What is the individual's relationship with the community? I am defining “community” as American society as a whole. The individual's relationship with the community is based on the congruence of the individual's needs/goals with the standards of society. The results can vary, from total conformity to societal rejection. In the book Into the Wild and in the essay Where I Lived and What I Lived For, the theme of conformity is diametrically opposed to the theme of non-conformism, exposed in the essays Letter From A Birmingham Jail and Small Changes. Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild and Henry David Thoreau, author of Where I Lived and What I Lived For, show their nonconformity, in the fight against elitism and materialism, but in different ways. Martin Luther King, author of Letter From a Birmingham Jail, and Malcolm Gladwell, author of Small Changes, share the same belief that conformity can be a method of strengthening society. The idea of ​​conformity presented in the following texts is similar. The idea of ​​conformity presented in Into the Wild and Where I Lived and What I Lived ...