Transcendentalists believe that society with its horrid, wicked, corrupt, Mother Gothel ways peer-pressure a person’s individualism into a smaller and smaller block until it ultimately disappears altogether. Though traits such as religion and politics are often the big culprits that immediately spring to mind, there are also little things (Uggs) that set a certain standard for normalcy (the Common App) and leave the individual no real choice except “this or die”.
My initial reaction at the phrase “celebrating [my]self” was “birthday parties!” because what better way is there to express how awesome and loved and individual you are based on the annual date of your birth? But then in the next moment, I realized, Well, there's only a couple of millions of other people with the same exact birthday, so maybe not.
A little more thinking (maybe about seven seconds' worth) and I realized that, well, there's a better and much more profound way to approach this. There are many different ways to celebrate many different things, but for an individual to celebrate himself, would it mean simply differentiating himself from others? If so, then what differentiates two people more than the way they live life and the decisions they make? The little (and big) yes-or-no, this-or-that decisions we make everyday reflect our ideals, our history, our personal versions of reason, and they help paint a larger picture of who we are as individuals.
Ultimately, what's a better way to celebrate yourself than by showing the world who you are?
I really love your writing style and how you wrote this piece! I think it was the perfect amount of funny, and seriousness where you answer the question. Great writing and keep it up!!!
ReplyDeleteThose are great points you made, although you can probably expand on the legit reason why you celebrate yourself...
ReplyDeleteI like your comparison in a modern way of the uggs expressing oneself and indivuality. It really relates the reader and yourself to modern things, which helps explain your point.
ReplyDeleteThe points you made are very interesting and they are pretty good but you should expand a bit more and go more in depth on how you celebrate yourself. You made some pretty good points but you can elaborate on them. I really like your last paragraph and sentence. It really makes the reader think a lot about what you wrote and about themselves. Very good and creative writing!
I like your perspective on what celebrating ones self really is. i think your decisions do make you who you are but do you really make your decisions or our they produced by society.
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