...Out of the six big ideas from Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem, I decided to chose conformity. This is when someone or a group of people obey and believe everything for which they are told without question. Those who conform in anyway are always trying harder than necessary to fit in and be socially accepted. Two statements from our anticipation guide for this story are the following: “It is better to conform than to be different from others.” Also, “a perfect world is one in which everyone is equal.” There are many examples of conformity around us. When asked questions, some people may answer what others would say, but really have another opinion. People may say certain things to avoid being thought of as “weird”. Another example is one for which...
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...are beneficial, it is also very harmful for the person to lose their sense of individuality. There would be no way to differentiate people from others as they would all think and act alike. These two themes of conformity and individuality recur throughout the three works: Anthem by Ayn Rand, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. These three works establish a society in which every citizen needs to conform to the society’s ideals and those who refuse to follow these are seen as outcasts and punished. Conforming to society's beliefs will cause and help fix some problems. If everyone chose to stick with society's ideals, there would be less fighting amongst people, everyone would be cooperative and helpful, but each person would lose their individuality. They would not be able to think for themselves, know what they believe in, or even form their own identity....
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...The journey from being a teenager to adulthood is almost universal. In the novella Anthem, by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521's journey was just like any other. Equality spent is whole life finding his identity, he was controlled, and he conformed to those around him. Today, identity plays a major role in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Your identity is who you are. Equality did not know himself as an individual. He only knew his brothers and him as being one person. We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever." (1.8) In Anthem, individuals have no identity of their own. They are not allowed to act as individuals, or to think of themselves as unique. Instead, the only real identity they have is the group identity, “WE”. Teenagers do not have much control over their lives. Someone is in control and his or her lives revolve around a schedule. “ We arose when the big bell rang in the tower and we went to our beds when it rang again.” (1.5) Just like equality, teenagers live on a schedule. Every morning they get up, get ready for school, go to school, do homework and participate in extra curricular activities then do it all over again the next morning. Conformity is a struggle that most teens face during their transition to adulthood. Equality faced conformity throughout the whole novella. “ We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.” (1.7). In Equality's society, everyone must be alike...
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...are either accepted or rejected as shown in Little Miss Sunshine, a film directed by Jonathan Drayton and Valarie Faris and “The Anthem” a song by Good Charlotte. In the movie “Little Miss Sunshine”, the theme of being different in terms of being a non-conformist and acting according to your own beliefs is consistently shown throughout the whole movie. Individuality is an aspect that is most effectively portrayed by Richard Hoover, the father who primarily orchestrated the robbery of his father, Edwin from the hospital to go to his daughter’s beauty contest. This scene effectively depicts Richard’s difference in terms of individuality by utilising dialogue. Richard’s speech emphasises his non-conformity. He questions the whole family, “There’s two types of people in the world, winners and losers. So what are we? Are we winners, or are we losers? The dad challenges the family to reconsider not going to...
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...As once said by John F. Kennedy, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” Anthem by Ayn Rand is a dystopian fiction novel in a future setting where mankind is expected to follow a set of rules as a whole society. Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. In her novel, Anthem, It shows a way of putting a society as a whole to function the same and think the same way where no one can be independent. One of the main characters was Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000. Equality 7-2521 is described with the pronoun “they” as in not being his own person, as well as the other characters who are also described with the pronoun “they.” He’s strong, independent, and intelligent who ends up falling in love with liberty 5-3000, who he describes as “the golden one.” Even though Equality knows it is a sin to think the way he does, he does it anyway because of his “cursed wish to know.” Equality slowly becomes more independent as he’s falling in love with Liberty 5-3000. Throughout the story, we see Equality’s path to self-discovery and his journey throughout moving away...
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...Disobedience is the catalyst of social progress; conformity is the hindrance of social progress. Wilde believe that through disobedience society is able to progress in the right direction. In rebelling against the status quo, we are able to produce positive changes to improve our society as a whole. This progress has been shown through the course of time in history as well as literature. In history, there have been countless rebellions, revolts, and revolutions that have resulted in a country’s progress. The Haitian revolution of the 19 th century possess good examples of change being brought about through disobedience. By the 1700’s, Haiti had become a lucrative island in the Caribbean, producing (generating) substantial amounts (supplies) of sugar on...
