~Non-conformity is what drives the American Experience~
The American Experience is expressed with numerous abstract ideas that portray our society and the way we live. The idea of non-conformity and the expression of ones self, extend the meaning of the American Experience due to the fact that one is not following the ideals of how they should live their life in society. They should purely choose to express themselves no matter what social class, background, or fame status they may hold.
The American Experience is expressed with numerous abstract ideas that portray our society and the way we live. The idea of non-conformity and the expression of ones self, extend the meaning of the American Experience due to the fact that one is not following the ideals of how they should live their life in society. They should purely choose to express themselves no matter what social class, background, or fame status they may hold.
Different Dreams in Society
In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Benetha Younger and Ruth Younger share similar dreams while living in their cramped apartment with five people and a limited amount of money. Both of the main women in the house share the dream of a desire for a life of purpose and to live without constantly being reminded that they live off of small paychecks that only can afford some necessities for their family. Benetha is one who wishes to break the traditions of the family and become a doctor. Even though her brother Walter Lee strongly disagrees with her mindset, she wishes to pursue something that can get her far in the real world and bring her wealth and happiness. Her dream extends the line in the poem "A Dream Deferred", "Maybe it just sags, like a heavy load." She is continuously being weighed down by her family that her dreams of being a doctor are far fetched and break the family traditions and it hangs over Benetha, like a heavy load. It always is apparent in her mind, what she wants to do but the negative tone from her family makes the dream sag over her. The wife of Walter Lee, Ruth is a very strong and independent lady who once had the appearance of strong and independent, but soon lost that and it is apparent that she is disappointed and life has not been what she expected. Her dream is to live with little worry and be able to enjoy life instead of constantly worrying about how she will feed her family of how much money they can spend. The line "Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet?" extends the dream of Ruth. She once lived in prosperity and joy but that life has crusted over and now she lives in reality.
In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Benetha Younger and Ruth Younger share similar dreams while living in their cramped apartment with five people and a limited amount of money. Both of the main women in the house share the dream of a desire for a life of purpose and to live without constantly being reminded that they live off of small paychecks that only can afford some necessities for their family. Benetha is one who wishes to break the traditions of the family and become a doctor. Even though her brother Walter Lee strongly disagrees with her mindset, she wishes to pursue something that can get her far in the real world and bring her wealth and happiness. Her dream extends the line in the poem "A Dream Deferred", "Maybe it just sags, like a heavy load." She is continuously being weighed down by her family that her dreams of being a doctor are far fetched and break the family traditions and it hangs over Benetha, like a heavy load. It always is apparent in her mind, what she wants to do but the negative tone from her family makes the dream sag over her. The wife of Walter Lee, Ruth is a very strong and independent lady who once had the appearance of strong and independent, but soon lost that and it is apparent that she is disappointed and life has not been what she expected. Her dream is to live with little worry and be able to enjoy life instead of constantly worrying about how she will feed her family of how much money they can spend. The line "Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet?" extends the dream of Ruth. She once lived in prosperity and joy but that life has crusted over and now she lives in reality.
When being introduced to Holden Caulfield in the novel "Catcher and the Rye" by JD Salinger, he is portrayed with a strong non-conformist, shielding all of his insecurities but throughout the novel, slowly falls into the conformist lifestyle due to his surroundings. In the beginning, Holden uses his ways of telling people his straight up opinions, to portray his non-conformist side. While being the manager of the school fencing team, Holden accidentally leave the fencing equipment on the subway, forcing the fencing meet to be cancelled. Holden's response to this incident was "The whole team ostracized me the whole way back on the train. It was pretty funny, in a way." He shows no care or remorse for this situation. His judgement's were a free spirited and let everyone know what he was thinking, as well as following his own beliefs and is indifferent to the feelings of others. Later in the novel, it is evident that Holden begins to conform to society. He purchases the red hat, he buys a stripper and begins to smoke in order to appear normal to all of the others surrounding him.