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The Importance Of Individuality

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How much of an individual am I? I am a Cuban- American born female from both a culturally diverse and homogenous city. This place that I call home is Miami, a city which falls under the Miami-Dade county limits. In an environment where I have the same cultural characteristics, either identical/similar to 70% of the city population, how do I stand out? My exclusivity can be narrowed down by establishing that I am a 17 year old student and I attend an all-girls high school. To further quantify my individuality, you can compare my GPA, classes, and grades to other students in my class and arrange us in ranking order. However, I assure you that after all that examination, on paper, I will be identical to dozens of students in my grade. This plateau in my individuality is something that I struggle with a times. I often view this as something suffocating and I loathe the feeling of being incompetent that follows. So again, I wonder, while laying on my bed, how am I my own individual? I am a member of several honor societies and clubs and I have done my fair share of community service, but all of this only adds to the “paper”. My interests …show more content…

I wonder if I had taken more of those classic logically adverse risks that many teenagers make if I would have been any different from how I am now. While I have seen my friends and acquaintances around me experience these events I would watch and just move on. I guess the reason why I have not done many or any of these things is because they just are not in my plans. I have this unfortunate habit of holding myself back to achieve success first and then enjoy myself. I think I place this pressure on myself to do my best for my mother because of all the obstacles she has been through. However, I also have this idea that I want to be a different person from my mother and live happily and my way of doing this is by minding myself and just moving

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The movie 'Into the Wild' follows the story of a young man named Chris McCandless who abandoned his comfortable lifestyle and set out on a journey of self-discovery in the wilderness of nature to escape the rotten modern world. Based on a non-fiction book, the movie visualizes his adventure and adds poetic picturesques to the story, helping the audience get a better picture of what has driven the man into such decisions.   Christopher’s theory aligns with the philosophy of 19th-century essayist Ralph Emerson. In his work titled ‘Self-Reliance," he focuses on non-conformity and individuality; however, they are taken to the extreme or even misunderstood. While Emerson does reject relying solely on other individuals and communities, McCandless

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The article “Individuality and Conformity:A Healthy Middle?” is about the middle of individuality and conformity and it is based on society. Some people are in the healthy middle and it sets examples about the stuff that goes on with young adults. In addition it talks about the forms of individualities and conformity. It also says that there is a certain amount of people that are in the healthy middle. It also says that the truth is that we 're all humans and that some people pursue similar goals.

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