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...In the novel, Anthem, the author Ayn Rand expresses many different thoughts relating to the central theme of individuality, the idea of how one can be independent and different from others. She allows the reader to view this idea by describing the character Equality 7-2521 as someone who believes that there is more out there for himself and reaching for the highest standards in the context of the novel. The author uses the characterization of Equality 7-2521 to support the theme of individuality. This theme affects the route of the novel by showing that the main character wants to become his own individual and will do whatever it takes to break away from the conformity, including working in tunnels from the forbidden times to sharing his personal...
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...include care for the young and socialisation of new generations into the culture of society. Social institutions such as family, religious institutions meet functional prerequisites, maintaining order and stability in society. This stability is based on socialisation into norms and values on which people can agree. These norms and values are known as value consensus and it is this consensus that functionalists believe maintain a peaceful society without much conflict between people and groups. Emile Durkheim stated that religion has three major functions in society: it provides social cohesion to help maintain social solidarity through shared rituals and beliefs, social control to enforce religious-based morals and norms to help maintain conformity and control in society, and it offers meaning and purpose to answer questions about the unknown. Religion, he argued, was an expression of social cohesion, promoting social solidarity. Bronislaw Malinowski studied natives from the Trobriand Islands of New Guinea. Malinowski, like Durkheim held the belief that religion reinforces social norms and values and promotes social solidarity. He also connected religion with situations of emotional stress and anxiety in society. Fishing in the lagoon for example needed no ritual as it was safe but when out in the ocean fishing became dangerous and the islanders turned to “canoe magic” He also suggested...
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...Ayn Rand’s Anthem focuses on a society in which individuality is crushed and conformity is the source of survival. A citizen of that society by the name of Equality has been punished all his life because of his differences, those being his outstanding intelligence and physique. He and his peers are taught at the same pace in school, and potentially looked down upon if one did any better than the person next to them. On page 21, Equality says “We tried to forget our lessons, but we always remembered. We tried to not understand what the teachers taught, but we always understood it before the teachers had spoken.” It was the obvious superiority which brought the job of Street Sweeper to Equality, in an effort to restrain his mind usage and brain...
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...Warranties of Anthem and Cigna ( as well as of Anthem and Merger Sub), (d) Covenant Relating to the Conduct of Business, (e) Conditions to Consummation of the Merger, (f) Conditions Precedent, (g) Termination and Amendment, (h) General Provisions, and how do these provisions work together (please give examples from each sub-section to justify your answer)? (a) In a merger agreement, the assets and liabilities of the firm which is being acquired end up being absorbed by the buyers firm. A merger could be the most effective and efficient way to enter a new market without the need of creating another business entity. For the firms who have been functioning in their industry for a while, a merger creates new paths for them to expand their target areas. The opportunity for a growth of the market share and the opportunity to overcome a competition with a rival firm also make Mergers more attractive to these firms. In the end of a merger, both companies end up having access to each other’s resources and for a new company these resources bring the benefits of gaining experience thus an increased development phase. With this ‘reverse triangle merger’ agreement between Anthem and Cigna, (1) Merger Sub Corp of Anthem will be merged with and into Cigna, leaving Cigna to continue to exist as a surviving corporation. In this case we have two mergers currently being worked on. Consequently, Cigna will be the Initial Surviving Company and (1).1 Cigna will be wholly owned by Anthem. Since a merger...
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...I think. I will.”, as the title of chapter 11, because Equality 7-2521 has finally discovered the word I. First and foremost, it isn’t until one reads Anthem that they may truly discover the importance of a word as simple as I. Equality 7-2521 has found a house from the old civilization with books and normal things found in a house. He decides to build is life with Liberty 5-3000 there and also decides to read all the books found there. It is in one of those books that he discovers the beauty of individualism. He is then able to properly tell Liberty 5-3000 that he loves her and it means something to them because she tried to tell him that before and it didn’t quite feel right. It’s understandable how it doesn’t feel due to the fact that, we mean everybody and it isn’t quite genuine because everybody may love her but it is he who loves her by himself. Finally, Equality 7-2521 chooses to call...
