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People have the choice to decide what road to take in life. Most humans choose to follow the path that society lays out for them. The few who do not, subconsciously or consciously, chose to take the Road Less Traveled. The difference between the two is that one is conforming to society’s beliefs and the other is not. A nonconformist is a person who does not integrate into society’s typically accepted way of thinking or actions. History has shown us that nonconformists of society are feared, hated, mocked, scowled at, and called insane. People have come up with many negative names to call nonconformists: heretic, bohemian, maverick, misbeliever, schismatic, apostate. Why do you suppose that people dislike change so much that they go so far as to create many different names to call people who don’t conform? Do you think that these people are in fear for their life, or the real subject they fear is a thing they do not understand? Either types of people, who grow up in a society that has a set of moral standards, do not want change or they just do not understand change. Therefore, this causes them to fear the unknown. We will observe three people, two of which are fictional characters who did not confo