Question

1. According to Mark Twain, "It is our nature to conform" (para. 9); he also says that we do so for self-approval. The two statements seem contradictory; how does Twain connect conformity and self-approval?

Answer 1

He explains how the social concept of self-approval leads to the concept of conformity, which results to be mainly unconscious.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mark Twain explains how the state of conformity can be presented in an unconscious way that declines from the state of self-acceptance. At the same time, the author explains how the being is able to accept himself after taking a look at his being through his own eyes but mainly through the eyes of other individuals, which in turn leads to the connection of the two concepts of sel-approval and conformity as a natural necessity of the being.