Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The nature of a normal condition

It was Darwin in the Origin of Species and Freud in Civilization and its Discontents that gave rise to the animality of the human condition.
It was Camus in The Stranger that brilliantly investigated the strangeness it is to be anything at all and the absurd struggles to exist in existence. In my essay i will be discussing the theory of the normality of conformity. Many people oppose conformity and label it with a negative connotation. I will be trying to show it in a different light- the normality of it and the positivity of it too. Whether it is immigrating or creating a society or understanding behavior- conformity is a powerful tool and being able to mirror others is an essential part of humanity. However The Stranger is important in showing how conformity can become suffocating sometimes- yet overall he understands its importance. The simplicity of the world elopes the main narrator in normality and he is fine with that and what he is- whatever that may be.

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