Essay On Conformity Can Kill

Conformity Can Kill Murder through conformity is committable. In fact, it is a common occurrence. Along with murder, conformity can lead to other negative outcomes. In society, conformity does not create an advantage; it pressures individuals into situations that are not right, it can mute our individualism and it can be a tremendous mental burden. Conformity pressures individuals into situations that are not morally right. For example, in “The Lottery” the town was murdering innocent Mrs. Hutchinson, she screamed “‘It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,’...and they were upon her” (Jackson par. 80). Mrs. Hutchinson believed the tradition of killing a loyal friend, which the whole town participates in, is not right. She conformed by keeping her mouth shut and not saying anything, just like everyone else in this town. Nonconformity, in this situation, would completely end the horrible murders that are occurring in their everyday life. Unfortunately, conformity dominates the thinking of many and the people in this town are subjected to this. To

In addition, pop psychologists agree that “conformity can be seen as the world’s most common but dangerous psychological disorder” (Feys par. 6). Conformity can torture people inside by making them distort their thinking into what is socially acceptable, it can be so destructive as to cause them mental afflictions. Something that intense that can do this to your mind is not good in any way. Similarly, we torture ourselves with this idea of “normal”, “...as Hannah Arendt recognized, the tendency has been responsible for much human misery” (Shpancer par. 11). People beat themselves up and mentally abuse themselves because this concept of normal and conformity exist. They believe conforming to certain groups is necessary to be accepted in society. This is true because society has the mindset that everyone needs to be the same and that nonconformist are