society’s guidelines for life will not make one happy or give them a home. In Maya Angelou’s poem Alone she talks about the the hardships of being alone in society and how even if one has everything that is suppose to make them happy such as money and a family they will just end up sad because they ended up suppressing their plans of happiness while conforming to society’s rule leaving them just to
Maya Angelou wrote, “There are some millionaires. With money they can’t use. Their wives run around like banshees. Their children sing the blues. They have got expensive doctors. To cure their hearts of stone” (Angelou, 1). The excerpt talks about how people are not able to buy their happiness and if one follows society’s guidelines to happiness they will end up alone. Another expert from Alone is when Maya Angelou wrote, “Lying, Thinking. Last night. How to find my soul a home” ( Angelou, 1). The excerpt is about how a house is not a home and that following society’s guidelines for life will not make one happy or give them a home. In Maya Angelou’s poem Alone she talks about the the hardships of being alone in society and how even if one has everything that is suppose to make them happy such as money and a family they will just end up sad because they ended up suppressing their plans of happiness while conforming to society’s rule leaving them just to