I am recognizing this theory not only prominent in this text, but in the world around us. People feel the need to conform to what people expect them to. For example, in this text bell hooks talks about how she really only had three options as to what job she could do, marry, be a maid, or be a teacher. She chose teacher because it seemed closest to what she really wanted to do, write. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This theme, of bell hooks conforming to what everyone had always expected of her, is prominent in our world today. People tend to conform to whatever outside pressures seem to “expect” them to do. That pressure does not only have to come from family or friends; it can come from media too. It also does not only have to be about choices you make with your life such as going to college, doing a certain job, or looking a certain way. It can be about what you believe, how you act or what you believe. It is something that I think will always be prominent in our world. Everyone says to be yourself, but, when we are feeling pressure from the outside can we really ever be free?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"