Logan Feys Essay On Being A Unique Person

Being a Unique Person

When are people taught what the “norms” of society are? Never. Yet, one will go outside and see humans, in general, look very similar to each other. Why is it that all humans basically look uniform? Logan Feys argues that people look alike due to pressures that society and other people place on them. Feys also argues that if they were all to truly be themselves, than every sole person will have a different way to express themselves. I agree that people are modified due to these pressures, but these pressures aren’t the only “pressures” that detain people. Furthermore, I concur with Feys on what he says defines a true person is their unique personality traits.

I agree with Logan Feys when he says that society puts pressure

on people and makes them change who they truly are. When he claims that, “...we are under the constant pressure to surrender our individuality…”, he is absolutely right. People around the world will wake up in the morning, putting on an outfit ,but then he/she will look and the mirror and think, “Will people like what I am wearing today?” or “What is Julie going to think about this?”. And they end up changing up their outfit to look their part. Another example about society pressuring into altering people are is through their music and social media. Such a simple thing as what a person likes to hear and see is judged and altered. A lot of people will ask someone they know, “Can I see your music playlist?” and once they look at it, if they do not like something they see, they judge them and make fun of them.
When I was in middle school, I lived for myself and for my own happiness. No one wanted to be my friend because I didn't dress the same, talk the same, I wore glasses. One day though i decided i wanted friends. I changed the way I dressed, walked ad even breathed just for acceptance from society and my peers. I had friends but I lost my uniqueness and happiness. I had lost me. I lived to make people happy and was almost depressed. Even though I was still young, society already had a grip on me. Later on in life, I changed back to myself. I no longer care what people think, and that's what makes me Me. Although, once in a while I participate in society, I am finally released from its hold and am my own individual self. Society handicaps us from becoming our full self and reaching the stars. It sets in stone what we should be and what we shouldnt do