As the first signs of winter approach, birds gather in flocks to achieve their ultimate goal of flying down south for winter. Like these birds, mankind is propelled to encompass himself within the boundaries of a group or society that he could relate to. These boundaries, in physical reality, shape into many forms, some of them being religion, culture, race, ethnicity, gender, and class status. Mankind therefor limits him self to the ideologies and fundamental beliefs presented to him within these boundaries. Societies can range from being moral and just to being oppressive and totalitarian. No matter what society you live in, one thing is for sure society suppresses the exercise of individualism. An individual is the independent and sovereign thinker. He does not live for others and doesn't subject himself to conformity and ideologies set forth by the society for him to follow. A man defied by him self, is a man who is able to justify his own existence and destruction. An individual is individualized by his willingness to explore beyond every boundary and then to choose to follow what he feels is right and justified. An individual wants to be in charge of his own life and destiny and not anyone else's. He derives his right from nature and the rational world and seeks self-assertion.
             Individualism exists in some shape or form in almost everybody's life. Some tend to refer to their identity as the main aspect of their individuality while others tend to express their individuality through their ideologies or beliefs. I became aware of my individuality at a very poignant point in my life. While residing in a society who's boundaries took the shape of race and ethnicity, I was confronted by the harsh but true inutilities of a conformed society. People who lived within this society had extirpated their individual beliefs and principles to acclimate to those of societies. Their minds were passive and they a...