Sophia Martinez Professor Ahn English 114b Conforming Identity Identity is one concept that is easily influential‚ though it can be destroyed by society. There are aspects that strengthen who we are as an individual‚ or weaken by conforming to society’s pressured expectations of how and who to be in life.In the novel‚ Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ and in The Twilight zone episode “Number 12 Looks Just Like You”‚ identity is weakened when it comes to society’s values. In the articles “It’s a
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“Shapes On Me” Shapes are every where In every place I stare Rectangle in the building Sphere drawn on the side walk Hexagon on the stop sign Circle in the number nine Triangle in the pyramids Octagon on the jewelry box lid Stars in the sky Oval in Ma’am Granada’s eye Pentagon in Washington dc Square in my TV Shapes are every where In every place I look Now I can figure out what shapes I see If only I could find my geometry book "On Behalf of the Sides of a Triangle"
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Examine the claim that our environment is ruined by greed. As societies begin to transform and people in many parts of the world grow in affluence‚ many start to view the pursuit of material goods as a worthy goal. Consumers of today have ever-changing preferences in all aspects and are almost never content with what they possess currently‚ always searching for another more technologically advanced gadget‚ or more fashionable handbag. People’s desires for more are seemingly insatiable. Wants are
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and they do not do anything good. He explains this to Montag by stating three claims that all support his opinion. These claims are: the need for intelligence was cut down when technology had started to advance; books do not make everybody happy‚ they offend at least somebody which makes controversy throughout the globe; and books make people worry about things that they should not being worrying about. The first claim that Beatty had made was that knowledge or need for intelligence was cut down
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We live in a context and not a vacuum. Our culture and the society around us play a very dominant role in the values we choose. Sometimes this is planned‚ overt‚ and intentional. Sometimes it is unplanned‚ unseen and unintentional. Sometimes we choose to accept the values of others. Sometimes we choose to rebel against them. Either way they are influential. The nuclear family is the first part of society that shapes us. Our parents and siblings (good‚ bad‚ indifferent) play a major role
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Cambridge defines identity as‚ ““the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others.” However‚ I believe that the word identity is quite abstract because it can not only mean different things to different people‚ but can also be expressed in different ways. A cultural aspect that has shaped‚ formed and influenced my identity is my religion. From birth‚ I have been brought up as a Catholic and this has played a large role in both my life and forming my identity. This influence can
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Building from a basis in New Social Movement (NSM) theory‚ we study these movements among anti-advertising‚ anti-Nike‚ and anti-GE food activists. We find activists’ collective identity linked to an evangelical identity related to U.S. activism’s religious roots. Our findings elucidate the value of spiritual and religious identities to gaining commitment‚ warn of the perils of preaching to the unconverted‚ and highlight movements that seek to transform the ideology and culture of consumerism. Conceiving
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The "lifestyle/exposure theory" was developed by Hindelang‚ Gottfredson‚ and Garofalo (1978:243; e.g.‚ see Goldstein‚ 1994; Maxfield‚ 1987:275; Miethe‚ Stafford‚ and Long‚ 1987:184). This model of criminal events links victimization risks to the daily activities of specific individuals (Goldstein‚ 1994:54; Kennedy and Forde‚ 1990:208).Lifestyles are patterned‚ regular‚ recurrent‚ prevalent‚ or "routine activities" (Robinson‚ 1997b; also see Cohen and Felson‚ 1979; Felson‚ 1994; Hindelang‚ Gottfredson
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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE We as students in Malaysia lead really hectic lives‚ what with regular schooling‚ compulsory extra-curricular activities‚ piles of homework and tuition. Sometimes it seem that there is never enough time to get everything done‚ so some of us resort to skipping meals or burning the midnight oil. This is not a healthy trend because‚ although it seems as if our bodies can take it‚ there will be serious repercussions when we are older. It is therefore important to maintain a healthy
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Philosophies consistently change as everyday occurrences shape our perspective. From a young age‚ I was held to a higher standard than my peers. My mother had recently been abandoned by my father‚ and was left to work three jobs to support the bills he had left behind. I depended on her as much as she depended on me‚ and we worked together to survive. Days before my fourth birthday‚ I began to become too sick to attend school‚ too sick to even walk. This progressed until my doctors ran enough tests
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