Let’s face it, people are no longer living in the same world that our parents or generations before us lived in. We are living in an ever changing world. What are we supposed to do? Continue to live our lives like the past or do we change and adapt to the new world? Just like Pearl Bailey has said, “we must change in order to survive”. The ability to survive in this world which is bombarded with new information all the time is very important. Adapting to the 20th century world provides us abundant of benefits and ensures us to be alive and kicking. While we are changing, there are parts of identity that we have no control over and cannot be changed. However, sometimes the urge of wanting to blend in is so huge that we compromise our core values and change for a worst person. We lose our identities and uniqueness and live under others’ expectations every day. On the contrary, there are some individuals and minority groups who have greatly shown that they can still survive although they do not live according to the living formulas given by the world. Changing the ways we behave and think is essential in order to assimilate and survive in fast changing world. Able to change means able to belong with people around you. We need to conform publicly in order to attain social reward and avoid social punishment. One may also become ostracised and persecuted. For example, Galileo was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1633 because he did not change and blend in with the society who supported the theory that sun moved around the earth. Just like Charles Darwin said, “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”. This shows that no matter how smart or good you are, if you are different with the majority, you will be target of exclusion. If we don’t belong to a group, we will lose out a lot of things, in both physical and mental needs. In the anthology, “Growing Up Asian in Australia”, a Vietnamese boy felt his identity was lost once he left his family and people he felt belong to. He became the target of bully and topic of gossiping. This shows that if we don’t change our way of thinking and behaviour in a new country, we cannot possibly survive well. We must change or die.