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...self • Theatrical socialization • Dramaturgical approach • Shakespearean social interaction Question 4 The unspoken classroom socialization to the norms, values, and roles of a culture that school provides is referred to as: • Textbook socialization • Socialization curriculum • Curriculum of inequality • Hidden curriculum Question 5 Which of the following behaviors is most likely the result of family socialization? • Texting and holding a face-to-face conversation at the same time • Standing during the playing of the national anthem • Arriving to an important appointment 15 minutes early • Performing specific household chores Want SOC 100 midterm exam part 2 answer download now SOC 100 Midterm Exam Part 2 Question 6 Adopting the behavior or standards of a group you emulate or hope to join is referred to as: • Conformity • Clique socialization • Anticipatory socialization • Pro-active conformity Question 7 The ability of groups to exclude outsiders...
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..."Rock Around the Clock" "Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song written in 1952. And the version that we have just listened to was recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets in 1954. Compared with the first recording by another band and the various cover versions afterwards, Haley recording is considered as to be the best-known and most successful rendition of the song. When first released in the spring of 1954, it gained only limited sales. However, the song was popularized by its use in the social commentary film “Blackboard Jungle” in 1955 and became an anthem for the rebellious Fifties youth. Haley's recording of "Rock Around the Clock" is generally labeled to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world. Popular music of the 1950s When the 1950s are mentioned, the first type of music to come to most people's minds is rock 'n roll. But music in the fifties was more than just rock 'n roll. The early 1950s era Pop music focusd on the song’s story and emotional delivery and was essentially a continuation of the crooner sound of the previous decade. Crooner sound refers to the sentimental songs, especially the love songs of the 1930s and 1940s It was not until the middle of the decade, Rock and roll entered the mainstream and became a major force in American record sales. And with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records, popular artists such as Bill Haley, Elvis Presley...
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...Protest songs. With the dawn of the civil rights movement coming to a head in the 60’s Simone became more involved in political affairs and her disdain for race relations began to take shape in the form of protest music. In 1963 after hearing word of “four young African American girls had been killed in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.” (Feldstein, pg.1) she penned Mississippi Goddamn . The song was a political anthem she wrote in "rush of fury, hatred and determination"(Simone, Cleary pg.28) as she "suddenly realized what it was to be black in America in 1963." (Simone, Cleary pg.28) It was, as she said, "my first civil rights song."(Simone, Cleary pg.27) “The lyrics were filled with anger and despair and stood in stark contrast to the fast-paced and rollicking rhythm.” (Feldstein, pg.1) Simone would continue to write and re-arrange music to create protest music to company the civil rights movement. Her song Young Gifted and Black for time even served as the Black national anthem for its positive uplifting of excellence in black youth. Critics comments on her music in this period of her career suggest that her music was “generic” (Brooks, pg.4) nevertheless “music was dedicated to a purpose more important than classical music’s dedication to excellence.... the historical destiny” (Simone, Cleary pg.91) Simone’s style would shift again into the 70’s and 80’s to include more worldly sounds. She throughout the entirety of her four decade...
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...Community College of Denver Weirding the Normal Julia Sayler Sociology 101006 Professor Megan Cortez 7 March 2016 Weirding the Normal: A Colorado State- Pueblo Football Game The Caplow article is about Rule Enforcement without Visible Means: Christmas Gift Giving in Middletown. This article talks about how people in the town of Middletown would give gifts. The town had gift giving for Christmas set up in many different ways. Some ways the town would do it were “Participants in this gift system should give (individually or jointly) at least one Christmas gift every year to their mothers, fathers, sons, daughters; to the current spouses of these persons; and to their own spouses” (Caplow 1315). The article also talks about Christmas lights, decorations, the tree rule, the wrapping rule, the gathering rule, the dinner rule, the gift selection rule, and the scaling rule. Caplows article goes more in-depth about how each family is supposed to honor Christmas. The tree rule, for example, says “of the forty-five married respondents with children under eighteen only two of families did not have trees” (Caplow 1308).The wrapping rule says that “a subsidiary rule requires that the wrapping be appropriate, that is, emblematic and another subsidiary rule says that wrapped gifts are appropriately displayed as a set but that unwrapped gifts should not be so displayed” (Caplow 1310). There were many different rules for many situations. For this paper I decided to write about my experience...
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