A Convention of society

Everything we do is to please someone else. And that someone else can be all of society. Society is based on conventions. Most of society conforms to them, otherwise they may appear to be "outside" of the society that they live in, they may also appear to be eccentric or dangerous to the "norm" of their society. These conventions are general agreements on social behaviour; they have a strong force within society. This is stated by Frye in his speech "The educated imagination" he expresses that, "There's clearly a strong force making toward conformity in society, so strong that it seems to have something to do with the stability of society itself." (35) We conform to please others this is what creates "stability" within society. However if people don't conform to the "norm" they are often cast out of it, unless they conform to different socially acceptable conventions, such as becoming a nun. Make-up is one of the strongest conventions of this......

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Title: A Convention Of Society
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