“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson focuses on the annual ritual killing of one person and the characters’ behavior during this event. From the standpoint of modern civilized society‚ the killing is simply evil‚ and therefore this mindset may be projected onto the characters. However‚ the lottery is not seen by the townspeople as a necessary evil merely because it is part of the ritual. The ritual itself could not justify such violence if most people opposed it. Violence is inherent in human nature
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“The Lottery” is a story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948 and tells the story of a town that takes part in a barbaric ritual every year on June 27th. There are several themes in this short story. The main themes in “The Lottery” are our aversion to examine and challenge outdated ideas and rituals‚ that society will pick scapegoats to carry its wrongs and the horrors in following the crowd. The townspeople in “The Lottery” blindly go along with an appalling custom having lost the reason behind
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Diana Baumrind‚ a credited psychologist wrote‚ "Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience‚" while working at the Institute of Human Development at the University of California. In her review‚ Baumrind discusses phenomena which occurred in Milgram’s Obedience Experiment. She briefly presents a case against Milgram by questioning the ethicality of Milgram’s experiment. In addition‚ Baumrind provides excerpts of Milgram’s own observations from which she deducts that Milgram seems unemotionally
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The Evils of Obedience If one was to be asked to follow through with an order to inflict pain on another human being‚ would they obey this order? Many would answer “Never!” Yet‚ humans have been following orders such as these since the beginning of time‚ for example‚ the Holocaust or the murdering of innocent civilians during the Vietnam War. Some may think these people are psychopaths‚ but could they also be ordinary people followings the orders of a higher power or simply being influenced by
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deeds. Whether they acted under recklessness‚ fear‚ hate‚ ignorance‚ or were simply following orders’ is what one must ask about every participant of the Holocaust‚ and through experiments like Milgram’s‚ we can understand the psychology of their obedience well enough to ensure that such atrocities never happen again. One extremely famous exploration into how someone could acquiesce to such evil is the Milgram Experiment. Performed by Stanley Milgram at Yale University‚ it explored how participants
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This Essay will discuss the factors influencing the behaviour of Mark‚ in relation to conformity and obedience. Should he comply and obey with his officer’s strict instructions to work alone‚ or will he stop to help a fellow trainee. Mark is a soldier on training in the Brecon Beacons‚ he is under order to work alone and not to stop to help anyone. Mark is working well and is on track with about 5 other soldiers who he already knows. Whilst running through the country‚ Mark hears a colleague (whom
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conducted the Behavioral study of obedience experiment. Milgram conducted this experiment to measure the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure instructing them to perform acts that conflicted with their moral view of right and wrong. The participants in the Milgram experiment were 40 men recruited using newspaper ads. The researchers hoped that the level of shock that the participants were willing to deliver would be used as the measure of obedience. Milgram developed an intimidating
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“The Lottery” is a dynamic short story with several motifs and ideas such as the power behind tradition and family. However‚ more importantly‚ it has a strong over arching theme that captures the dynamic nature of the short story: outer appearances can be deceiving. This reoccurring theme is illustrated by the idea of the lottery‚ and the nature of humanity as depicted in the story: weak and evil. The theme‚ outer appearances can be deceiving‚ is depicted by the short story’s concept of a lottery
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Obedience Obedience is the process which leads a person – or an animal –‚ after listening to an order or a demand from an authoritative figure‚ to obey regardless of the consequences or moral implications derived from following that order or demand. The way in which this demand is followed can very; it can be in an active manner‚ in this case the obedient individual will do what they are told to; or in a passive one‚ where the individual will refrain from doing something‚ for the only reason that
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psychological‚ and in many instances‚ religious‚ moral‚ and spiritual. Our indebtedness to our parents is so immense that it is not possible to repay it fully. In lieu of this‚ it becomes obligatory for us to show the utmost kindness‚ respect‚ and obedience to our parents. The position of parents‚ and the mutual obligations and responsibilities‚ have been addressed in Islam in great detail. The Qur’anic commandments‚ as well as the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (sawaws) guide us in this matter. The parent-child
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