In society today, there is a lot of pressure to either conform or be an individual. These things can lead to conflict. The question that needs to be asked then is: Is the need to be an individual or the need to conform that most often leads to conflict? In my opinion the need to conform causes conflict a lot more than the need to be an individual. The need to conform often causes conflict with health issues, society, and personal feelings. These things are all evidenced in pieces of text like “The Scarlet Ibis”, A Raisin in the Sun, and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth. Certain physical or mental health conditions can lead to the need to conform. This is very heavily evidenced in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis”. In this story the narrator’s little brother, Doodle, has a significant physical…show more content… Certain races in America were forced to conform to things like segregation. This is exemplified in the book a Raisin in the Sun. In this book the family wants to move into a new house in a white neighborhood. However this is not conforming to the society of the time. The Mr. Lindner character from the neighborhood comes over and tries to negotiate with them. He says, “It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities.”(Hansberry 100) Lindner wants the Younger family to conform to societal norms. It is not conforming to move into a white neighborhood as a black family. However, conforming to these standards will cause conflict in the Younger family as they still want to move into a better house. With things like segregation the conformity often causes unrest. People do not want to conform to these types of standards. The need to conform to racial or societal standards causes a great deal of conflict historically and in this
