1. according to mark twain, "it is our nature to conform" (para. 9); he also says that we do so for self-approval. the two statements seem contradictory; how does twain connect conformity and self-approval?

He explains how the social concept of self-approval leads to the concept of conformity, which results to be mainly unconscious.

Explanation:

Mark Twain explains how the state of conformity can be presented in an unconscious way that declines from the state of self-acceptance. At the same time, the author explains how the being is able to accept himself after taking a look at his being through his own eyes but mainly through the eyes of other individuals, which in turn leads to the connection of the two concepts of sel-approval and conformity as a natural necessity of the being.

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