Your Name: ____________________ Your Partner’s Name:__________________
Individuality, Conformity and Rebellion
Your fist assignment will be to interview a classmate and
write a brief composition based on that interview. The first part of the
composition will be biographical;
the other part will be on the interviewee’s thoughts and experiences on conformity and rebellion.
Establish a controlling idea in Part I that describes your
partner’s uniqueness as an individual. Some sample biographical points to discuss
might include:
- What
is the history, origin, or definition of your name?
- Explain
any nicknames you have.
- Where
were you born?
- Where
do you live or where have you lived?
- What
languages do you speak?
- How
would you describe yourself as a person? As a student?
- What
do you like to do in your free time?
- Who
knows you best?
- What
do you dislike?
- What
are your hopes for the future? (school, job, personal)
- How
did you spend your summer?
- What
words do you live by?
- What
do some people misunderstand about you?
- What
would you like to be known for?
- What
are your thoughts on the opening of school?
- Other
questions?
In Part II, analyze his/her thoughts and experiences on conformity and rebellion.
- I feel
like a rebel when I __________.
- I just
go along with the crowd when ______.
- How
does your biographical background make you a conformist or a rebel? In
other words, to what are you reacting?
- What
do you think are some advantages and disadvantages of conformity?
- What
do you think are some advantages and disadvantages of rebellion?
- Are
there any famous people or literary characters whom
you admire for their rebelliousness?
- Is it
better to be a rebel or a conformist?
- Other
questions?