Reviews for The Importance of Individuality

Reviews For: The Importance of Individuality

do-i-exist 2006-06-25 ch 1,	abuseI agree. This piece is very well written. By the way, I love your penname. It's awesom.
LadyVerse 2006-01-01 ch 1,	abusewonderful wonderful wonderful! i loved the actor/character metaphor. as i have been studying acting for a very long time now, i can completely identify with that and say that it's absolutely true. it's the reason i became an actor in the first place - to be someone other than myself. this was very well written and well organized, and communicates everything about society's conformity/individuality double standard that floats around my head on a daily basis. they tell us to be ourselves, and yet through advertising and the media,urge us to conform. therefore many people are so obsessed with being different, that they might lose something that they like simply because somebody else already wears/has/says/thinks it. i say, do what you want, whether everybody or nobody is doing it!!
Raniphae 2005-12-31 ch 1,	abuseI'm not entirely sure why I found your description particularly compelling as I clicked on the 'Essays' category, but here I am... [cue Review part of R/R] The main problem I had with this is that it feels like you are preaching a cliche [mentally insert accent on last e of that]. Of /course/ it's important to be an individual. The media may tell us to conform, but even that has to be subliminal. Think of how many advertising campaigns you've seen telling you that if you only buy /their/ product you'll be asserting your individuality (and, of course, look sexy doing so, but that's another matter entirely). No one wants to buy a product that makes them "just part of the crowd." Which brings me to my next point: people make the assumption that being a leader is desirable, but what if everyone really /was/ a leader and considered his/her ideas to be paramount? No one would ever get anything done - despite the ads, an "Army of One" is only so effective, especially if all the other Armies of One are off doing their own thing, being Individuals. The fact is, we need both followers and leaders in the world. The part of your argument I found most compelling was the very last body paragraph, the one about individual thought. That is something that gets brought up less than other aspects of the by now bland "Be yourself!" statement. But if we all refuse to conform our thoughts, then won't we argue more? So maybe arguing is a /good/ thing? (those are rhetorical questions). Not that I honestly expect you to go over and redo this essay, but I think that using the essay to argue that "arguing" is good would have let you emphasize the same things, but in a much more individual way.
Bianca3000 2005-12-29 ch 1,	abuseGREAT! You have inspired me in such a way that I am going to start writing. Wish me luck!Maybe you could review on some of my work.See if you like them.
Pace 2005-12-29 ch 1,	abusein the first paragraph you state that "The second group, however, commands the respect of society and ultimately has a better grasp of their identity. " you need to prove this statement. give us examples right off of people who are like this. or it is simply your readers having to take your word for it.
Formerly 2005-12-28 ch 1,	abuseOkay. These days every ** person in the world moans about being unique and not following the herd, which means that by writing this you have proven yourself to be stunningly average and absolutely trend-following.
iknowthethirdthingaboutpoet... 2005-12-28 ch 1,	abuseIt's nice that some people try to maintain their individuality, but sometimes the concept is lost and they become reactionary instead and end up doing things they otherwise wouldn't do just to spite people/be different/be themselves/etc. etc. Then again, what really makes you you is getting way too philosophical, so let's leave it at that. But look! An essay with a point attached and no visible grammatical errors! A rarity these days. :D
florissant 2005-12-28 ch 1,	abuseI love it.You brought the topic to life with your words and vivid examples- I have to say, my favorite example was the third one, "Sometimes an actor may become so immersed..." I thought it fit your point really well and it also let me see the whole situation in a completely different view point.There weren't really any problems with your essay, except for the occasional switch from third person to second person. You might want to check up on that. However, other than that, your essay was great.

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