AP Englglish 2008 Question 3

Margaret Drabble said "Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts." This is a true statement because it perfectly describes our society in the fact that people would rather conform to what everyone is in belief of then to try and go against it and stand up for what you think is right. It's easier to just step in line with what everyone is doing, instead of stepping out of that line and trying to fight it and go against it. There are many examples of this case that Drabble is making. One example of this conformity would be the IRS. People will go on and on complaining about it, yet they would never try and fight it to see if there was something that could be changed, or if there was a better way to do things. You could complain about having to pay your taxes to the IRS, and you could do it all day and night, but at the end of it all what you're going to end up doing is paying your taxes, and not even trying to see if there was a better way to do things and go straight to them and fight it. You might have ideas that you like to discuss with your friends and your family, but you would never take those ideas to the IRS yourself. Also when you think about traffic lights. Do you ever think about why you're actually stopping? Sure you don't want to cause an accident, but when there are no other cars, and you're stuck at a red light, why don't you just go? Because you're staying with conformity, because that's what is right. Sure you could go, but you won't because that's the way that things are, and those are the rules. You stick with what you were taught to do and not what could be better for you to do. Another example of this would be how kids just assume that what their parents tell them is correct. Just because they are older and wiser then you, means what? It means that they know what they are talking about? Just because they tell you that you should do something a certain way doesn't mean that you should do it in that way, you could