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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Today's Misfits

John Steinbeck often writes about society's "misfits" - people who don't fit in. In the 1930's society's misfits were women, minorities, the mentally challenged and the poor. What people or groups of people would be "misfits" in today's society?

25 comments:

mike o said...

i agree with paul and i also belive that even tho they are like that they should still have the same rights applied to them

Anonymous said...

i think that people who are different or act differently form everyone else are the one's who are misfits. it can be anywhere from how you act to your religion to your race. Anyone that is seen as different form the regular stereo type of society is someone that is a misfit

Stephen R said...

I believe that the misfits today are the people that do bad things and do not listen to what anyone has to say to make themselves better.

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beccam said...

in todays society i think the mentally challenged and the poor are still misfits. and people who are not stero typed "normal" are misfits.

anar said...

I believe the misfits today are the poor people, people who act differently from others or people who have diseases or have deformed features.

JaymG said...

in todays society misfits would be the drugys and the people who dont care about life and people who dont take care of themselves.

victoria t said...

i think that todays "misfits" are mentally challenged people and poor people. society seems to be scared of people who are mentally challenged and poor people who live on the streets.
however, i dont agree with paul because women aren't misfits. women have the same amount of rights as men do. women are getting more jobs every day and a lot of men are just too lazy to do anything.

Alexandria M. said...

I agree with Ana. I do because today's misfits are the people who don't make a lot of money and don't really have anything. They are the people who no one takes the time to look. They just walk right past in their Gucci shoes and Prada bags. People don't understand what it is like to have nothing and they don't try to help those who do. I kind of think that the people with money are also included with the misfits. I mean that the paparazzi put negative things about them into the tabliods that aren't true.

Christine B. said...

I ABSOLUTELY agree with victoria because todays misfits are mentally challenged and poor people because society is afraid of these people and we do nothing to help these "misfits." Todays misfits are also celebrities because of what the paparazzi do and their information is misleading and never right.

brandon s said...

I do not think there are any misfits of society today. I think thatall races are treated the same in the U.S. I also think that men and women are treated the same.

KimberlyV said...

I think todays misfits are the black people and the poor people and the mentally challenged. People are racist and people that are rich look at the poor people like they're nothing. Sometimes I think rich people think they're above everyone else. I don't agree with pauld because women are treated pretty equal.

indyk said...

The misfits of today are very rare because in this generation many kinds of lads find their own rights in this world to not be alienated amongst their society.

sab h said...

I think that the poor poeple are the ones the at are not treated fair. I think that because the people that are rich are complaining that they don't things they have. Like little ones are always complaining how they wont this because they don't like the things they already have. Put poor people are grazeful to get what they have. They are lucking to even have a blanket. So people that are rich need to strop complaining and donate somethings to the poor. I agree with kimberly because women are treated equally.

daniel V said...

the people that are mistif in our time now would be the nerd, geeks, hurmits, and hard core game lovers. to me there is no one that i mistif.

emmetb said...

i agree with paul and i agree with mike about how they should have the same rights

marlena a said...

i disagree with paul because he should have been more specific because not all black people are misfits today. Actaully the percent of black people that are misfits is very small. Also women are not misfits today either. I agree with victoria because women aren't misfits. women have the same amount of rights as men do.

Amber C said...

I disagree with paul.The reason why I think paul is wrong bacause there is nothing wrong with balck people.But i think what he is saying that maybe there are still some people out there who don't like some black people but they are not misfits.Then there is nothing wrong with wome.Us women are really strong and and we work as hard as the men do but at the same time mostly men do are sit down and just do nothing.

marissad said...

i totally agree with with Christine because todays misfits are the mentally challanged or poor people. Mentally challanged are the people that everyone looks down on and feels bad for. They arde treated differently than the everyday person. The poor people are also treated differently because they cant afford certain things to survive an everyday life. They are also looked down on because they cant have or do the same things as richer people.

michaels said...

I think the misfits in society today are the poor because they are looked down upon, just because they are not rich.Also mentally challenged are still misfists in some places.They are made fun of by people and they consider them misfists.

~Ashley.R~ said...

I agree with victoria all the way. Because people always look at challenged people like they are harmful and scary when mean while they are human just like us. It doesn't matter if your white,black,puerto rican,or asian we should all treat people the same they are no different then us.People are born everyday,they live and they die same thing we do.

michaels said...

I agree with Ashley r because they are just normal people and shouldnt be treated different than everyday people.

GraigG said...

I beleive that todays "misfits" are the mentaly ill and challenged because they are not understood. Also i agree with becca because people who are not stereotypical are mistreated because they're different.

angela z said...

i agree with brett because todays misfits usually are the people who act differently. It can be from your religion or race. Anyone who sees themselves different from society is a misfit.

mish s said...

I think the "misfits" of today are the mentally disabled, the poor, people with deformed features, or people with diseases that stunt your growth, or even people who arent considered attractive.