Cost Of Belonging To a Group

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HELP NEEDED - english essay on identity and belonging? There are costs to the individual in belnging to the group... Any Literary examples would be much appreciated! * 3 years ago * Report Abuse clumsy_t... Best Answer - Chosen by Voters hmmm. ill do you an essay plan. itll be easier for me that way. intro - identity and belonging very difficult- most people want to find a balance between the two but proves difficult for the iundividual that wants to establish a unique identity. this essay shall explore (outline the topics for the following praragraphs) paragraph 1 - by exploring psychology it can be seen that conformity is a natural human behaviour, and many studies have been conducted in this. majority conformity. (for this write about psychological study outlined in the first link below) paragraph 2 - so, quite often people will squash their own beliefs, which is an important part of ur identity, to belong to the group. But what are the consequences of this? In Mrs Dalloway, by virginia woolf mrs dalloway refused to marry the man she loved so that she could fit into high society. in later years her sense of self is suffering as a result. she feels a lack of slef worth and regret. paragraph 3 - hmm another example of how being an individual in a group is bad. (cant think of one.) concolusion. difficult for many reasons. it can be seen in this essay that we need to formulate 2 idenities- personal identity and group identity.
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