Are you to scared to do what you want the do because other people aren’t doing? If you are not then you can have a positive effect on society. This essay is going to be about nonconformity. “It is people’s bravery in standing up for what they believe and in always questioning status quo that has the power to bring a positive change to society.” This quote sums up the whole idea of non-conformity. The short story, “All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury supports the idea that nonconformity can have a positive effect on society. The story sets place on Venus, a planet where it is always raining. The main character, Margot, I treated differently than all the other kids because she remembers the sun and the way a blue sky looked. Other children were sent up to Venus at an early age, so they didn’t remember how the sun looked. In addition on Venus the …show more content…
The setting takes place in the future, in a time where everyone is equal. If people were smarter, faster, better looking, or stronger the government put a handicap on them. A handicap included a mask, a machine that goes in an ear so the person cannot keep a thought, lead balls to weigh the person down, or anything that makes the person equal to everyone else. Since everyone was equal there was conformity. However the main character, Harrison Bergeron, who was taken to jail because he was better than everyone in any way possible. He was also sentenced to many handicaps. But one day he broke free and expressed his feelings about everyone begin equal on live TV. “Now watch me become what I can become!” he screamed as he ripped off all his handicaps and reveled who he really was. He made a ballerina realize how stupid it was for everyone to be equal. However at the end of the story both he and the ballerina were shot by a government official. This story shows that even during a time of conformity there still