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Conclusion On Disobedience

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Conclusion : It is difficult for an individual to disobey an authority figure or not comply with the morality of the group or society because they are afraid of the consequences they will face from the authority or the power that is above them. In addition, humans are so programmed by authority and the government to obey in order to avoid the punishment that people don 't even give any thought to disobey.

Support 1 : Foremost of all, people do not have enough courage to disobey. Fromm said that disobedience is "the first step into independence and freedom”. He means that disobedience sets individuals free and opens their eyes. However, most people are so afraid to hold the fist step. For instance, in the movie “One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest," the inmates were afraid of nurse Rathched. She was the one who has the most power in the hospital and there was two ways how she controlled the patients. The nurse recognized that as long as the men can reflect and mirror each other’s pain, they will have enough to occupy themselves with rather than rebelling against her. Inmates were never left alone and always remain in a group. According to the article written by Lessing, “When we’re in a group, we tend to think as that group does...”. By putting them together, it made them to suppose that they are insane and cannot do anything without the medical help. In addition, the nurse Ratched’s invisible pressure made people hold out like a zombie. She used methods of
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