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Fast Food Nation: The Role Of Conformity In Our Society

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What is normal? Who decides what is socially acceptable? Society is full of conformists who seek acceptance from their peers. Conformists are people who abide to society’s norms their ideas are all uniformed . In a society filled with uniformed conformist an individual must try to make a change . We see this in our daily life as we stop by McDonald's for a quick burger. We see this in the case of Kitty Genovese case when she was murdered and while watching her die her neighbors did not help. ` We also see this in our Declaration of Independance as we freed ourselves from the higher powers of the British government.. As a person in society we should try to be different and do what we would like to do not what others would approve us of doing. …show more content…

These actions defining who we are. We walk into McDonald's after a long day of work to eat a Big Mac. But where did that burger come from? It came from a company with the power to make people believe that it will change their lives. In the book Fast Food Nation the author speaks of a billionaire that lived in Japan who brought McDonald’s to them about 3 decade ago and promised his countrymen “If we eat McDonald’s hamburgers for a thousand years…..we will become taller,our skin will become white, and our hair will be blonde” A society Driven by the power of a fast food restaurant. A society conforming to what others are telling them to do. As shown in this case the Japanese believed a billionaire that their bodies would change they would become more socially …show more content…

In the late 1770s Thomas Jefferson along with additional founding fathers wrote a list of reasons why they should be free from a central power like Britain which later on became the Declaration of Independence . In this document we see the first signs of individuals standing up for what they believe in. Jefferson along with other powerful leaders do not conform to the powers controlling their lives and they speak up. The colonies specifically say they deserved freedom “for depriving us in many cases , of the benefits of Trial by Jury : For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses : for abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighboring Province.” We see as these individuals voice their right and not allowing this centralized power that was controlling their lives shape them. We see in history people who are looked up to are all people who have stood up for those who could not and stood up for what they believe

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Under the control of the British Parliament in 1775, the American colonies consider going to war in order to gain independence from Britain. In “Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention,” Henry addresses the need for American colonists to work together to stop the British from controlling them. Thus, Henry’s periodic sentence, rhetorical questions, antithesis, and anaphora successfully convince the American colonists to unite against the British and to bring awareness to their wrongdoings. Firstly, Henry applies periodic sentences and rhetorical questions to convey the idea that the American Colonists must fight back against the British by working together if they want to gain freedom. Henry believes that “if [they] wish to

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The English settlers in the American colonies were acting as independent states well before the American Revolution took place in 1775. There are numerous examples when the English colonist decided to act on their own accord and sometimes disobey direct orders of the crown. In this essay I will outline the numerous ways that the English colonist started to defy orders from the English crown and explain how it lead to the colonists fight for independence.

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Freedom Even though the colonists did not have a clear understanding of freedom because they were under the rule of a tyrant, the Speech in the Virginia Convention and Crisis #1, written by Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine, both motivated the colonists and congress to aspire and achieve freedom. Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry both used very similar quotes to motivate the colonists into realizing that fighting the British king would grant them freedom at last. No matter how many times the American colonists attempted to resolve things through petitions, remonstrations, and arguments the British were right there, smiling insidiously, but only proved to snare their feet. The colonists were tired of these lies and insults, so this is where Paine and Henry step in.

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The Declaration of Independence pushes for change through the more violent means of war. Through the separation of the colonies from Great Britain, Jefferson calls for the establishment of a new government that will secure the rights of the people. He states that when a government begins to impede the peoples’ rights, “it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future society. (Jefferson 42). Jefferson’s diction alludes to a more violent solution to the problem.

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Overall his expressions created an impact on colonists and lead the publishing of The Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson’s document states three important concepts. The first asserts that all men are equal therefore have the rights of living life in liberty and happiness. Moreover, if the government becomes corrupt then the people have the right to choose a new one. Second mentions all the charges against the British king such as abusing the rights of colonies, abandoning them and waging wars.

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The people of the thirteen colonies during the Revolutionary War, wanted nothing more than freedom from the British crown. As stated in the Declaration of Independence, “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness (Doc. # 4)”. The Americans wanted the innate rights that everyone should be given from birth. These rights were infringed by the British through incidents such as “Taxation without

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On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was established. Thomas Jefferson and four other founding fathers directed a committee to draft the declaration. In the Declaration of Independence, the committee acknowledges the ingrained rights of human beings, and the way the government is supposed to protect those same rights. He then states the abuse that the English regimentation showed and commanded the colonies, which diminishes the human rights. Jefferson explains the very reasons why it’s important for the colonies to be on their own away from Britain.

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“Give me liberty or give me death!” This well-known slash from Patrick Henry against British taxation forced upon American colonies is a great example of one of many reasons that sparked the passion to write the declaration. British rule diminished American colonist’s political, economic, and religious freedoms. Many hesitated to support independence because they feared the power of Britain but were soon convinced that something had to give. The colonists were convinced through the words of the famous Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

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