Defining Individuality
Being one’s self is very important in society today. Trying to be one’s self can be taxing though. Trying to keep up with trying to remain one’s self, to try and keep up one’s own individuality, can be physically and mentally tiring on anyone. This essay is going to work to define individuality as a chore that most people try their best to accomplish every day. The most widely accepted definition of the word individuality is its dictionary definition which is “the quality of a particular person or thing that distinguishes them from others of the same kind, especially when strongly marked”. This would be present in everyday life and in all mundane things. An example of this would be if everyone in a school were to be forced to wear
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A chore that people have to keep doing in order to maintain appearances. It is something meant to keep people busy with their lives. Individuality is something meant to keep a wall between people. Trying to remain one’s “true” self could lead to a lot more than the desired result. People see individuality as something to escape to. People are told to be themselves, but when they try they are told, “no not like that,” or something akin to that. Individuality is a chore because people have to find the perfect balance of conformity and complacency. If they do not they are seen as weird and are to be avoided. An example of this would be someone who is told, by their parents, to be their true self, but once the parent finds out the child wants to be an artist instead of an engineer the child is told, “No that is not what you want to do”. This is a chore because now the child would have to find the perfect balance or just decide which one to be, a happy disappointment or a sad accomplishment to his parents. Another way to look at this is by looking at anyone in the world. People all look different, but have to decide whether to be themselves or to be complacent and blend into the background. They have to decide whether to bring out their instrument and play it in the subway, show off that song that they wrote, or just show how goofy they really can be. But, with the way society says you can be yourself, just not in that way, people are trying to only give a little
A chore that people have to keep doing in order to maintain appearances. It is something meant to keep people busy with their lives. Individuality is something meant to keep a wall between people. Trying to remain one’s “true” self could lead to a lot more than the desired result. People see individuality as something to escape to. People are told to be themselves, but when they try they are told, “no not like that,” or something akin to that. Individuality is a chore because people have to find the perfect balance of conformity and complacency. If they do not they are seen as weird and are to be avoided. An example of this would be someone who is told, by their parents, to be their true self, but once the parent finds out the child wants to be an artist instead of an engineer the child is told, “No that is not what you want to do”. This is a chore because now the child would have to find the perfect balance or just decide which one to be, a happy disappointment or a sad accomplishment to his parents. Another way to look at this is by looking at anyone in the world. People all look different, but have to decide whether to be themselves or to be complacent and blend into the background. They have to decide whether to bring out their instrument and play it in the subway, show off that song that they wrote, or just show how goofy they really can be. But, with the way society says you can be yourself, just not in that way, people are trying to only give a little