Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Power of the Individual

How do individual characters in these books struggle against the society? Do they change the society? Are these books too idealistic? Can an individual really change society? 

Throughout this year we have read many books and they all seem to have the common theme of struggle against society, Man vs. Society. In all these books, society is trying to punish the character for being different. At the ending of each book, the character seems to change society's mind and prove that what they did is not as wrong as they believe. For example, in the book Inherit The Wind, people start thinking for themselves and realize that it's what you believe what matters, either from God or monkeys, it is up to the person. People began to realize that evolution was how we got on this Earth and that we do descend from lower animals. I do believe that an individual can change society today. They can either spark someone's thoughts to believe the same as them or prove things to make people realize that they are right.

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