A non-conformist were never meant to live by the society 's rules. Many people feel that being an outsider is an act of deviance for our society. However, others who play by the rules feel that it is important for people to go out of there way to be different. While Emerson 's brings up critical points in his article, he does not seem to consider we live by society 's rules which requires conformity. Although his claims might be helpful for understanding American society, but not for general non-conformity.
There are many reasons why a non-conformist is not moral in today society. For example, in the book The Stranger by Albert Camus, the main character Meursault explains that he didn 't want to see his mom for the last time showing no
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In the article, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author explains why is it better to conform to the community rules. For example, the author tries to point out the challenges with remaining as a nonconformist. “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure.” This quote is expressing that people want everyone to be the same, and that if someone tries to be different than that 's an act of a nonconformist and people don 't approve of that act. In addition, another conformist act is where the author describes that in order to be a nonconformist you must be able to give in to society 's rules. “Whoso would be man must be a nonconformist.” This quote demonstrates the difference between conformity which is a person who gives in to the community 's beliefs instead of going with what they believe in or believe what is right thing to do because, if they don 't people don 't they start to feel afraid of what the outcome might is or how might society judge them. Furthermore, at the end of the article the author explains how we only have power over our minds not any laws enforced by the government. “The only wrong is after my condition, the only wrong what is against it...” This quote reveals that to be a nonconformist we only have control of ourselves and what we do in society but, we do not have control over laws. In conclusion, the author Ralph Waldo Emerson makes it understandable on why our nation should conform to …show more content…
We live in a world where nonconformity and conformity play many roles in today 's society. For example, in the article the Manual Epictetus by Epictetus and Arrion the authors convey that we are responsible for our own actions, emotions, feelings and our thoughts. “In a world we control our own actions.” The author clarifies that not only our we in control of our own actions but, there is a lot of things that are happening around the world that we can no control. We cannot control anything or anybody but ourselves.
In addition, one more nonconformist measure is when the writer explains that as human beings we have power and without power we our weak and servile. ‘Those that are not in our power and weak and slavish and belong to others,” This quote shows that power is the key to our community and things that our not in our power is not for our own being which makes us weak, but if you do thing that our in our own that belongs to you, you will not be blame because you are not in