Things Fall Apart Pre-Reading

It would be a "perfect" world if you could do whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted.  However, often religion, social conformity, cultural expectations, and society's norms control the person you are.  Discuss how these constraints control you as an individual.  Why do we follow these "rules," and when do you think it is necessary to break from them.
   Sometimes we are given "rules" to follow in society these rules aren't the law or criminal but instead they rely on how humans act. For instance, it isn't against the law to wear pajamas to McDonald's, but is seen as a violation to society's expectations. This in fact can change who we are and how we act. 
   But it isn't just society that changes how we act it's also our self-consciousness that affect us. It would be hard to have a perfect world even if we could do what we wanted because of our conscious. You wouldn't want to go to McDonald's in your pajamas because it would be embarrassing and awkward.
   The reason we have those rules to control how we act stems from our conscious. The reason why the sense of being awkward is so unpleasant, is because it literally activates parts of the brain that sense physical pain. It literally hurts to be embarrassed and that's probably another reason for why we have social laws.
   But sometimes we break these rules in society. Maybe on a day we don't care what others think, or maybe we feel comfortable with others judging us. Sometimes we break these rules and suffer the consequences of our acts. Or maybe we break these rules when no one's around.