Conformity Vs. Society

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Everyday, everywhere you looks such as school, you feel the urge to fit in. Things on T.V., social media, and social causes these feelings. Everyone is told by society what to wear and act. Some may say that conformity will keep the peace because it would be less troublesome. Even though in some ways we need to conform, but society can’t always be perfect. If everyone were were to all conform then society would be like robots.
Conformity causes people to change how they look and act. You don’t need to change anything to be happy. In Leopard Man it states, “ As far as i'm concerned, if there is a paradise on Earth, I’m in it” (Fey 7). This quote explains that you can be happy while being a conformist in your own way. People feel the need to

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