------- -------- Professor Williams English 1101-13 23 Febuary 2014 The Perils of Obedience by Stanley Milgram In “The Perils of Obedience‚” Stanley Milgram develops a experiment that puts to test the the question ‚ “Will humans inflict extreme pain to others under the command of higher authority?”. The essay starts off with Milgram explaining the history of obedience by exhibiting the loyalness that was portrayed by followers in historical documents. The experiment that Milgram set up was
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follower. Nonconformity enables society to be diverse in a way that reveals each individual’s originality. It allows others to feel comfortable to express their uniqueness and to be conspicuous in society. It is a bad idea for individuals to follow conformity for many reasons. Being a nonconformist may catch other people’s attention because you stand out from everyone else. Let’s say you go to a private school that requires you to wear uniforms. One day‚ you decide to wear just a regular t-shirt
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Social and Political Conformity in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Throughout history ideas such as social conformity and political correctness have been highly apparent in most societies. This has slowly and more recently became a problem that many individuals worldwide struggle with. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 speaks a large amount about what Bradbury feels governmental censorship could ultimately lead to. Creativity and originality play a major role in propelling society forward and is the main
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Fahrenheit 451 “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”. Fahrenheit 451 shows what kind of people there are in this world and giving you an example of both. The conformity in this story is clearly shown by the people and their actions. To start off‚ there was two kind of people in the the novel. There was people like Mildred and‚ also some people like Clarrisse. Mildred would be a true example of a conformist‚ one reason is she was attached to the technology that the government
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An example of this is: Solomon Asch’s study on conformity. Asch showed a group of people a line on a card (the target line) and then asked them aloud to identify which line (A‚ B‚ or C) matched the original. The answer was always obvious and the true participant always answered last or second last after the confederates had given their answer. The confederates were instructed to give the wrong answer 12 out of 18 trials (known as the critical trials). This meant that the participant had to choose
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B04 Wong Lap Jack A0126596U Convergence or Coincidence??? Evolutionary convergence is the process by which unrelated or distantly related organisms of different lineages evolve similar smorphology‚ organs‚ and adaptations‚ but that were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups. Evolutionary convergence involving unrelated organisms living in similar environments but in different places or even in different environments. Similar or different environments have several challenges
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have slight prejudice towards groups we’ve never interacted with. Our childhood‚ social perceptions‚ and attributions contribute to this discrimination. Moreover‚ conformity could be defined as pressure to behave in a ways that are viewed as acceptable. I’ve noticed there isn’t a grey area when discussing this. Some argue that conformity takes away social freedom‚ yet others see it as the proper way of functioning. It is often that we seek to fit in. We must seek to educate and inform ourselves
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The first noticeable objection questioned the reasoning for the slave’s obedience to the European culture. Through the eyes of the slaves‚ specifically Oroonoko‚ the narrator was introduced to the African perspective of the European people. By examining their interpretation of the relationship between the two cultures‚ Oroonoko addressed an imperative and insightful question: “...and shall we render obedience to such a degenerate race‚ who have no one human virtue left to distinguish ‘em from the
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Pre-AP English‚ Period 6 9/5/13 Pre-AP Landing Gear “Do you ever read any of the books you burn?” ‘That’s against the law!’ “Oh of course” (Page 23) This quote shows conformity because when Clarisse asked Montag “Do you ever read any of the books you burn‚” Montag quickly replied with “That’s against the law.” From that‚ we can tell that everyone in the Fahrenheit 451 society is like a robot; they are programmed to shun anything that is frowned upon in their society. In this quote Clarisse
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A Separate Peace: Friendship‚ Conformity‚ and War We have all experienced friendship in our lives; some of these bonds were lasting and others were not. A Separate Peace is a book that deals with the friendship of high school boys. These boys attend an all-boy’s school called Devon School. It is said that: "Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England." "Devon was both scholarly and very athletic." Devon is where Gene Forrester‚ Phineas (Finny) and Elwin
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