What was Dickinson's reaction to conformity?

Answer 1

I am assuming that you mean Emily Dickinson....?

If you are asking about her, she shunned conformity quite intensely. This was a theme in many, manyof her poems:

"Why did they shut me out of Heaven? Did I sing too loud?"

"I'm nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!

They'd banish us, you know"

"The soul selects her own society, and swiftly shuts the door...."

On the other hand, Emily was extremely reclusive. She never came out of her house, probably threatened intensely by the conventions of society. She was different somehow, and so much that made her uncomfortable with 'conformity' and social interaction. It's sad, because she was probably extremely lonely and seems to have been a wonderful person.

I hope that's who you meant, because otherwise it won't help much. :P