“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don 't matter, and those who matter don 't mind.” -Bernard M. Baruch. What Bernard is trying to say is to be yourself and say what you want because the people who matter in your life will not try to change you and like you for being you. But the people who don’t matter in your life will say things to change you that people who accept the way you are won’t care on what you do or did and for those who do matter and want to fit will do get rid of the people who don’t accept you because they are not being themselves and not being real. For example on an article that I found “You are conformist( that is, You Are Human)” the author, Noam Shpancer states that we will easily follow on what people will do to not be an outsider. I agree with Shpancer because it is true that we will do anything just to fit in. That is why we should be ourselves because we will never know who we are and we will never know. …show more content…
He even went to a dentist to get his teeth sharpened to look like fangs. Tom lives in scottish inland in a little cave who he built himself. But when it comes to food he has to go to the city and he wears a long coat to cover up his tattoos. But Tom said that he likes to be different and he doesn’t care what other people think. When Tom is around in the city other people look at him like a
Emerson believed that one can’t be themselves if they did conform, as conforming was almost like copying another person’s image in Emerson’s eyes. In this essay, he states that it’s important to believe in your own ideas in order to be a genius. “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,- that is genius” (Emerson, 19) Nonconformity continues to be a very common theme, as Emerson relates nonconformity to infants. “Infancy conforms to nobody: all conform to it, so that the babe commonly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play to it” (Emerson,
Every type of person struggles with a thing we call, identity. Personal identity come from multiple factors from our race to our own personal beliefs. Some people say we have the choice to choose our own identity, but is that always true? No, in fact other people can affect how we look and essentially identity our self’s. In the article called.
We are not our true selves. In fact, most of us don’t even realize this until much later in life when disaster strikes and we must face the harsh reality. We must face the harsh reality that for most of our life, we do not know who we are and we are not who we are meant to be. In reality, we are not the most-developed versions of our selves during times of joy and happiness. We are not our most-developed selves when everything seems to be falling into place and when all of our hard work is finally paying off.
We put pressure on people, and then they feel like they can’t change or they’ll disappoint others. It is so very stressful to be yourself, so why not create a new identity? “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
“it's a good thing to be strange, normalness leads to sadness” -Phil Lester Conformity can change people into things that they're not. People change to fit in and to be the same as every other person that surrounds them. Edward Scissorhands, and the person who wrote the poem about school were different from society. They were happy the way that they were, until the rest of society disapproved and tried to shape them into just another ordinary person.
No one wants to be different but, everyone is. One of the main reason is culture. There are so many cultures that it makes it seem you are different from everyone else. In “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, and “Taco Head” by Viola Candales both narrators face internal conflict with their culture and how people see them. They struggle with who they are, and who they want to be.
For some people their identity is molded by society. People fear being different and being looked down upon, so they present themselves as a person who is socially acceptable. Other people do not worry about society’s opinion and present themselves as what their characteristics show them to be. Sinha Gunjan from Psychology Today states that, “DNA and life experience conspire to mold our personalities”. That
Which is true because some people will accept you if you act a certain way, but everyone has different desires and behaviors that they expect from other people. For example, people may feel the need to become friends with everyone so
One must carefully observe the actions of those who “belong” in society to discern how to belong themselves. Following these “rules of conformity’ could include offering respect to the leader of the group or mimicking those in the group, either by their speech, personality, dress, or general behavior. Even one’s background, nationality, or religion can determine whether or not one truly belongs, but ultimately, group identity cannot be forced. Society and groups within it constantly change and are often exclusive, making belonging for newcomers difficult to obtain and can make those who feel they belong question if they truly do“fit
According to the spiritual traditions of India, not knowing your identity is the basic cause of suffering. The Greeks also thought the same and that may be the reason why the words—Know Thyself—were inscribed above the entrance to the temple of Apollo at Delphi. Before we ask any other questions about life, this fundamental question must be honestly answered, if we want to thrive in life. People will tell you who they are by stating their name, their occupation, their ethnicity, their achievements, etc. Our identity is often associated with the roles we play or the stuff we have.
In today’s world, it is very hard to often times stay true to yourself, It is important to stay true to who you are because everyone is unique and is special in their own way so by hiding it the world or people around you will never see it. In Walden’s “Self-Reliance” he say’s, “ Our life is like a German Confederacy, made up of petty states, with its boundary forever fluctuating…” When this is said it is meant to be taken as how controlled our lives can easily become. The petty states seem to represent maybe our family, friends, the society we live in or now social media. These will be the type of things that can hold us back from being who we truly are and want to become.
While it was a common practice for ancient civilizations to place females in a subordinate position in society, Etruscans' mentality and attitude on contrary were reversed. They treated females in a very dignified manner as women had the freedom of speech, financial ability and most importantly power. Etruscans had one of the highest gender equalities in contrast to other ancient civilizations of that existing period for instance the Romans because in Roman societies, symposiums were considered strictly as an all male sector only where it involves male thoughts sharing, festive drinking etc. but Etruscans were on the exact opposite end. Etruscan females were allowed to participate in the symposiums, attend banquets, share a toast with
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. My quote is letting you know you shouldn’t care what people think about you. This quote applies to “ Be yourself” by helping understand the meaning of the story. You shouldn’t care what people think about you at all. In the story “Just Be Yourself,” Stephanie tried to fit in by belonging to clubs, ignoring her dreams, and sitting in solitude.
If I had to summarize the lesson I learned from my hometown, it would be that being unapologetically myself is never a bad thing. The world that grew me and shaped me was none other than the Hudson Valley. Moving away from the Hudson Valley (or the h.v. as most of my friends and I call our home) made me realize that there is no other place in the world like it. Growing up here, I was exposed to a plethora of cultures, ethnicities, religions and lifestyles, and I was always encouraged to follow my interests and do what makes me happy. The Hudson Valley accepts everyone that enters it as they are and for whom they are.
What I enjoyed about the beginning of this passage was the short, almost choppy sentences. It gives the reader a sort of look into Paul D’s mind. No one really thinks in the kind of long, sophisticated sentences that we read and write in. We think in sentences like “my head hurts,” assuming we think in sentences at all. Paul D then remembers Sixo, who was frequently referred to as “The Wild Man,” and he remembered the very important thing he had said about love.