Real life examples for identity and belonging?

[soccerboi]

I tried googling but didn't find many. I only have a few ideas atm like Michael Jackson, a guy who lives on an island by himself,lady gaga etc. Does anyone know of any other ideas/examples?

I appreciate all the help i can get, many thanks

[nisha]

People who find they belong among a community of cyperspacer's rather than in real life among human contact.

history examples (any particular race that was shunned due to another groups beliefs of them? This would have altered their sense of who they are and where their place is in society.

[Jenny_2108]

I tried googling but didn't find many. I only have a few ideas atm like Michael Jackson, a guy who lives on an island by himself,lady gaga etc. Does anyone know of any other ideas/examples?

I appreciate all the help i can get, many thanks

There are lots of examples in the real life eg. immigrants, refugees in Australia, multiculture in Melbourne, etc,..
Even your personal story about your life, your parents or examples from your friends are all accepted.
Just search news in newspapers, magazines or watch TV, you will grab heaps of instances.

You can refer to the songs, poems, stories, movies as well. It doesnt matter what kinda evidences you use, as long as it fits with the prompt and directs audiences to your main ideas, you still get high mark. Trust me!

[astone788]

Social conditioning. The example i like to use is the myth of Procrustes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes)
It's about a hotel owner who decides to make the most perfect hotel in the world. However, if you didn't fit in your bed properly, he would go physically attack people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, in order to force them to fit the size of an iron bed. No different to how Schools punish you for whenever you don't follow their rules. They all want you to fit in, and thus stifling our individuality. This isn't a bad thing because its teaching you how to 'fit in' and survive. Without it, you would be this retarded kid running in the middle of traffic. But the point being, 'growing up' and 'fitting in' is boring in the sense that you become this homoginised drone. You become like star bucks. Not good, but not bad = boring.

People must go beyond trying to 'fit in' in order to develop their sense of indivuality. How do you do this? Quit the masturbation, throw away facebook, and go out, travel, challenge yourself, accomplish life, meet successful friends that you want to be like, and have the best time of your life