Sythesis, Orwell,Hughes,Milgrim

Title: Sythesis, Orwell,Hughes,Milgrim
Category: Literature / English
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Sythesis, Orwell,Hughes,Milgrim

Decisions Many people find it difficult, if not impossible, to defy the unspoken tradition of modern authority. Stanley Milgrim’s “Perils of disobedience” shows that an otherwise sensitive, good-natured citizen can easily be transformed into a tool, and perform actions that one would never do if given enough time to reflect. Milgrim’s study suggests that an individual’s need to conform to authority overrides the sense of responsibility to sort right from wrong. Langston …showed first 75 words of 716 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 716 total…to.” Clearly, both Hughes and Orwell regretted the decisions they made, but something compelled them to do it. It is this unwritten social rule of obedience that would force a police officer to unnecessarily kill, and a religious boy to lie in church. One must be able to realize the greater evil that can come from simple obedience without question. It is everyone’s responsibility to choose right over wrong on his or her own.

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