Scientists and Salesmen Scientists and Salesman are both great professions until they begin to overwhelm ones life and take total control – ultimately leading to the individual’s demise. Two literary texts that explain this idea[…]
Tag: conformity
the pursuit of the horizon: polished critical
prompt: …the significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance. text: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Circumstances can be defined as the conditions surrounding an individual at various[…]
Imprints – Polished Personal Response
Imprints …the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform (Jan 2011) Response to “The Jackhammer Syndrome” and the visual, Diogène ou la Lucidité (2005) The women in my life speak in[…]
lucid (polished personal)
Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? Based off the image, Diogéne Ou La Lucidité by Gilbert Garcin We are all born in darkness,[…]
stray. : polished personal
prompt: What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? image: Gilbert Garcin’s Diogène ou la Lucidité – Diogenes or Lucidity, 2005 theme: When an individual’s perception of conformity is[…]
Into the Woods (Jieo & Ibukun)
Love and Other Magic Tricks Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. (January 2011) Quotation: “A good persuasion.[…]
Morals and Manners
“Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and in[…]
Polished Critical- How Women Respond to the Conformity of Society
How Women Respond to the Conformity of Society Prompt: Discuss the significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance. Often society is what begins to dictate our need to maintain a[…]
Flame and Frost
Ice is an unwavering anchor, a cool and handsome medium that can be sculpted to perfection. In ice, there is reason and purity, but there is also a sense of restriction and exile. While the[…]
I Died of Heart Disease
The following is my personal response to the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. I died of heart disease. I was a woman trapped in the merciless cycle of conformity. I[…]