Essays on Individualism

The recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of transportation and telecommunications technology, it has narrowed the gap between different cultures and different countries, which makes us to be aware of the importance of intercultural communication. When we have the opportunity to make contact with…

Culture can have different connotations to individuals, however culture to me means beliefs or customs people grow up learning rather than being born with. Nevertheless, I do believe even if we may not share the same traditions or beliefs, we have all have something in…

Throughout history, countless political philosophies have emerged, shaping generations of people’s beliefs and values. Libertarianism and anarchism are ideologies that have been experimented with in various countries such as England, France, Russia, Canada, and America. Both are major political philosophies, with characteristics which classify them…

Georgia is a country located in the Caucasus region, at crossroad of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. As far country is situated between two dissimilar continents, culture of the country is rich with different characteristic details. County covers about 69 700 square kilometres with about…

Introduction According to Monchalin (2016), a worldview is the way an individual or group understands the world and how it operates (p. 23). Although there are many ways of knowing the world, this paper will focus on two worldviews found in Canada: individualism and collectivism….

In the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” written by Zora Neale Hurston, a conflict builds between Janie wanting individuality and also having to deal with others outward societal conformity. This conflict between man and society, or Janie and society, is the backbone of “Their…

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – John F. Kennedy Conformity, as a foundation of human culture, is respected to quicken and keep up the spread of conduct inside a gathering just as firmly identified with social standards (Pesendorfer et…

The Fountainhead is a philosophical fiction novel published in 1943 by the Russian American writer Ayn Rand. The book was the author’s first overly successful novel, and is now thought of as a great introduction to her objective philosophy and other works of literature. The…

Introduction Nothing is the same, not even identical twins. Everyone should be individual and think for themselves, regardless of the outcome. In Fahrenheit 451, and “All Summer in a Day,” Ray Bradbury develops a strong perspective about human nature. Bradbury develops this perspective through figurative…

Can there ever be a balance between conformity and individuality? Can a society ever be perfect in which all minorities get along? In a society, where greasers and socs live that is not possible. Ponyboy, the youngest of the Curtis brothers, has a hard time…

Niccolo Machiavelli dedicated his life to his literature after being released from jail on the charge of conspiracy against the Medici family. Machiavelli wrote The Prince in hopes of influencing future princes on the ideal process of how to control a monarch successfully. He also…

Introduction When you come from a different culture, especially when you are so attached to that culture, it becomes very difficult to have to go against your usual cultural ways. Trying to please your family and yourself can even become a challenge, when the two…

In this paper, I will analyze the messages in the film Perks of Being a Wallflower by looking at the story it tells about middle-class expressive individualism. First, I will introduce the movie and provide a brief summary of the film. I will closely analyze…

Personality is an integral part of every individual. The five factor theory classifies personality traits into openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and neuroticism. Broadly, culture comprises of various aspects such as norms, values, environment, beliefs, and language; being quite distinct from ethnicity and/or race…

The period of Enlightenment was known as an intellectual movement where people emphasized reason, logic and individualism rather than tradition. European exploration influenced others to question and think differently. This sparked new theories and philosophes which helped to shape our world today. Two opposite views…