A photo essay

BY Carlos luis

THE FLASH
Italo Calvino
 "EVERYTHING'S IN ITS PLACE .
ALL IS AS IT SHOULD BE. EVERYTHING
IS A RESULT OF SOMETHING ELSE.
EVERYTHING FITS IN WITH EVERYTHING
ELSE. WE CAN' T SEE ANYTHING
ABSURD OR WRONG!"
THE FLASH
ITALO CALVINO
 WHY?
there must be a reason as to why everything is the way it is. and
yet we never seem to question it. we never bother to challenge
the notion of what is normal, simply because we try to fit in with
the norm and don't want to be judged for thinking differently
and being different. italo calvino portrays this in his story in the
sense that we just attempt to fit in and find it wrong to change
what is normal by living our lives in a different way than what is
accepted by society.
KATHLEEN JOHNSON
Swimming Instructor

"we cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for
conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."
JOHN F. KENNEDY
 "to be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more
admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity."
IRVING WALLACE
THE FLASH TOUCHES ON THE
ISSUE OF PEOPLE NOT BEING
THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY
WILL NOT BE FITTING IN WITH
THE NORM. SOCIETY SHOULD
NOT BE THE DICTATOR OF
HOW ONE LIVES THEIR LIFE.
EVERYONE MUST SET THEIR
OWN GOALS AND
CHALLENGES, REGARDLESS
OF HOW THEY ARE VIEWED BY
OTHERS.
 "All life long,
the same questions,
the same answers."

SAMUEL BECKETT
"when you're just
like everybody
else, you've
nothing to offer
other than your
conformity."

WAYNE DIER
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