"We want an end to status symbols dictating our own worth as individuals"

- Lupe Fiasco

This quote reminded me of the issue Nora Helmer was struggling with. Not only Nora, but most people also struggle with their own worth as individuals. We always want to think for ourselves-- with a relationship or not our own different identities need to be seen or heard. No one, not even society, can define who we are. We know ourselves better than any person living in or out of our area. We, ourselves, always said "we differ from one another" because of race, religion, social status, cliques and etc. but what is it really that makes us different from other people? You cannot put yourself in a category and say you are an individual. If you belong in a category with people then how do you see yourself as your own. I chose this quote by Lupe Fiasco because it related to A Doll's House. Nora Helmer was a house wife and a mother before anything else and lived a "happy" life. But after the whole problem with Krogstad she started to realize she needed to live for herself and no one else (I mean doesn't it make sense if YOU'RE happy). She left her husband and her kids because all her life she's been focusing on them. She wanted to be worth something, something bigget than what Torvald thought of her. Nora, and everyone else should be worth beyond what society "programmed" to be. Rather than being unhappy with what you needed to be with perfection why not be something you want to be and go through reality. True happiness means a lot more than having nothing at all (live life to the fullest right!) I feel like people don't need to compromise who they are in order to be accepted by the crowd (society).                                                         

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