Then suddenly Keating leaped upon his desk.
"Why do I stand here?" he asked.
"To feel taller?" Charlie suggested.
"I stand on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly force ourselves to look at things differently. The world looks different from If you don‘t believe it, stand up here and try it, All of you.Take turns." - P60
What it demonstrates is how difficultit is for any of us to listen to our own voice or maintain our own beliefs in the presence of others.
If any of you think you would have marched differently, then ask yourself why you were clapping.
Lads, there is a great need in all of us to beaccepted, but you must trust what is unique or different about yourself, even if it is odd or unpopular.
As Frost said, ""Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I-I took the one less traveled by,/And that hasmade all the difference.‘ "
- P87