In the essay, “The Iks” by Lewis Thomas, the author addresses the behavior of the individual Iks compared to the behavior of groups of people in nations and cities. Thomas writes about an essay written by an anthropologist. It describes that the Iks had changed into selfish, rude, and careless individuals when their land was taken away from them. The anthropologist also argues that the Iks would only show affection because it is a habit that they learned. Thomas does not agree with the view of the anthropologist; Thomas believes that the individual Iks have the similar behavior as cities, groups, and groups ranging from different sizes. Thomas’s worry about the Iks connects to his fear of the world in that this type of behavior can destroy the world and no one would be civilize anymore. Thomas believes in the idea in which individuals become uncivilized when they are in groups. People are similar to the Iks because when someone hurts us our true selves come out. I support Thomas’ argument; the behavior of individual Iks is similar to the behavior of groups as Thomas affirms in his essay.
People behave with more confidence when they are with a group of people than when they are by themselves. For example, when I used to attend middle school I made a lot of friends but each of them had a different personality. Some of the activities, which we used to do, was throwing ball of papers at the teacher when he or she had their back facing towards the students. We also did not obey the teacher when they used to tell us to do something, and we used to skip class. I used to spend time with people who did not care about school and was always used to getting in trouble. When they misbehaved I felt like I needed to behave just like them so I would not feel left out. I used to think well if they are acting this way why I should not and I do not think is something wrong to do if everyone is doing it. People behave differently when they are in a group because...