Meaning of an Outcast

To be an outcast does not mean you have chosen the wrong actions, or wrong beliefs. It does not mean you are a wrong person, or weird, or don’t fit. An outcast is someone that doesn’t fit in with the norm of people. They are strong-willed people who are able to use their own beliefs to live their life, and not let others dictate what they should do in their own life. One specific time when I felt like an outcast was when everyone around me started to get Facebook’s while we were in middle school, and I refused to get one. The longer I refused, the more people and friends of mine would tell me to get one, because I was missing so much. Although I eventually got a Facebook, and this example isn’t a huge problem, I still felt like an outcast. Last, society has to have outcasts, because without them, it would make the whole world extremely dull, bland, and boring, because everyone would be doing the same thing. Also, it would defy the act of freedom that is present in so many places around the world, because without outcasts, no one would rebel as an act of freedom, and express their own opinions, even if they are right. Clearly, to be an outcast doesn’t mean you are wrong, but very strong, and dogmatic, and the world needs pariah’s to be unpredictable, exciting, and free.

Spencer