1. Man vs. Society
By: Jenessa Ling

2. What Dynamics
within ourselves
affects our
interaction with
society?

3. West Side Story
•Members chose whether to
be a Jet or Shark
•Their choice affected how
they were viewed

4. •Riff chose to go against the
society so he was not accepted
by them
•Tony also went against society
but he tried to fit in

5. Lord of the Flies
•Piggy had common sense
and he tried to make society
work better together

6. •Jack was brought up in a
very sophisticated family but
he chose to act like an animal
Ralph took the role of
leader, he helped to keep
society together

7. Book of Eli
•Eli was true to
himself which was
hard for society to
accept

8. •The society did
not want to hear
what he had to
say
•Eli chose to trust
only himself until
Salar came around

9. Fahrenheit 451
•Montag broke •He found another
away from society to join that
societal beliefs accepted him
by hiding books
even though he
was a firefighter

10. •Mildred fit in •Clarisse acted
with society against societal
because she norms and was
acted the way killed because of
society expected it
her to

11. “Civil Disobedience”
•“He who gives himself entirely to
his fellow men appears to them
selfish and useless.”
•You have to act a certain way in
order to fit in with society but you
can not let them take advantage of
you

12. •“The only obligation which I
have the right to assume is to
do at any time what I think
right.”
•No matter what society
expects, we must do what is
right in our minds

13. “Teenage Wasteland
•Donny •He was
said, “Oh, well, I expressing how
might do it he felt about the
sometimes but expectations
not just exactly given to him by
like they want it.” the school

14. •Cal saw the •By teaching
world through these kids this he
different eyes was also teaching
•He helped kids them to go
like Donny by against society
teaching them to
express
themselves

15. “Beautiful Spencer”
•Spencer chose to shield himself
from the world by drinking and
smoking
•He avoided society by keeping to
himself

16. •Spencer wanted to be seen by his
father but all his father did was
work in a bar
•His father finally “saw” him
when he was paralyzed and in a
wheelchair because of his poor
choices

17. Native American Poetry
•“We have forgotten how to care!
We have forgotten how to
survive!”
•Society took away their beliefs
and traditions and gave them false
hope like a check every month.

18. • In Grandfather Cries a boy
expresses his feelings against
Native Americans that didn’t have
anything to give to the world
•He says that he wants to give up
being an Indian because the society
pressured him into believing he
needed a Porsche in order to be
accepted

19. Non-conformist music
•“Baba O’Reilly” by The Who Talks
about being put out to live on our
own
•We must make good choices to
express ourselves and still be
accepted by society

20. •Our wealth effects our interactions
with society
•“Fortunate Son” by CCR says that
if you are poor or from a poor
family, you will be sent off to
war, and if you are rich or from a
rich family you will be safe

21. Our decisions
effect not only us
as individuals but
also those around
us.