History has displayed dependence on the factor of conformity within civilizations. Throughout the past, conformity has been used to regulate people's actions, reduce the possibility of drastic change and create a universal feeling. By limiting the individual, conformity restricts certain aspects of positive advancement within communities. Simply put, conformity is a pressure that can be found to some extent in every established community, and places restrictions on how those members of the community may live …showed first 75 words of 2208 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2208 total…were most important. In Ross's The Celebration Chronicles, the old fashioned lifestyle is attempted to be recreated and like Wilder's theatrical work, uses conformity pressures that eventually leads to resident unhappiness. The individual spirit is suppressed as people are forced to follow strict guidelines in order to live there. Although conformity can bring about high levels of social capital, it ultimately restricts the individual and forces them to draw away proving it to be unsuccessful.