Elements of Independent Individuals
... These unique individuals find happiness in being themselves and not just another piece of the puzzle. Critic Donald Thackery maintains that independent souls place much importance on freedom and "creative self-reliance" (Thancklery 239). Defiance from conformity and self-fulfillment are elements of the independent spirit that is exemplified by the characters in "The Sculptors Funeral" by Willa Cather, "This is My Letter to the World" by Emily Dickinson, an "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay. ... during his existence Harvey Merrickl was defiant from thr ways of his conventional hometown, and he was an independent young man who wanted to becomes someone and not folkow the path of those before hime.