Compare and contrast essay that analyzes two different lifestyles one of complete freedom and another that emphasizes individuality in favor of a social unit?

Answer 1

Were you asking "... another that de-emphasizes individuality..." because that's what I'm detecting with the "in favor of."

If not, then it's an unclear question to which I have no answer, because I'm not sure what you're asking. It's a question that contradicts itself.

If so, then I know the exact question you are answering. And here's my take: it's a poorly thought out question. There is no life of complete freedom unless you want to go wander the wilderness like Bear Grylls all your life. With society as it is, everyone takes something called a "social contract." When one participates and lives in civilized parts, one does not murder and steal, and one is discouraged from being dishonest and mean. In this question, really, all lifestyles to a degree de-emphasize individuality in favor of a social unit. If you are civilized, you are not completely free.

But with questions like this, you can be lenient. You have to answer them, after all, and in a full essay nonetheless.

Me, I took it as a general, abstract thing more than literal. Say, you're a travelling musician. You have more liberties than a soldier. Say you're an officer of the law. You've less liberty than a criminal, your actions are pretty much dictated by unyielding law. You only have so far you can deviate from that, before you yourself commit crimes. Monks, socialists, soldiers, married men these are examples of people who let their own individualism go in favor of their social unit, their order, their government, their army, their family. Conversely, jobless wanderers, criminals, anarchists, college degenerates, and The Bachelor life are lifestyles that emphasize freedom more than others.

Just get into detail about two such types of people and tie it back in. That is what I did.